恐龍卡第 1270 張，共 2 027 張

Nicorhynchus

名字的意思： “knucker snout, after a water dragon from English folklore”1

吃：魚飛行爬蟲類白堊紀早期到白堊紀晚期嚴格來說不是恐龍

Nicorhynchus was a big flying reptile that soared over ancient seas and rivers. It had a long snout full of pointy teeth and a crest on its head. It swooped down to catch fish with its jaws.1

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

106 到 94 百萬年前3

白堊紀早期到白堊紀晚期

化石發現地

England (Cambridge Greensand) and Morocco (Kem Kem Group)3 1

翼展

7 m (23 ft)1

最高速度

時速約 78 公里（48 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 4 台腳踏車排成一排一樣寬能在 4.8 秒內飛越一整座足球場

Nicorhynchus 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)

一匹飛奔的馬 時速約 65 公里 (40 mph)

Nicorhynchus 時速約 78 公里 (48 mph)

一隻獵豹 時速約 100 公里 (62 mph)

酷東西

趣味知識

Nicorhynchus is one of the largest toothed pterosaurs, second only to Tropeognathus. Its skull could have been up to 75 cm (30 inches) long.1

The tip of its snout was shaped like a boxy rosette, wider than the rest of the jaw, and its front teeth pointed straight forward.1

Its name comes from the Old English word 'nicor', meaning a water dragon or knucker.1

Nicorhynchus lived about 105 to 92.5 million years ago, during the Cretaceous Period.1

Scientists first thought Nicorhynchus was a species of Coloborhynchus, but in 2020 it got its own genus.1 2

The two species are Nicorhynchus capito from England and Nicorhynchus fluviferox from Morocco.1

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

?How big was Nicorhynchus?

It was one of the largest toothed pterosaurs, with an estimated wingspan of about 7 metres (23 feet) and a skull up to 75 cm (30 inches) long.1

?What did Nicorhynchus eat?

It ate fish. It swooped down over ancient seas and rivers to catch fish with its long, toothy jaws.1 3

?When did Nicorhynchus live?

It lived during the Cretaceous Period, about 105 to 92.5 million years ago.1

?Is Nicorhynchus a dinosaur?

No, it is not a dinosaur. It is a pterosaur, a flying reptile that lived at the same time as dinosaurs.1

給恐龍專家

學名: Nicorhynchus
命名者: Holgado and Pegas 20203
類群: 飛行爬蟲類
科 / 演化支: Anhangueridae3
分類: Pterosauria > Pterodactyloidea3
岩石的年代: 106 到 94 百萬年 (Albian / Cenomanian)3
岩層: West Melbury Marly Chalk, Ifezouane3
國家: 英國, 摩洛哥3
化石紀錄: The Paleobiology Database 收錄 4 筆3
發現: The first fossils were named Ornithocheirus capito by Harry Seeley in 1870. In 2020, Borja Holgado and Rodrigo Pêgas gave it the new genus name Nicorhynchus.1 2
仍有爭議: Some scientists think the differences between Nicorhynchus and Coloborhynchus are too small, and they may be the same genus.1