恐龍卡第 0199 張，共 2 027 張

Aurorazhdarcho

名字的意思： “dawn azhdarchid, from Latin 'aurora' meaning dawn and Azhdarcho, a mythical dragon”1

吃：魚飛行爬蟲類侏羅紀晚期嚴格來說不是恐龍

Aurorazhdarcho was a small flying reptile that lived 150 million years ago. It soared over warm lagoons in what is now Germany, using its long jaws to scoop up tiny animals from the water.1

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

149 到 145 百萬年前3

侏羅紀晚期

化石發現地

Bavaria, southern Germany1 3

翼展

2 到 3 m (6.6 到 9.8 ft)2

最高速度

時速約 56 公里（35 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

牠有多大？

牠的翅膀有多寬？

翅膀跟 1.5 台腳踏車排成一排一樣寬能在 6.8 秒內飛越一整座足球場

Aurorazhdarcho 跟「你」比起來有多大？

只是在你的瀏覽器裡算算數學。什麼都不會被儲存或傳送出去。

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)

Aurorazhdarcho 時速約 56 公里 (35 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

Aurorazhdarcho had a wingspan of about 1.1 metres (3.6 feet), making it one of the smaller pterosaurs.1

Its head and neck are known only from impressions, because a predator almost ripped them off before the body sank.1

The fossil was found in 1999 by amateur paleontologist Peter Kaszmekat in a quarry near Eichstätt, Germany.1

It had up to 18 long, curved teeth on each side of its jaws, which interlocked to form a basket for catching food.1

Scientists think it may have fed like a spoonbill, wading with its jaws open and snapping shut on prey.1

The type specimen was probably a male, because its pelvis bones were fused in a way that suggests it lacked a wide birth canal.1

Aurorazhdarcho 的 AI 繪圖 — 這是電腦根據科學家目前的知識，用 AI 畫出 Aurorazhdarcho 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 Aurorazhdarcho 最常被問的問題

?What did Aurorazhdarcho eat?

It ate small animals from the water. It used its long jaws and up to 18 curved teeth per side to scoop up tiny prey like a spoonbill.1

?How big was Aurorazhdarcho?

It was a small pterosaur with a wingspan of about 1.1 metres (3.6 feet). Its wing bones measured about 54 centimetres (21 inches) long.1

?When did Aurorazhdarcho live?

It lived about 150 million years ago, during the Late Jurassic period.1 3

迷思破解王

迷思： Aurorazhdarcho was a dinosaur.

真相： It was a pterosaur, a flying reptile that lived at the same time as dinosaurs but was not a dinosaur.1

給恐龍專家

學名: Aurorazhdarcho
命名者: Frey et al. 20113
類群: 飛行爬蟲類
科 / 演化支: Protazhdarchidae3
分類: Pterosauria > Pterodactyloidea3
岩石的年代: 149 到 145 百萬年 (Tithonian)3
岩層: Solnhofen3
國家: 德國3
化石紀錄: The Paleobiology Database 收錄 1 筆3
發現: The first fossil was found in 1999 by amateur Peter Kaszmekat in Germany. It was named Aurorazhdarcho primordius by Eberhard Frey and colleagues in 2011.1
仍有爭議: Scientists debate whether Aurorazhdarcho is really a separate genus or just a young Gnathosaurus, because the skulls look similar.1