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Tupandactylus

Leina le raya: “Tupã finger, after the Tupi thunder god”1

E jele: DimelaDigagabi tse di fofangTshimologo ya CretaceousKa saense, ga se dinosoro

Tupandactylus was a flying reptile with a huge, colorful crest on its head. It lived in what is now Brazil about 115 million years ago and probably ate plants like a flying fruit-lover.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 120 go ya go 113 tse di fetileng5

Tshimologo ya Cretaceous

Difosili di fitlhetswe kwa

Crato Formation, Ceará, Brazil1 2

Bophara jwa diphuka

2.7 go ya go 4 m (8.9 go ya go 13 ft)1

Bogodimo

1.5 m (4.9 ft)1

Bonako jo bogolo

e ka nna 63 km/h (39 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?

E ne e le kwa godimo go le kae?

diphuka di le bophara jaaka dibaesekele di le 2 di latelanae ne e ka fofa go kgabaganya lebala lotlhe la kgwele ya dinao mo metsotswaneng e le 6

Tupandactylus 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)

Tupandactylus e ka nna 63 km/h (39 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

Tupandactylus had a giant head crest made of soft tissue and supported by bone spines. In T. imperator the crest was round, while in T. navigans it was tall and vertical.1

Its name comes from Tupã, the Tupi thunder god, and daktylos, the Greek word for finger.1

Tupandactylus probably spent a lot of time on the ground and only flew short distances, because its big crest made flying harder.1

The first fossil of Tupandactylus was a skull and partial lower jaw found in the Crato Formation of Brazil.1

Scientists think Tupandactylus may have been a terrestrial forager, walking around on the ground to find food.1

Tupandactylus had a fifth toe on its foot with a single bone, a feature seen in some other azhdarchoid pterosaurs.3

Setshwantsho sa Tupandactylus se se dirilweng ke AI — Setshwantsho se se dirilweng ke AI sa kafa Tupandactylus 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 Tupandactylus

?How big was Tupandactylus?

Tupandactylus imperator had a wingspan of about 3 to 4 metres (9.8 to 13.1 feet) and stood about 1.5 metres (4.9 feet) tall to the tip of its crest. The smaller species, T. navigans, had a wingspan of about 2.7 metres (8.9 feet).1 4

?Why did Tupandactylus have a crest?

Scientists think the crest was used for social or sexual display, like a peacock's tail. It was made of soft tissue and bone, and it was so big it may have made flying harder.1 4

?What did Tupandactylus eat?

Tupandactylus probably ate plants, like fruit, and may have used its long neck to reach food from higher bushes. Some fossils show plant material near its skull, hinting it was a herbivore.1 4

?Was Tupandactylus a dinosaur?

No, Tupandactylus was a pterosaur, a flying reptile that is not a dinosaur. It is closely related to dinosaurs but belongs to a separate group.1

?When did Tupandactylus live?

Tupandactylus lived about 112 million years ago, during the Early Cretaceous period, in what is now Brazil.1

Mothubi wa ditlhamane

Tlhamane: Some people think Tupandactylus was a dinosaur.

Boammaaruri: Tupandactylus was a pterosaur, a flying reptile that is not a dinosaur.1

Ya baitseanape ba didino

Leina la saense: Tupandactylus
Leina le neilwe ke: Kellner and Campos 20075
Setlhopha: Digagabi tse di fofang
Lelapa / clade: Tapejaridae5
Thulaganyo: Pterosauria > Pterodactyloidea5
Bogolo jwa matlapa: 120 go ya go 113 dimilione tsa dingwaga (Aptian)5
Dibopego tsa matlapa: Crato5
Dinaga: Borasele5
Direkoto tsa difosili: 3 mo The Paleobiology Database5
Go fitlhelwa: Tupandactylus was first described in 1997 as a species of Tapejara by D. A. Campos and Alexander W. A. Kellner. In 2007, Campos and Kellner gave it its own genus name Tupandactylus.1
Go sa ntse go ganetsanwa: Scientists are not sure if Tupandactylus imperator and Tupandactylus navigans are two different species or just males and females of the same species.1

Kwa dintlha di tswang teng

Tupandactylus (en.wikipedia.org)
PBDB Taxon (paleobiodb.org)
Redescription of Tupandactylus imperator Campos & Keller, 1997 (Pterosauria, Tapejaridae) based on a new complete specimen from the Crato Formation (Aptian-Albian) of the Araripe Basin, Ceará, Brazil (doi.org)
Pterosaur had a head crest so tall it may have made it hard to fly | New Scientist (newscientist.com)
Tupandactylus in The Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0): dingwaga, mafelo, dibopego tsa matlapa, thulaganyo.

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