恐龍卡第 0234 張，共 2 027 張

Banguela

名字的意思： “toothless one, a Brazilian Portuguese nickname for elderly women”1

吃：魚飛行爬蟲類白堊紀早期嚴格來說不是恐龍

Banguela was a flying reptile that lived about 115 million years ago. It had no teeth, so it probably scooped up fish with its beak. It was not a dinosaur, but a pterosaur, a cousin of dinosaurs.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

120 到 113 百萬年前4

白堊紀早期

化石發現地

Chapada do Araripe, Ceará, Brazil (Romualdo Formation)1 2

翼展

3.7 m (12 ft)1

最高速度

時速約 61 公里（38 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 2 台腳踏車排成一排一樣寬能在 6.2 秒內飛越一整座足球場

Banguela 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)

Banguela 時速約 61 公里 (38 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

Banguela's lower jaw, called a symphysis, was about 27 centimeters (10.7 inches) long and curved upward. The front edges were sharp, but it had no teeth or tooth sockets.1

Its skull was about 61 centimeters (2 feet) long, and its wingspan was over 3.7 meters (12 feet).1

Banguela is one of the few pterosaurs that completely lost its teeth. Scientists think tooth loss happened at least four separate times among pterosaurs.1

The fossil was first thought to belong to another pterosaur called Thalassodromeus, but in 2015 scientists gave it its own name, Banguela.1

Banguela's toothless beak might have had a horny covering, like a bird's beak, which helped it catch slippery fish.1

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

?How big was Banguela?

Its skull was about 61 centimeters (24 inches) long and its wingspan was over 3.7 meters (12 feet). It weighed about as much as a small dog or a large goose.1 3

?Did Banguela have teeth?

No, Banguela had no teeth or tooth sockets. Its name means 'toothless one' in Portuguese.1 3

?What did Banguela eat?

It probably ate fish, scooping them up with its toothless beak. Its sharp jaw tips were not good for holding food, so it likely swallowed fish whole.3

?Is Banguela a dinosaur?

No, Banguela is a pterosaur, a flying reptile that lived alongside dinosaurs but is not a dinosaur itself.1

迷思破解王

迷思： Some people think Banguela was a dinosaur because it lived with dinosaurs.

真相： Banguela was a pterosaur, a flying reptile, not a dinosaur. Pterosaurs are a separate group of reptiles.1

給恐龍專家

學名: Banguela
命名者: Headden and Campos 20144
類群: 飛行爬蟲類
科 / 演化支: Dsungaripteridae4
分類: Pterosauria > Pterodactyloidea4
岩石的年代: 120 到 113 百萬年 (Aptian)4
岩層: Romualdo4
國家: 巴西4
化石紀錄: The Paleobiology Database 收錄 1 筆4
發現: A Swiss collector named Urs Oberli bought a jaw fragment from Brazil. In 2005, scientists first described it as Thalassodromeus, but in 2015, Jaime Headden and Hebert Campos named it Banguela oberlii, honoring Oberli.1
仍有爭議: Scientists disagree about Banguela's family. Some say it belongs to Dsungaripteridae, others think it is a species of Thalassodromeus, and some place it in Chaoyangopteridae.1