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Phosphatodraco

Tur bi mooy: “dragon from the phosphates”1
Lekkoon: JënReptil yuy naawKretase bu mujjCi xam-xam, du dinosoor

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

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 72 ba 66 milyoŋ at4
Kretase bu mujj
Fosil yu ñu gis ci
Ouled Abdoun Phosphatic Basin near Khouribga, Morocco1
Yaatuwaayu laaf
4 ba 5 m (13 ba 16 ft)123
Gaawaay bi gën a kawe
lu tollu ci 69 km/h (43 mph)
Naaw, jortu

Kañ la dundoon?

Triyaas
Jurasik
Kretase
Am na 252 milyoŋ at20114566, asteroyid bi

Naka la réyoon?

Naka la ay laafam yaatuwoon?

Phosphatodraco laaf yu tollu ci 5 m, cat ba cat (16 ft)Weloy mag lu tollu ci 1,8 m (5,9 ft)Oto lu tollu ci 4,5 m (15 ft)Ñey, rab bi gën a mag ci suuf tey lu tollu ci 6,5 m (21 ft)
laaf yu yaatu ni 3 welo ci benn rëddmënoon na naaw ci kaw teraŋ futbal bépp ci 5,5 segond

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

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Naka la gaawoon?

yëf yu neex

Xibaar yu neex

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

Def ak IANataalu Phosphatodraco bu ñu def ak IA
Nataal bu IA def la, muy wone ni Phosphatodraco 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 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

Ku tas léeb yu dul dëgg

Léeb: Some people think pterosaurs like Phosphatodraco were dinosaurs.

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

Ngir ñi xam dino lool

Turu xam-xam
Phosphatodraco
Ku ko tudde
Pereda Suberbiola et al. 20034
Kurél
Reptil yuy naaw
Njaboot / klad
Azhdarchidae4
Klasifikasiyoŋ
Pterosauria > Pterodactyloidea > Azhdarchidae4
Màggaayu doj yi
72 ba 66 milyoŋ at (Maastrichtian)4
Formasiyoŋi doj
Couche III4
Réew yi
Marog4
Fosil yu ñu gis
2 ci The Paleobiology Database4
Gisees
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
Ñu ngi koy werante ba tey
Scientists still debate whether azhdarchids like Phosphatodraco mainly ate fish from the water or hunted small animals on land.1

Fa xibaar yi jóge

  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): at, béréb yi, formasiyoŋi doj, klasifikasiyoŋ.

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