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Balaenognathus

Leina le raya: “whale jaw”1

E jele: DitlhapiDigagabi tse di fofangBofelo jwa JurassicKa saense, ga se dinosoro

Balaenognathus was a flying reptile that lived about 150 million years ago. It had a strange, spoon-shaped snout with hundreds of tiny hooked teeth. It used its beak like a strainer to scoop up tiny shrimp from the water, just like a modern flamingo.1 2

Ntlha e e monate: dipterosoro di ne di fofa fa godimo ga dinosoro, mme e ne e le bontsala ba tsona, e seng dinosoro.

E tshetse

dimilione tsa dingwaga di le 152 go ya go 149 tse di fetileng6

Bofelo jwa Jurassic

Difosili di fitlhetswe kwa

Bavaria, Germany3 1

Boleele

1 m (3.3 ft)2

Bophara jwa diphuka

1.17 m (3.8 ft)1 4

Bonako jo bogolo

e ka nna 38 km/h (24 mph)

Go fofa, kakanyo

E tshetse leng?

Triassic

Jurassic

Cretaceous

dimilione tsa dingwaga di le 252 tse di fetileng20114566, asteroiti

E ne e le kgolo go le kae?

E ne e le telele go le kae?

telele jaaka dikatse tsa mo gae di le 2 go tswa kwa nkong go ya kwa mogatlengtelele jaaka dibanana di le 6 di latelanae ne e ka fofa go kgabaganya lebala lotlhe la kgwele ya dinao mo metsotswaneng e le 9.9

Balaenognathus e ne e le kgolo go le kae fa e bapisiwa le WENA?

Ke dipalo fela mo sebatling sa gago. Ga go sepe se se bolokwang kgotsa se se romelwang gope.

E ne e le bonako go le kae?

Motho yo o tsamayang e ka nna 5 km/h (3 mph)

Ngwana mo baesekeleng e ka nna 12 km/h (7 mph)

Balaenognathus e ka nna 38 km/h (24 mph)

Pitse e e sianang ka bonako e ka nna 65 km/h (40 mph)

Lengau e ka nna 100 km/h (62 mph)

dilo tse di monate

Dintlha tse di monate

Balaenognathus had at least 480 teeth, more than most other pterosaurs.1

The tips of its teeth had tiny hooks, which have never been seen in any other pterosaur. These hooks helped trap shrimp so they couldn't escape.1 2

The front of its snout was shaped like a spatula and had no teeth, so water could flow in easily.1

Its upper jaw was more curved than its lower jaw, so its mouth stayed slightly open at the front even when closed.1

The fossil was found by accident in a quarry in Germany, inside a block of stone that also contained bones of a crocodile-like animal.1 2

Balaenognathus lived during the Late Jurassic period, about 152 to 149 million years ago.3

It had long legs, which helped it wade through shallow seas while feeding.2

Setshwantsho sa Balaenognathus se se dirilweng ke AI — Setshwantsho se se dirilweng ke AI sa kafa Balaenognathus e ka tswang e ne e lebega ka gone, se dirilwe ke khomputara go ya ka se borasaense ba se itseng. Ke kakanyo fela: phologolo ya nnete e ka tswa e ne e lebega ka tsela e sele, mme ga go ope yo o itseng mebala ya yona ya nnete.

o botsitse

Dipotso tse di botswang thata ka ga Balaenognathus

?What did Balaenognathus eat?

It ate tiny shrimp and other small plankton. It used its spoon-shaped beak and hundreds of tiny hooked teeth to strain them out of the water.1 2

?How big was Balaenognathus?

It was a medium-sized pterosaur with a wingspan of 1.17 metres (3.8 feet). Its body was about 1 metre long.5

?Why did Balaenognathus have so many teeth?

Balaenognathus had over 480 long, slender teeth with tiny hooks at the tips. These teeth formed a fine mesh like a net to trap tiny shrimp while letting water escape.1 2

Ya baitseanape ba didino

Leina la saense: Balaenognathus
Leina le neilwe ke: Martill et al. 20236
Setlhopha: Digagabi tse di fofang
Lelapa / clade: Ctenochasmatidae6
Thulaganyo: Pterosauria > Pterodactyloidea6
Bogolo jwa matlapa: 152 go ya go 149 dimilione tsa dingwaga (Kimmeridgian)6
Dinaga: Jeremane6
Direkoto tsa difosili: 1 mo The Paleobiology Database6
Go fitlhelwa: Balaenognathus was named by David Martill and colleagues in 2023. The only known fossil was found in September 2011 in a quarry near Wattendorf, Bavaria, Germany, by workers collecting a block of limestone.1
Go sa ntse go ganetsanwa: Scientists are not sure exactly how Balaenognathus used its hooked teeth and spatula-like snout to filter food, but they think it may have pumped water in and out by moving its long neck.1

Kwa dintlha di tswang teng

A new pterodactyloid pterosaur with a unique filter-feeding apparatus from the Late Jurassic of Germany | PalZ | Springer Nature Link (link.springer.com)
Bizarre filter-feeding pterosaur described from Germany | Natural History Museum (nhm.ac.uk)
PBDB Taxon (paleobiodb.org)
Balaenognathus (en.m.wikipedia.org)
Balaenognathus (Wikipedia) (Wikipedia)
Balaenognathus in The Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0): dingwaga, mafelo, dibopego tsa matlapa, thulaganyo.

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