Ningchengopterus
Ningchengopterus was a tiny flying reptile that lived in what is now China. It had about 50 sharp teeth and a long, pointy snout. Even as a baby, it could fly right after hatching!1
Yaphila nini?
Yayinkulu kangakanani?
Amaphiko ayo ayebanzi kangakanani?
Ningchengopterus wayemkhulu kangakanani xa ethelekiswa NAWE?
Yimathematika nje kwibhrawuza yakho. Akukho nto igcinwayo okanye ithunyelwe naphi na.
Yayikhawuleza kangakanani?
Iinyani ezimnandi
Ningchengopterus had 50 teeth: 12 in each upper jaw and 13 in each lower jaw.1
Its skull was only 38 millimetres long, about the size of a large grape.1
The fossil shows soft parts like the flight membrane and pycnofibres, which are fuzzy hair-like coverings.1
It was the first small toothed pterodactyloid pterosaur ever found in China.1
Scientists think Ningchengopterus could fly right after hatching, with little help from its parents.1
The fossil was collected by Ms Liu Jingyi, who donated it to science.1

Kwiingcali zeedayinaso
- Igama lenzululwazi
- Ningchengopterus
- Inikwe igama ngu:
- Lü 20093
- Iqela
- Izirhubuluzi ezibhabhayo
- Usapho / iclade
- Pterodactyloidea3
- Ukuhlelwa
- Pterosauria > Pterodactyloidea3
- Ubudala bamatye
- 126 ukuya ku-120 izigidi zeminyaka (Barremian / Aptian)3
- Izakhiwo zamatye
- Yixian3
- Amazwe
- iTshayina3
- Iirekhodi zeefosili
- 1 kwi-Paleobiology Database3
- Ukufunyanwa
- Ningchengopterus was named and described by Chinese paleontologist Lü Junchang in 2009. The only fossil is a nearly complete skeleton of a hatchling, found in the Yixian Formation of Inner Mongolia.13
- Kusaxoxwa ngayo
- Scientists are not sure which group of pterosaurs Ningchengopterus belongs to. It might be related to the ctenochasmatids, but the evidence is not strong enough.1
Apho iinyani zivela khona
- Ningchengopterus (en.wikipedia.org)
- Ningchengopterus liuae | Pterosaur Database by DinoAnimals.com (dinoanimals.com)
- Ningchengopterus in The Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0): ubudala, iindawo, izakhiwo zamatye, ukuhlelwa.
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