Kartu dino No. 0485 ci 2 027

Darwinopterus

Tur bi mooy: “Darwin's wing”1

Lekkoon: GunóorReptil yuy naawJurasik bu diggu ba Jurasik bu mujjCi xam-xam, du dinosoor

Imagine a flying reptile that looks like it got its head from one group and its tail from another. That is Darwinopterus. It lived in the middle Jurassic period, about 160 million years ago, in what is now China.1 2

Xibaar bu neex: pterosoor yi dañu daan naaw ci kaw dinosoor yi, waaye seeni mbokk lañu woon, du dinosoor ci seen bopp.

Dundoon

am na 168 ba 152 milyoŋ at5

Jurasik bu diggu ba Jurasik bu mujj

Fosil yu ñu gis ci

Liaoning Province, China5 1

Guddaay

0,34 ba 0,46 m (1,1 ba 1,5 ft)2

Yaatuwaayu laaf

0,75 m (2,5 ft)3

Gaawaay bi gën a kawe

lu tollu ci 32 km/h (20 mph)

Naaw, jortu

Kañ la dundoon?

Triyaas

Jurasik

Kretase

Am na 252 milyoŋ at20114566, asteroyid bi

Naka la réyoon?

Naka la guddoon?

gudd ni 2,5 banaana yu ñu topp-toppalegudd ni 14 bloku tabax ci benn rëddmënoon na naaw ci kaw teraŋ futbal bépp ci 12 segond

Naka la Darwinopterus réyoon, bu ñu ko méngalee ak YAW?

Ay kalkil rekk ci sa navigatëer. Dara du ñu denc, dara du ñu yónne fenn.

Naka la gaawoon?

Nit kuy dox lu tollu ci 5 km/h (3 mph)

Xale bu nekk ci welo lu tollu ci 12 km/h (7 mph)

Darwinopterus lu tollu ci 32 km/h (20 mph)

Fas buy daw bu gaaw lu tollu ci 65 km/h (40 mph)

Segg bu gaaw lu tollu ci 100 km/h (62 mph)

yëf yu neex

Xibaar yu neex

Darwinopterus was a 'transitional fossil' because it had a head and neck like later short-tailed pterosaurs, but a long tail like earlier ones.1 2

More than 30 fossils of Darwinopterus have been found, all from the same rock layer in China.1

The name Darwinopterus honors Charles Darwin, the famous scientist who came up with the idea of evolution by natural selection.1 2

Darwinopterus had a very long tail, made of more than 20 vertebrae, with thin bony rods wrapping around it.2

Its skull was huge, almost twice as long as the bones of its back. That's even bigger than many later pterosaurs.2

Darwinopterus had about 15 pairs of slender, spike-like teeth in its mouth, good for gripping prey.2

The first Darwinopterus species, D. modularis, was named in 2010. Later, three more species were added in 2011, 2025, and 2010.1 5

Nataalu Darwinopterus bu ñu def ak IA — Nataal bu IA def la, muy wone ni Darwinopterus mën a meloon, ordinatëer moo ko def ci li boroom xam-xam yi xam. Jortu kese la: rab bi ci dëgg mën na meloon neneen, te kenn xamul ay kulëëram yu dëgg.

yeen a laaj

Laaj yi ñu gën a laaj ci Darwinopterus

?Was Darwinopterus a dinosaur?

No, Darwinopterus was a pterosaur, a flying reptile that lived while dinosaurs walked on land. Pterosaurs are not dinosaurs.4 1

?How big was Darwinopterus?

It was a relatively small pterosaur. Its skull was about 0.14 to 0.19 metres long, and its forelimbs were about 0.34 to 0.46 metres long.2

?What did Darwinopterus eat?

Its slender, spike-like teeth were well suited for gripping prey, so it probably caught small animals like insects or fish. Scientists infer this from the tooth shape.2 1

?Why is Darwinopterus called a transitional fossil?

Because it had a head and neck like later short-tailed pterosaurs, but a long tail like earlier ones. This mix shows how one group evolved into the other.1 4

Ngir ñi xam dino lool

Turu xam-xam: Darwinopterus
Ku ko tudde: Lü et al. 20105
Kurél: Reptil yuy naaw
Njaboot / klad: Monofenestrata5
Klasifikasiyoŋ: Pterosauria5
Màggaayu doj yi: 168 ba 152 milyoŋ at (Bathonian / Kimmeridgian)5
Formasiyoŋi doj: Tiaojishan5
Réew yi: Siin5
Fosil yu ñu gis: 4 ci The Paleobiology Database5
Gisees: The first Darwinopterus fossil was found at Linglongta, Liaoning Province, China, in rocks of the Tiaojishan Formation. Scientists Lü Junchang, David Unwin, and others named it in 2010. It was described in the journal Proceedings of the Royal Society B.1 2
Ñu ngi koy werante ba tey: Scientists are still debating whether Darwinopterus was a fast aerial hunter or mainly an insectivore that hopped on the ground.1

Fa xibaar yi jóge

Darwinopterus (en.wikipedia.org)
Evidence for modular evolution in a long-tailed pterosaur with a pterodactyloid skull (pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov)
Brazil - A new species of Darwinopterus (Wukongopteridae, Pterosauria) from western Liaoning provides some new information on the ontogeny of this clade A new species of <i>Darwinopterus</i> (Wukongopteridae, Pterosauria) from western Liaoning provides some new information on the ontogeny of this clade (scielo.br)
Darwinopterus, a Transitional Pterosaur (smithsonianmag.com)
Darwinopterus in The Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0): at, béréb yi, formasiyoŋi doj, klasifikasiyoŋ.

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