Ludodactylus
Ludodactylus was a flying reptile with a big head crest and lots of teeth. It lived about 112 million years ago in what is now Brazil. One fossil even has a yucca leaf stuck in its beak!14
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Naka la réyoon?
Naka la ay laafam yaatuwoon?
laaf yu yaatu ni 2 welo ci benn rëdd⚽mënoon na naaw ci kaw teraŋ futbal bépp ci 6 segondNaka la Ludodactylus réyoon, bu ñu ko méngalee ak YAW?
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Ludodactylus means 'play finger' because it looked like toy pterosaurs that had both teeth and a head crest, which real scientists thought didn't exist until this fossil was found.1
Its skull was more than 66 centimeters (26 inches) long.1
The only known fossil is a skull with a yucca leaf stuck between its lower jaws. Scientists think the pterosaur got the leaf caught in its beak and maybe died from starvation.1
Ludodactylus had a crest on the back of its skull but no crest on its snout, unlike many other pterosaurs.1
The species name L. sibbicki honors paleoartist John Sibbick.1

Laaj yi ñu gën a laaj ci Ludodactylus
?How big was Ludodactylus?
Its wingspan was about 4 meters (13 feet), and its skull was more than 66 centimeters (26 inches) long.13
?What did Ludodactylus eat?
It ate fish, like many other pterosaurs of its time.3
?Did Ludodactylus have a crest?
Yes, it had a crest on the back of its skull, but no crest on its snout.1
?Is Ludodactylus a dinosaur?
No, it is a pterosaur, a flying reptile that lived during the time of dinosaurs but is not a dinosaur itself.1
Ku tas léeb yu dul dëgg
Léeb: Some people think Ludodactylus is the same as Brasileodactylus.
Dëgg: Scientists now agree Ludodactylus is a different genus, closely related to anhanguerid pterosaurs like Caulkicephalus.1
Ngir ñi xam dino lool
- Turu xam-xam
- Ludodactylus
- Ku ko tudde
- Frey et al. 20034
- Kurél
- Reptil yuy naaw
- Njaboot / klad
- Ornithocheiroidea4
- Klasifikasiyoŋ
- Pterosauria > Pterodactyloidea4
- Màggaayu doj yi
- 120 ba 113 milyoŋ at (Aptian)4
- Formasiyoŋi doj
- Crato4
- Réew yi
- Beresil4
- Fosil yu ñu gis
- 1 ci The Paleobiology Database4
- Gisees
- Ludodactylus was named by Eberhard Frey and colleagues in 2003 based on a skull found in the Crato Formation of Brazil. The fossil was illegally sold and missing part of the head crest.14
- Ñu ngi koy werante ba tey
- Scientists still debate whether Ludodactylus belongs to the family Anhangueridae or is just outside it, because different studies place it in slightly different groups.1
Fa xibaar yi jóge
- Ludodactylus (en.wikipedia.org)
- PBDB Taxon (paleobiodb.org)
- Ludodactylus — Pteros (pteros.com)
- Ludodactylus in The Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0): at, béréb yi, formasiyoŋi doj, klasifikasiyoŋ.
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