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Ikrandraco

Igama lithetha: “Ikran dragon, after the flying creatures in the movie Avatar”1

Yayitya: IintlanziIzirhubuluzi ezibhabhayoiCretaceous yokuqalaNgokwenene ayisiyo dayinaso

Ikrandraco was a flying reptile that lived about 120 million years ago. It had a long, low skull and a sharp blade-like crest on its lower jaw, unlike any other pterosaur. Scientists think it skimmed over lakes to catch fish, maybe even using a throat pouch like a pelican.2

Inyani emnandi: iipterosauri zazibhabha phezu kweedayinaso, kodwa zazingabazala bazo, hayi iidayinaso ngokwazo.

Yaphila

121 ukuya ku-113 izigidi zeminyaka eyadlulayo4

iCretaceous yokuqala

Iifosili zifunyenwe:

Liaoning Province, China (Jiufotang Formation)2

Ubude

1.5 ukuya ku-2 m (4.9 ukuya ku-6.6 ft)2

Ububanzi bamaphiko

3 ukuya ku-4 m (9.8 ukuya ku-13 ft)2

Esona santya siphezulu

malunga ne-63 km/h (39 mph)

Ukubhabha, uqikelelo

Yaphila nini?

iTriassic

iJurassic

iCretaceous

Izigidi ezingama-252 zeminyaka eyadlulayo20114566, i-asteroyidi

Yayinkulu kangakanani?

Yayinde kangakanani?

inde njengeekati zasekhaya ezingama-4, impumlo ukuya emsileniinde njengeebhanana ezingama-11 zilandelelanaibinokubhabha inqumle ibala lebhola ekhatywayo lonke ngemizuzwana engama-6

Ikrandraco wayemkhulu kangakanani xa ethelekiswa NAWE?

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

Yayikhawuleza kangakanani?

Umntu ohambayo malunga ne-5 km/h (3 mph)

Umntwana ekhwele ibhayisikile malunga ne-12 km/h (7 mph)

Ikrandraco malunga ne-63 km/h (39 mph)

Ihashe elibaleka ngamandla malunga ne-65 km/h (40 mph)

Ingwenkala malunga ne-100 km/h (62 mph)

izinto ezimnandi

Iinyani ezimnandi

Ikrandraco's lower jaw had a deep, blade-like crest with a hook at the back. No other pterosaur has this feature.2

The hook on the crest might have anchored a throat pouch, like a pelican's, to store fish.2 1

Its skull was very low and long, only about 18.7% as tall as it was long.2

Ikrandraco lived alongside other fish-eating pterosaurs like Liaoningopterus and Guidraco, but they had different teeth and hunting styles.2

The name Ikrandraco comes from the fictional 'ikran' creatures in the movie Avatar, which also have a head crest.1

Two fossils of Ikrandraco have been found, both from the same rock formation in China.2

Umfanekiso owenziwe yi-AI: Ikrandraco — Umfanekiso owenziwe yi-AI obonisa indlela Ikrandraco esenokuba wayekhangeleka ngayo, wenziwe yikhompyutha ngokwento eyaziwa zizazinzulu. Kukuqikelela nje: esona silwanyana sinokuba sasikhangeleka ngenye indlela, kwaye akukho mntu waziyo imibala yaso yokwenyani.

ubuzile

Eyona mibuzo ibuzwa kakhulu: Ikrandraco

?How big was Ikrandraco?

Its skull was about 286.5 millimetres (11.28 inches) long. The full size of the animal is not known from the fossils found so far.1

?What did Ikrandraco eat?

It ate fish. Scientists think it skimmed over lakes to catch them, and it may have stored fish in a throat pouch like a pelican.1 3

?Did Ikrandraco have feathers?

No, Ikrandraco was a pterosaur, a flying reptile. Pterosaurs are not dinosaurs and they had hair like structures called pycnofibres instead of feathers.1

?Where did Ikrandraco live?

It lived in what is now northeastern China, about 120 million years ago during the Early Cretaceous.1 3

Inyaniso ngeentsomi

Intsomi: Ikrandraco was a dinosaur.

Inyaniso: Ikrandraco was a pterosaur, a flying reptile that is not a dinosaur.1

Kwiingcali zeedayinaso

Igama lenzululwazi: Ikrandraco
Inikwe igama ngu:: Wang et al. 20144
Iqela: Izirhubuluzi ezibhabhayo
Usapho / iclade: Pteranodontoidea4
Ukuhlelwa: Pterosauria > Pterodactyloidea4
Ubudala bamatye: 121 ukuya ku-113 izigidi zeminyaka (Aptian)4
Izakhiwo zamatye: Jiufotang4
Amazwe: iTshayina4
Iirekhodi zeefosili: 2 kwi-Paleobiology Database4
Ukufunyanwa: Ikrandraco was named in 2014 by Wang Xiaolin and colleagues, based on a partial skeleton found in Liaoning, China. A second skull was also found nearby.2 1
Kusaxoxwa ngayo: Scientists are not sure if Ikrandraco really used its crest for skimming or if it had a throat pouch, because no soft tissue is preserved.2

Apho iinyani zivela khona

Ikrandraco (en.wikipedia.org)
An Early Cretaceous pterosaur with an unusual mandibular crest from China and a potential novel feeding strategy | Scientific Reports (nature.com)
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Ikrandraco in The Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0): ubudala, iindawo, izakhiwo zamatye, ukuhlelwa.

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