恐龍卡第 1162 張，共 2 027 張

Melkamter

名字的意思： “winged lizard”1

吃：昆蟲飛行爬蟲類侏羅紀早期嚴格來說不是恐龍

Melkamter was a flying reptile that lived in what is now Argentina during the Early Jurassic. It had a single big opening in the side of its skull, which is a clue that it was an early relative of the later pterodactyls.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

183 到 175 百萬年前4

侏羅紀早期

化石發現地

Queso Rallado, near Cerro Cóndor, Chubut Province, Argentina2 4

翼展

最多 3.6 m (12 ft)3

最高速度

時速約 60 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 6.3 秒內飛越一整座足球場

Melkamter 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)

Melkamter 時速約 60 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

Melkamter is the oldest known monofenestratan pterosaur, meaning it lived earlier than any other member of that group.2

Its name comes from the Tehuelche language: 'mel' means wing and 'kamter' means big lizard.2

The species name 'pateko' honors the Queso Rallado fossil site and the broken condition of the bones.2

Melkamter had a skull with a single opening in front of the eye, a feature that links it to later pterodactyloids.2

Its teeth were short, stout and cone-shaped, with gaps between them bigger than the tooth length, which is typical for insect-eaters.2

The fossil was found in the Cañadón Asfalto Formation, which has also yielded other pterosaurs, showing that Gondwana had a rich pterosaur fauna in the Early Jurassic.2

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

?How big was Melkamter?

Its preserved skull is 131.3 millimetres (5.17 inches) long, so it was a small pterosaur, about the size of a crow.1

?What did Melkamter eat?

It probably ate insects. Its teeth were short, stout and cone-shaped, with gaps between them bigger than the tooth length, which is typical for insect-eaters.2

?When did Melkamter live?

Melkamter lived during the Early Jurassic, about 183 to 174 million years ago. It is the oldest known monofenestratan pterosaur.2 1

給恐龍專家

學名: Melkamter
命名者: Fernandes et al. 20244
類群: 飛行爬蟲類
科 / 演化支: Monofenestrata4
分類: Pterosauria4
岩石的年代: 183 到 175 百萬年 (Toarcian)4
岩層: Cañadón Asfalto4
國家: 阿根廷4
化石紀錄: The Paleobiology Database 收錄 1 筆4
發現: Melkamter was named in 2024 by Fernandes, Pol and Rauhut based on a partial skull and other bones found at the Queso Rallado site in Argentina.2 4
仍有爭議: Scientists are not sure whether Melkamter was fully a pterodactyloid or a more primitive monofenestratan, because it has a mix of old and new features.2