恐龍卡第 0466 張，共 2 027 張

Cuspicephalus

名字的意思： “pointed head”1

吃：魚飛行爬蟲類侏羅紀晚期嚴格來說不是恐龍

Cuspicephalus was a flying reptile that lived near the sea in what is now England. It had a very long, pointy skull and caught fish with its many teeth.2 3

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

155 到 152 百萬年前3

侏羅紀晚期

化石發現地

Kimmeridge Bay, Dorset, England3 2

翼展

1.2 到 1.75 m (3.9 到 5.7 ft)2

最高速度

時速約 45 公里（28 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？

跟 4 隻家貓從鼻子接到尾巴一樣長能在 8.4 秒內飛越一整座足球場

Cuspicephalus 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)

Cuspicephalus 時速約 45 公里 (28 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

Cuspicephalus had a skull that was almost five and a half times longer than it was tall. That is the most extreme ratio of any pterosaur.2

Its name means 'pointed head' and it was named after the cartoonist Gerald Scarfe, whose drawings often have very pointy noses.1

Cuspicephalus is one of the first non-pterodactyloid monofenestratan pterosaurs found outside China.1

The only known fossil is a flattened skull found on a beach at Kimmeridge Bay, part of the Jurassic Coast World Heritage Site.2 1

Cuspicephalus had at least 12 or 13 pairs of teeth in front of a large hole in its skull called the nasoantorbital fenestra.1

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

?How big was Cuspicephalus?

It was a small pterosaur with a wingspan of about 1.2 to 1.75 metres. Its skull was 32.6 centimetres long.2 1

?What did Cuspicephalus eat?

It likely ate fish, catching them with its many sharp teeth. Its long, pointed skull was good for snatching prey from the water.2

?When did Cuspicephalus live?

It lived during the Late Jurassic period, about 155 to 150 million years ago. Its fossils were found in the Kimmeridge Clay Formation in England.2 3

給恐龍專家

學名: Cuspicephalus
命名者: Martill and Etches 20133
類群: 飛行爬蟲類
科 / 演化支: Monofenestrata3
分類: Pterosauria3
岩石的年代: 155 到 152 百萬年 (Kimmeridgian)3
岩層: Kimmeridge Clay3
國家: 英國3
化石紀錄: The Paleobiology Database 收錄 1 筆3
發現: Fossil collector Steve Etches found the partial skull in December 2009 at Kimmeridge Bay, Dorset, England. Scientists David Martill and Steve Etches named it Cuspicephalus scarfi in 2013.2 1
仍有爭議: Scientists are not sure whether Cuspicephalus was more closely related to Darwinopterus or to pterodactyloids like Germanodactylus.1