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Xericeps

Leina le raya: “dry catcher, from Greek 'xeros' meaning dry and Latin 'capere' meaning to catch, referring to the Sahara Desert and its forceps-like beak”1

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

Xericeps was a flying reptile that lived in what is now the Sahara Desert in Morocco. It had a long, toothless beak that curved upward like a pair of tweezers. It probably used its beak to snatch fish from rivers and lakes.1 3

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 100 go ya go 94 tse di fetileng3

Bofelo jwa Cretaceous

Difosili di fitlhetswe kwa

Aferdou N'Chaft, near Hassi el Begaa, Errachidia Province, southeastern Morocco3 1

Bophara jwa diphuka

3 go ya go 8 m (9.8 go ya go 26 ft)1

Bonako jo bogolo

e ka nna 83 km/h (52 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?

diphuka di le bophara jaaka dibaesekele di le 4 di latelanae ne e ka fofa go kgabaganya lebala lotlhe la kgwele ya dinao mo metsotswaneng e le 4.6

Xericeps 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)

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

Xericeps e ka nna 83 km/h (52 mph)

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

dilo tse di monate

Dintlha tse di monate

Xericeps is known only from a piece of its lower jaw. No other bones have been found yet.1

Its beak was curved upward, which is why its species name 'curvirostris' means 'curved snout'.1

Xericeps lived about 100 to 94 million years ago, during the mid-Cretaceous period.3 1

It was a toothless pterosaur, like other azhdarchoids. Its jaws had ridges and grooves on top.1 2

Xericeps is one of only three named pterosaurs from the Kem Kem beds of Morocco. This area was once a river system full of dinosaurs and flying reptiles.2

Scientists think Xericeps was a medium-sized pterosaur, with a wingspan likely between 3 and 8 metres (10 to 26 feet).1

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

?Is Xericeps a dinosaur?

No, Xericeps is a pterosaur, which is a flying reptile that lived alongside dinosaurs but is not a dinosaur itself.1

?How big was Xericeps?

It was medium sized for a pterosaur, with a wingspan estimated between 3 and 8 metres (10 to 26 feet). Scientists think it was likely closer to the lower end of that range.1 2

?What did Xericeps eat?

Xericeps probably used its long, curved, toothless beak to snatch fish from rivers and lakes.1

?Why did Xericeps have a curved beak?

Scientists think the upward curve helped it catch food, like fish, from water. The species name 'curvirostris' even means 'curved snout'.1

Ya baitseanape ba didino

Leina la saense: Xericeps
Leina le neilwe ke: Martill et al. 20183
Setlhopha: Digagabi tse di fofang
Lelapa / clade: Neoazhdarchia3
Thulaganyo: Pterosauria > Pterodactyloidea3
Bogolo jwa matlapa: 100 go ya go 94 dimilione tsa dingwaga (Cenomanian)3
Dinaga: Moroko3
Direkoto tsa difosili: 1 mo The Paleobiology Database3
Go fitlhelwa: The only known fossil of Xericeps was found by local mine workers at Aferdou N'Chaft in Morocco. British paleontologist David M. Martill bought it at the mine site in January 2017. He and his colleagues named it in 2018.1 2
Go sa ntse go ganetsanwa: Scientists are not sure exactly which group of pterosaurs Xericeps belongs to. Some studies place it with the alanqids, others with the chaoyangopterids.1

Kwa dintlha di tswang teng

Xericeps (en.wikipedia.org)
A new edentulous pterosaur from the Cretaceous Kem Kem beds of south eastern Morocco (sciencedirect.com)
Xericeps in The Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0): dingwaga, mafelo, dibopego tsa matlapa, thulaganyo.

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