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Tupandactylus

Igama lithetha: “Tupã finger, after the Tupi thunder god”1

Yayitya: IzityaloIzirhubuluzi ezibhabhayoiCretaceous yokuqalaNgokwenene ayisiyo dayinaso

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

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

Yaphila

120 ukuya ku-113 izigidi zeminyaka eyadlulayo5

iCretaceous yokuqala

Iifosili zifunyenwe:

Crato Formation, Ceará, Brazil1 2

Ububanzi bamaphiko

2.7 ukuya ku-4 m (8.9 ukuya ku-13 ft)1

Ukuphakama

1.5 m (4.9 ft)1

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?

Amaphiko ayo ayebanzi kangakanani?

Yayiphakame kangakanani?

amaphiko abanzi njengeebhayisikile ezingama-2 zilandelelanaibinokubhabha inqumle ibala lebhola ekhatywayo lonke ngemizuzwana engama-6

Tupandactylus 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)

Tupandactylus 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

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

Umfanekiso owenziwe yi-AI: Tupandactylus — Umfanekiso owenziwe yi-AI obonisa indlela Tupandactylus 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: 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

Inyaniso ngeentsomi

Intsomi: Some people think Tupandactylus was a dinosaur.

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

Kwiingcali zeedayinaso

Igama lenzululwazi: Tupandactylus
Inikwe igama ngu:: Kellner and Campos 20075
Iqela: Izirhubuluzi ezibhabhayo
Usapho / iclade: Tapejaridae5
Ukuhlelwa: Pterosauria > Pterodactyloidea5
Ubudala bamatye: 120 ukuya ku-113 izigidi zeminyaka (Aptian)5
Izakhiwo zamatye: Crato5
Amazwe: iBrazil5
Iirekhodi zeefosili: 3 kwi-Paleobiology Database5
Ukufunyanwa: 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
Kusaxoxwa ngayo: Scientists are not sure if Tupandactylus imperator and Tupandactylus navigans are two different species or just males and females of the same species.1

Apho iinyani zivela khona

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): ubudala, iindawo, izakhiwo zamatye, ukuhlelwa.

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