恐龍卡第 0039 張，共 2 027 張

Afrotapejara

名字的意思： “African Tapejara”1

吃：水果和植物飛行爬蟲類白堊紀早期到白堊紀晚期嚴格來說不是恐龍

Afrotapejara was a flying reptile that lived in what is now Morocco. It had a downturned beak and no teeth, just like a modern bird. Scientists think it might have eaten fruit.1 4

趣味小知識：翼龍在恐龍頭上飛來飛去，但牠們是恐龍的親戚，不是恐龍喔。

生存年代

106 到 94 百萬年前4

白堊紀早期到白堊紀晚期

化石發現地

Kem Kem beds near Takmout, Erfoud, southern Morocco1 2

最高速度

時速約 52 公里（32 英里）

飛行, 估計值

牠生活在什麼時候？

三疊紀

侏羅紀

白堊紀

2 億 5200 萬年前20114566，小行星撞地球

牠有多快？

走路的人 時速約 5 公里 (3 mph)

騎腳踏車的小朋友 時速約 12 公里 (7 mph)

Afrotapejara 時速約 52 公里 (32 mph)

一匹飛奔的馬 時速約 65 公里 (40 mph)

一隻獵豹 時速約 100 公里 (62 mph)

酷東西

趣味知識

Afrotapejara is the first tapejarid pterosaur ever found in Africa.1 2

Its name means 'African Tapejara', because it comes from Africa and looks like the Brazilian pterosaur Tapejara.1

Afrotapejara had a downturned beak and no teeth, which is unusual for pterosaurs.1

It lived during the mid-Cretaceous period, about 106 to 94 million years ago.4

Only a partial jaw bone (the front part of the upper beak) has been found so far.1

The Kem Kem beds in Morocco, where Afrotapejara was found, are famous for many other pterosaurs and dinosaurs.1

Afrotapejara 的 AI 繪圖 — 這是電腦根據科學家目前的知識，用 AI 畫出 Afrotapejara 可能的樣子。這只是猜測：真正的動物可能長得不一樣，也沒有人知道牠真正的顏色。

你們都在問

關於 Afrotapejara 最常被問的問題

?What did Afrotapejara eat?

Scientists think it might have eaten fruit, but no one knows for sure. It had no teeth, like a bird, and its beak shape is similar to animals that eat fruit.1

?Was Afrotapejara a dinosaur?

No, Afrotapejara was a pterosaur, a flying reptile that lived at the same time as dinosaurs. Pterosaurs are not dinosaurs.3

?How big was Afrotapejara?

Nobody knows for sure, because only a partial jaw bone has been found so far. Scientists can't tell its size from just that piece.3

?When did Afrotapejara live?

It lived during the mid-Cretaceous period, about 106 to 94 million years ago, in what is now Morocco.3

給恐龍專家

學名: Afrotapejara
命名者: Martill et al. 20204
類群: 飛行爬蟲類
科 / 演化支: Tapejaridae4
分類: Pterosauria > Pterodactyloidea4
岩石的年代: 106 到 94 百萬年 (Albian / Cenomanian)4
國家: 摩洛哥4
化石紀錄: The Paleobiology Database 收錄 2 筆4
發現: Afrotapejara was named in 2020 by David Martill and colleagues. The fossil was bought from a fossil trader in Erfoud, Morocco, and came from the Kem Kem beds near Takmout.1 2
仍有爭議: Scientists are not sure what Afrotapejara's crest looked like, because only the front of its beak has been found.1