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Phosphatodraco

Leina le raya: “dragon from the phosphates”1
E jele: DitlhapiDigagabi tse di fofangBofelo jwa CretaceousKa saense, ga se dinosoro

Phosphatodraco was a flying reptile that lived right at the end of the Age of Dinosaurs. It had a long, stiff neck and probably hunted for fish or small animals on land. This pterosaur is one of the last known flying reptiles before the big extinction 66 million years ago.1

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 72 go ya go 66 tse di fetileng4
Bofelo jwa Cretaceous
Difosili di fitlhetswe kwa
Ouled Abdoun Phosphatic Basin near Khouribga, Morocco1
Bophara jwa diphuka
4 go ya go 5 m (13 go ya go 16 ft)123
Bonako jo bogolo
e ka nna 69 km/h (43 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?

Diphuka tsa yona di ne di namegile go le kae?

Phosphatodraco diphuka di ka nna 5 m go tswa ntlheng go ya ntlheng (16 ft)Baesekele ya motho yo mogolo e ka nna 1.8 m (5.9 ft)Koloi e ka nna 4.5 m (15 ft)Tlou, phologolo e kgolo go gaisa tsotlhe mo lefatsheng gompieno e ka nna 6.5 m (21 ft)
diphuka di le bophara jaaka dibaesekele di le 3 di latelanae ne e ka fofa go kgabaganya lebala lotlhe la kgwele ya dinao mo metsotswaneng e le 5.5

Phosphatodraco 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?

dilo tse di monate

Dintlha tse di monate

1

Phosphatodraco is known from five neck vertebrae and a few other bones, all found together in a phosphate mine.1

2

It was the first Late Cretaceous pterosaur ever discovered in North Africa.1

3

Its neck was long and stiff, which may have helped it hunt on land like a stork or ground hornbill.1

4

Phosphatodraco lived about 66 million years ago, right before the mass extinction that killed off all non-bird dinosaurs and many pterosaurs.1

5

The fossils were found in a layer of phosphate rock, which is why its name means 'dragon from the phosphates'.1

6

Scientists think Phosphatodraco was an azhdarchid, a group of pterosaurs that often had very long necks and walked on all fours.1

E dirilwe ke AISetshwantsho sa Phosphatodraco se se dirilweng ke AI
Setshwantsho se se dirilweng ke AI sa kafa Phosphatodraco 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 Phosphatodraco

?How big was Phosphatodraco?

Its wingspan was about 5 metres (16 feet) according to one interpretation, or about 4 metres (13 feet) according to another. Scientists disagree because the bones are incomplete.1

?What did Phosphatodraco eat?

It probably ate fish, but some scientists think it also hunted small animals on land, like a stork. The debate is still going on.14

?How long was Phosphatodraco's neck?

Its complete neck may have been about 865 millimetres (0.86 metres) long. That is based on the five neck vertebrae that were found.1

Mothubi wa ditlhamane

Tlhamane: Some people think pterosaurs like Phosphatodraco were dinosaurs.

Boammaaruri: Pterosaurs were flying reptiles, not dinosaurs. They are a separate group of animals that lived at the same time as dinosaurs.1

Ya baitseanape ba didino

Leina la saense
Phosphatodraco
Leina le neilwe ke
Pereda Suberbiola et al. 20034
Setlhopha
Digagabi tse di fofang
Lelapa / clade
Azhdarchidae4
Thulaganyo
Pterosauria > Pterodactyloidea > Azhdarchidae4
Bogolo jwa matlapa
72 go ya go 66 dimilione tsa dingwaga (Maastrichtian)4
Dibopego tsa matlapa
Couche III4
Dinaga
Moroko4
Direkoto tsa difosili
2 mo The Paleobiology Database4
Go fitlhelwa
Phosphatodraco was discovered in 2000 by miners in a phosphate quarry in Morocco. It was named and described by paleontologist Xabier Pereda-Suberbiola and colleagues in 2003.1
Go sa ntse go ganetsanwa
Scientists still debate whether azhdarchids like Phosphatodraco mainly ate fish from the water or hunted small animals on land.1

Kwa dintlha di tswang teng

  1. Phosphatodraco (en.wikipedia.org)
  2. A new azhdarchid pterosaur from the Late Cretaceous phosphates of Morocco (exa.ai)
  3. A new azhdarchid pterosaur from the Late Cretaceous phosphates of Morocco (researchgate.net)
  4. Phosphatodraco in The Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0): dingwaga, mafelo, dibopego tsa matlapa, thulaganyo.

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