恐龍卡第 1066 張，共 2 027 張

Linlongopterus

名字的意思： “forest dragon wing”1

吃：魚飛行爬蟲類白堊紀早期嚴格來說不是恐龍

Linlongopterus was a flying reptile that soared over ancient China about 120 million years ago. It had a long skull full of sharp, cone-shaped teeth for catching fish. This pterosaur was not a dinosaur, but a close cousin that ruled the skies.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

121 到 113 百萬年前4

白堊紀早期

化石發現地

Jianchang County, Liaoning Province, China2 1

翼展

4 m (13 ft)3

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？

翅膀跟 2 台腳踏車排成一排一樣寬能在 6 秒內飛越一整座足球場

Linlongopterus 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)

Linlongopterus 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

Linlongopterus is known from only one partial skull and jaw, found in two pieces that had to be glued back together.1

Its eye socket was positioned lower on the skull than in most other pteranodontoid pterosaurs, a unique feature.1

The bones of its skull were not fully fused, suggesting this individual was not fully grown when it died.1

Linlongopterus had no crest on its snout, unlike many of its relatives such as anhanguerids.1

Its teeth were cone-shaped and gently curved, similar to those of Mimodactylus and Haopterus, but without a cingulum (a shelf-like structure).1

Scientists are not sure exactly where Linlongopterus fits on the pterosaur family tree, but most agree it belongs to the group Pteranodontoidea.1

Linlongopterus 的 AI 繪圖 — 這是電腦根據科學家目前的知識，用 AI 畫出 Linlongopterus 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。

給恐龍專家

學名: Linlongopterus
命名者: Rodrigues et al. 20154
類群: 飛行爬蟲類
科 / 演化支: Pteranodontoidea4
分類: Pterosauria > Pterodactyloidea4
岩石的年代: 121 到 113 百萬年 (Aptian)4
岩層: Jiufotang4
國家: 中國4
化石紀錄: The Paleobiology Database 收錄 1 筆4
發現: Linlongopterus was named in 2015 by a team led by Taissa Rodrigues, based on a partial skull found in the Jiufotang Formation of Liaoning, China. The species name jennyae honors Elfriede Kellner, mother of co-author Alexander Kellner.1 4
仍有爭議: Scientists still debate whether Linlongopterus belongs to the family Mimodactylidae or is a more primitive member of Ornithocheiriformes.1