Kartu dino No. 1842 ci 2 027

Tupandactylus

Tur bi mooy: “Tupã finger, after the Tupi thunder god”1

Lekkoon: GàncaxReptil yuy naawKretase bu jëkkCi xam-xam, du dinosoor

Tupandactylus was a flying reptile with a huge, colorful crest on its head. It lived in what is now Brazil about 115 million years ago and probably ate plants like a flying fruit-lover.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 120 ba 113 milyoŋ at5

Kretase bu jëkk

Fosil yu ñu gis ci

Crato Formation, Ceará, Brazil1 2

Yaatuwaayu laaf

2,7 ba 4 m (8,9 ba 13 ft)1

Kawewaay

1,5 m (4,9 ft)1

Gaawaay bi gën a kawe

lu tollu ci 63 km/h (39 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 kawewoon?

laaf yu yaatu ni 2 welo ci benn rëddmënoon na naaw ci kaw teraŋ futbal bépp ci 6 segond

Naka la Tupandactylus 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)

Tupandactylus lu tollu ci 63 km/h (39 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

Tupandactylus had a giant head crest made of soft tissue and supported by bone spines. In T. imperator the crest was round, while in T. navigans it was tall and vertical.1

Its name comes from Tupã, the Tupi thunder god, and daktylos, the Greek word for finger.1

Tupandactylus probably spent a lot of time on the ground and only flew short distances, because its big crest made flying harder.1

The first fossil of Tupandactylus was a skull and partial lower jaw found in the Crato Formation of Brazil.1

Scientists think Tupandactylus may have been a terrestrial forager, walking around on the ground to find food.1

Tupandactylus had a fifth toe on its foot with a single bone, a feature seen in some other azhdarchoid pterosaurs.3

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

?How big was Tupandactylus?

Tupandactylus imperator had a wingspan of about 3 to 4 metres (9.8 to 13.1 feet) and stood about 1.5 metres (4.9 feet) tall to the tip of its crest. The smaller species, T. navigans, had a wingspan of about 2.7 metres (8.9 feet).1 4

?Why did Tupandactylus have a crest?

Scientists think the crest was used for social or sexual display, like a peacock's tail. It was made of soft tissue and bone, and it was so big it may have made flying harder.1 4

?What did Tupandactylus eat?

Tupandactylus probably ate plants, like fruit, and may have used its long neck to reach food from higher bushes. Some fossils show plant material near its skull, hinting it was a herbivore.1 4

?Was Tupandactylus a dinosaur?

No, Tupandactylus was a pterosaur, a flying reptile that is not a dinosaur. It is closely related to dinosaurs but belongs to a separate group.1

?When did Tupandactylus live?

Tupandactylus lived about 112 million years ago, during the Early Cretaceous period, in what is now Brazil.1

Ku tas léeb yu dul dëgg

Léeb: Some people think Tupandactylus was a dinosaur.

Dëgg: Tupandactylus was a pterosaur, a flying reptile that is not a dinosaur.1

Ngir ñi xam dino lool

Turu xam-xam: Tupandactylus
Ku ko tudde: Kellner and Campos 20075
Kurél: Reptil yuy naaw
Njaboot / klad: Tapejaridae5
Klasifikasiyoŋ: Pterosauria > Pterodactyloidea5
Màggaayu doj yi: 120 ba 113 milyoŋ at (Aptian)5
Formasiyoŋi doj: Crato5
Réew yi: Beresil5
Fosil yu ñu gis: 3 ci The Paleobiology Database5
Gisees: Tupandactylus was first described in 1997 as a species of Tapejara by D. A. Campos and Alexander W. A. Kellner. In 2007, Campos and Kellner gave it its own genus name Tupandactylus.1
Ñu ngi koy werante ba tey: Scientists are not sure if Tupandactylus imperator and Tupandactylus navigans are two different species or just males and females of the same species.1

Fa xibaar yi jóge

Tupandactylus (en.wikipedia.org)
PBDB Taxon (paleobiodb.org)
Redescription of Tupandactylus imperator Campos & Keller, 1997 (Pterosauria, Tapejaridae) based on a new complete specimen from the Crato Formation (Aptian-Albian) of the Araripe Basin, Ceará, Brazil (doi.org)
Pterosaur had a head crest so tall it may have made it hard to fly | New Scientist (newscientist.com)
Tupandactylus in The Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0): at, béréb yi, formasiyoŋi doj, klasifikasiyoŋ.

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