Hamipterus
Hamipterus was a flying reptile with a wingspan as wide as a car! It lived in a big lake area in China and ate fish. Hundreds of Hamipterus fossils were found together, including eggs and soft parts like skin.12
E tshetse leng?
E ne e le kgolo go le kae?
Diphuka tsa yona di ne di namegile go le kae?
diphuka di le bophara jaaka dibaesekele di le 2 di latelana⚽e ne e ka fofa go kgabaganya lebala lotlhe la kgwele ya dinao mo metsotswaneng e le 6.4Hamipterus 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?
Dintlha tse di monate
Hamipterus fossils were found in huge numbers, probably from a nesting colony that was buried by a storm. Over 40 individuals were collected, and there may have been hundreds.1
Unlike most pterosaurs, Hamipterus bones are three-dimensional and not squashed flat. Scientists even found the horny sheaths that covered its head crests.1
Five uncrushed eggs were found with the Hamipterus fossils. That is very rare for pterosaurs.1
Hamipterus had a hook-shaped bony process on the tip of its lower jaw, which scientists think helped it grab slippery fish.3
Male and female Hamipterus looked different. The paratype skull is thought to be from a male, while the holotype is probably a female.1
The tooth enamel of Hamipterus was very thin, only covering about half of each tooth crown.1

Dipotso tse di botswang thata ka ga Hamipterus
?How big was Hamipterus?
Hamipterus had a wingspan of 1.5 to 3.5 metres, which is about as wide as a small car.1
?Did Hamipterus have feathers?
No, Hamipterus was a pterosaur, a flying reptile, not a dinosaur. Pterosaurs did not have feathers; they had a fur-like covering called pycnofibers.1
?What did Hamipterus eat?
Hamipterus ate fish. It had a hook-shaped bony process on the tip of its lower jaw that helped it grab slippery fish.1
Ya baitseanape ba didino
- Leina la saense
- Hamipterus
- Leina le neilwe ke
- Wang et al. 20144
- Setlhopha
- Digagabi tse di fofang
- Lelapa / clade
- Pteranodontoidea4
- Thulaganyo
- Pterosauria > Pterodactyloidea4
- Bogolo jwa matlapa
- 137 go ya go 133 dimilione tsa dingwaga (Valanginian)4
- Dibopego tsa matlapa
- Shengjinkou4
- Dinaga
- Tšhaena4
- Direkoto tsa difosili
- 4 mo The Paleobiology Database4
- Go fitlhelwa
- Hamipterus was named in 2014 by Wang Xiaolin and a team of scientists. The fossils were found in the Hami region of Xinjiang, China, starting in 2006.1
- Go sa ntse go ganetsanwa
- Scientists are not sure exactly where Hamipterus fits in the pterosaur family tree. It may be close to Istiodactylus, Ludodactylus, or the Anhangueridae.1
Kwa dintlha di tswang teng
- Hamipterus (en.wikipedia.org)
- The first dinosaurs from the Early Cretaceous Hami Pterosaur Fauna, China (pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov)
- PBDB Taxon (paleobiodb.org)
- Hamipterus in The Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0): dingwaga, mafelo, dibopego tsa matlapa, thulaganyo.
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