恐龍卡第 0241 張，共 2 027 張

Barbaridactylus

名字的意思： “Barbary Coast finger”1

吃：魚飛行爬蟲類白堊紀晚期嚴格來說不是恐龍

Barbaridactylus was a flying reptile that soared over the seas of North Africa near the end of the Age of Dinosaurs. It had long, narrow wings and a wingspan as wide as a small car. It likely snatched fish from the ocean with its upward-curving beak.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

72 到 66 百萬年前4

白堊紀晚期

化石發現地

Ouled Abdoun Basin, Morocco1 4

翼展

4 m (13 ft)1

體重

4 kg (9 lb)1

最高速度

時速約 63 公里（39 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？

牠有多重？

跟 1 隻家貓一樣重

翅膀跟 2 台腳踏車排成一排一樣寬大約跟一隻家貓一樣重跟 33 根香蕉一樣重能在 6 秒內飛越一整座足球場

Barbaridactylus 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)

Barbaridactylus 時速約 63 公里 (39 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

Barbaridactylus was one of the largest nyctosaurids, with a wingspan of about 4 metres (13 feet).1

Its name comes from the Barbary Coast of North Africa and the Greek word for finger.1

All known fossils of Barbaridactylus were found in a three-year dig that uncovered about 200 pterosaur specimens.1

The type specimen includes a right femur, left radius, ulna, humerus, and scapulocoracoid, plus part of the lower jaw.1

Its scapulocoracoid is fused, meaning the animal was probably an adult when it died.1

Barbaridactylus lived about 66 million years ago, just 1 million years before the extinction that ended the Age of Dinosaurs.1

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

?Was Barbaridactylus a dinosaur?

No, Barbaridactylus was a pterosaur, a flying reptile that lived during the time of dinosaurs, but it was not a dinosaur.1 2

?How big was Barbaridactylus?

Barbaridactylus had a wingspan of about 4 metres (13 feet) and weighed around 4 kilograms (8.8 pounds). That is about as wide as a small boat.1

?What did Barbaridactylus eat?

It likely ate fish and squid. Barbaridactylus was an aerial fisher that snatched prey from the ocean surface or dove into the water.3

?When did Barbaridactylus live?

Barbaridactylus lived about 66 million years ago, during the very end of the Late Cretaceous period. That is just 1 million years before the big extinction that wiped out the non-bird dinosaurs.1

?Where was Barbaridactylus found?

Its fossils were discovered in the Ouled Abdoun Basin in Morocco, North Africa. The area was a warm, shallow sea at the time.1 2

?Why does Barbaridactylus have that name?

Its name means 'Barbary Coast finger,' after the Barbary Coast of North Africa where it was found, and the Greek word for finger. The species name grandis means 'great' in Latin.1

給恐龍專家

學名: Barbaridactylus
命名者: Longrich et al. 20184
類群: 飛行爬蟲類
科 / 演化支: Nyctosauridae4
分類: Pterosauria > Pterodactyloidea4
岩石的年代: 72 到 66 百萬年 (Maastrichtian)4
岩層: Couche III4
國家: 摩洛哥4
化石紀錄: The Paleobiology Database 收錄 1 筆4
發現: Barbaridactylus was named in 2018 by paleontologists Nicholas R. Longrich, David M. Martill, and Brian Andres. The fossils came from phosphates in the Ouled Abdoun Basin of Morocco.1
仍有爭議: Scientists are not sure whether Barbaridactylus should be placed in its own genus or considered a species of Nyctosaurus. Some studies suggest it might be Nyctosaurus grandis.1