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Tethydraco

Tur bi mooy: “Tethys dragon”1

Lekkoon: JënReptil yuy naawKretase bu mujjCi xam-xam, du dinosoor

Tethydraco was a flying reptile that soared over the ancient Tethys Sea, where Africa is today. It had a wingspan of about 5 metres, as wide as a small car, and hunted fish from the air.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 72 ba 66 milyoŋ at3

Kretase bu mujj

Fosil yu ñu gis ci

Ouled Abdoun Basin, Morocco2

Yaatuwaayu laaf

5 m (16 ft)2

Diisaay

15 kg (33 lb)1

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?

Naka la diisoon?

diis ni 4 muusu kër

laaf yu yaatu ni 3 welo ci benn rëdddiis ni 120 banaanamënoon na naaw ci kaw teraŋ futbal bépp ci 5,5 segond

Naka la Tethydraco 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)

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

Tethydraco lu tollu ci 69 km/h (43 mph)

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

yëf yu neex

Xibaar yu neex

Tethydraco lived about 66 million years ago, just before the dinosaurs went extinct.1

Its name means 'Tethys dragon', after the ancient Tethys Sea that once covered part of Africa.1

The only known fossil of Tethydraco is a left upper arm bone, called a humerus.2

Scientists think Tethydraco was a pteranodontid, a group of pterosaurs that glided over oceans like modern seabirds.2

Tethydraco was about the size of other pteranodontids, with a wingspan around 5 metres.2

Its fossils were found in phosphate mines in Morocco, alongside many other marine animals like sharks and mosasaurs.2

Nataalu Tethydraco bu ñu def ak IA — Nataal bu IA def la, muy wone ni Tethydraco 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 Tethydraco

?Was Tethydraco a dinosaur?

No, Tethydraco was a pterosaur, a flying reptile, not a dinosaur.1

?How big was Tethydraco?

Tethydraco had a wingspan of about 5 metres (16 feet) and weighed around 15 kilograms (33 pounds).1

?What did Tethydraco eat?

Tethydraco was a piscivore, meaning it ate fish, which it hunted from the air over the sea.3

?When did Tethydraco live?

Tethydraco lived about 66 million years ago, during the Late Cretaceous period, just before the non-avian dinosaurs went extinct.1

Ngir ñi xam dino lool

Turu xam-xam: Tethydraco
Ku ko tudde: Longrich et al. 20183
Kurél: Reptil yuy naaw
Njaboot / klad: Pteranodontidae3
Klasifikasiyoŋ: Pterosauria > Pterodactyloidea > Pteranodontidae3
Màggaayu doj yi: 72 ba 66 milyoŋ at (Maastrichtian)3
Formasiyoŋi doj: Couche III3
Réew yi: Marog3
Fosil yu ñu gis: 2 ci The Paleobiology Database3
Gisees: Tethydraco was named in 2018 by Nicholas Longrich, David Martill and Brian Andres. The fossils were found in phosphate mines in Morocco.1
Ñu ngi koy werante ba tey: Some scientists think Tethydraco might actually be an azhdarchid pterosaur, not a pteranodontid, but others disagree.1

Fa xibaar yi jóge

Tethydraco (en.wikipedia.org)
Late Maastrichtian pterosaurs from North Africa and mass extinction of Pterosauria at the Cretaceous-Paleogene boundary | PLOS Biology (journals.plos.org)
Tethydraco in The Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0): at, béréb yi, formasiyoŋi doj, klasifikasiyoŋ.

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