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Umfanekiso wekhathuni: Darwinopterus
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Darwinopterus

Igama lithetha: “Darwin's wing”1
Yayitya: IzinambuzaneIzirhubuluzi ezibhabhayoiJurassic ephakathi ukuya ku-iJurassic yamvaNgokwenene ayisiyo dayinaso

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.12

Inyani emnandi: iipterosauri zazibhabha phezu kweedayinaso, kodwa zazingabazala bazo, hayi iidayinaso ngokwazo.
Yaphila
168 ukuya ku-152 izigidi zeminyaka eyadlulayo5
iJurassic ephakathi ukuya ku-iJurassic yamva
Iifosili zifunyenwe:
Liaoning Province, China51
Ubude
0.34 ukuya ku-0.46 m (1.1 ukuya ku-1.5 ft)2
Ububanzi bamaphiko
0.75 m (2.5 ft)3
Esona santya siphezulu
malunga ne-32 km/h (20 mph)
Ukubhabha, uqikelelo

Yaphila nini?

iTriassic
iJurassic
iCretaceous
Izigidi ezingama-252 zeminyaka eyadlulayo20114566, i-asteroyidi

Yayinkulu kangakanani?

Yayinde kangakanani?

Darwinopterus malunga ne-0.46 m ubude (1.5 ft)Ikati yasekhaya malunga ne-0.5 m (1.6 ft)Inja malunga ne-1 m (3.3 ft)Ibhayisikile yomntu omdala malunga ne-1.8 m (5.9 ft)
inde njengeebhanana ezingama-2.5 zilandelelanainde njengezitena zokudlala ezingama-14 zilandelelanaibinokubhabha inqumle ibala lebhola ekhatywayo lonke ngemizuzwana engama-12

Darwinopterus wayemkhulu kangakanani xa ethelekiswa NAWE?

Yimathematika nje kwibhrawuza yakho. Akukho nto igcinwayo okanye ithunyelwe naphi na.

Yayikhawuleza kangakanani?

izinto ezimnandi

Iinyani ezimnandi

1

Darwinopterus was a 'transitional fossil' because it had a head and neck like later short-tailed pterosaurs, but a long tail like earlier ones.12

2

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

3

The name Darwinopterus honors Charles Darwin, the famous scientist who came up with the idea of evolution by natural selection.12

4

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

5

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

6

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

7

The first Darwinopterus species, D. modularis, was named in 2010. Later, three more species were added in 2011, 2025, and 2010.15

Yenziwe yi-AIUmfanekiso owenziwe yi-AI: Darwinopterus
Umfanekiso owenziwe yi-AI obonisa indlela Darwinopterus esenokuba wayekhangeleka ngayo, wenziwe yikhompyutha ngokwento eyaziwa zizazinzulu. Kukuqikelela nje: esona silwanyana sinokuba sasikhangeleka ngenye indlela, kwaye akukho mntu waziyo imibala yaso yokwenyani.
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Eyona mibuzo ibuzwa kakhulu: Darwinopterus

?Was Darwinopterus a dinosaur?

No, Darwinopterus was a pterosaur, a flying reptile that lived while dinosaurs walked on land. Pterosaurs are not dinosaurs.41

?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.21

?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.14

Kwiingcali zeedayinaso

Igama lenzululwazi
Darwinopterus
Inikwe igama ngu:
Lü et al. 20105
Iqela
Izirhubuluzi ezibhabhayo
Usapho / iclade
Monofenestrata5
Ukuhlelwa
Pterosauria5
Ubudala bamatye
168 ukuya ku-152 izigidi zeminyaka (Bathonian / Kimmeridgian)5
Izakhiwo zamatye
Tiaojishan5
Amazwe
iTshayina5
Iirekhodi zeefosili
4 kwi-Paleobiology Database5
Ukufunyanwa
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.12
Kusaxoxwa ngayo
Scientists are still debating whether Darwinopterus was a fast aerial hunter or mainly an insectivore that hopped on the ground.1

Apho iinyani zivela khona

  1. Darwinopterus (en.wikipedia.org)
  2. Evidence for modular evolution in a long-tailed pterosaur with a pterodactyloid skull (pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov)
  3. 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)
  4. Darwinopterus, a Transitional Pterosaur (smithsonianmag.com)
  5. Darwinopterus in The Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0): ubudala, iindawo, izakhiwo zamatye, ukuhlelwa.

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