恐龍卡第 0547 張，共 2 027 張

Dsungaripterus

名字的意思： “Junggar wing”1

吃：魚飛行爬蟲類白堊紀早期嚴格來說不是恐龍

Dsungaripterus was a flying reptile with long, narrow, upturned jaws that worked like tweezers. It used its toothless beak tip to poke into cracks and grab hard-shelled prey, then crushed them with flat, knobbly teeth at the back of its mouth.1 2

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

137 到 121 百萬年前4

白堊紀早期

化石發現地

China (Xinjiang) and possibly Mongolia and South Korea1 4

翼展

3 到 3.5 m (9.8 到 11 ft)1

最高速度

時速約 59 公里（37 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 6.4 秒內飛越一整座足球場

Dsungaripterus 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)

Dsungaripterus 時速約 59 公里 (37 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

Dsungaripterus had a skull over 46 centimeters (18 inches) long, and its head and neck together were almost 1 meter (3.3 feet) long.1

Its jaws curved upward at the tip, and the front part had no teeth, probably covered by a horny sheath.2

It had bulbous, flat teeth at the back of its jaws, perfect for crushing the armor of shellfish.1

The bones of Dsungaripterus were thick-walled and sturdy, suggesting it spent a lot of time walking on the ground.1

It likely landed abruptly and flapped a lot, rather than soaring for long distances.1

Dsungaripterus had a low bony crest on top of its skull, running from the base of the skull to halfway to the beak.1

Fossils show grooves on the jaws that might have held a horny covering, protecting the beak while it probed for food.2

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

?How big was Dsungaripterus?

Dsungaripterus had a wingspan of 3 to 3.5 metres (9.8 to 11.5 feet). Its skull was over 46 centimetres (18 inches) long, and its head and neck together were almost 1 metre (3.3 feet) long.1

?What did Dsungaripterus eat?

It ate hard-shelled prey like shellfish. It used its toothless, upturned beak tip to poke into cracks and grab food, then crushed shells with its flat, knobbly back teeth.1 2

?Was Dsungaripterus a dinosaur?

No, Dsungaripterus was a pterosaur, a flying reptile, not a dinosaur. Pterosaurs were the first vertebrates to evolve powered flight.3

?Why did Dsungaripterus have an upturned beak?

The upturned, toothless beak tip was probably used to probe and remove prey from cracks in rocks or sandy, muddy environments. It may have been covered by a horny sheath for protection.1 2

?Could Dsungaripterus walk on the ground?

Yes, its thick-walled, sturdy bones suggest it was mostly terrestrial and spent a lot of time walking on the ground. Pterosaurs could walk on all four limbs.1 3

?When did Dsungaripterus live?

Dsungaripterus lived during the Early Cretaceous period, about 145 to 100 million years ago. Its fossils were found in China and possibly South Korea.1

迷思破解王

迷思： Dsungaripterus is often called a dinosaur.

真相： It was actually a pterosaur, a flying reptile that lived alongside dinosaurs but is not a dinosaur.1

給恐龍專家

學名: Dsungaripterus
命名者: Young 19644
類群: 飛行爬蟲類
科 / 演化支: Dsungaripteridae4
分類: Pterosauria > Pterodactyloidea4
岩石的年代: 137 到 121 百萬年 (Valanginian / Barremian)4
岩層: Lianmuqin, Tsagaantsav, Hutubihe4
國家: 中國, 蒙古4
化石紀錄: The Paleobiology Database 收錄 4 筆4
發現: Dsungaripterus was named by Yang Zhongjian in 1964, based on a partial skull and skeleton from the Lianmuqin Formation in China. The species name weii honors paleontologist C.M. Wei.1
仍有爭議: Scientists are still debating whether Dsungaripterus and Noripterus lived in the same place at the same time, or in different layers.2