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Noripterus

吃：魚飛行爬蟲類白堊紀早期嚴格來說不是恐龍

Noripterus was a flying reptile that lived about 137 to 121 million years ago. It had a long beak and probably swooped over lakes to catch fish. It was not a dinosaur, but a pterosaur, a cousin of dinosaurs.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

137 到 121 百萬年前4

白堊紀早期

化石發現地

Fossils of Noripterus have been found in China (Xinjiang) and Mongolia (Uvs).1

翼展

最多 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

Noripterus 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)

Noripterus 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

Noripterus belongs to a group called Dsungaripteridae, which were pterosaurs with strong jaws and teeth adapted for crushing shells.4

The name 'Phobetor' was once used for some Noripterus fossils, but that name was already taken by another animal, so scientists now call them Noripterus.4 2

The first Noripterus fossil was found in the Lianmuqin Formation in China, which is made of lake mudstone and sandstone.1

Noripterus lived during the Early Cretaceous, a time when many new kinds of pterosaurs and dinosaurs appeared.1

Scientists think Noripterus was a good flyer and spent much of its life near water, where it could find food.4

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

?How big was Noripterus?

Noripterus was quite small for a pterosaur. Its maximum wingspan was about 4 metres (13 feet).3

?What did Noripterus eat?

Noripterus ate shellfish and other hard food. It used its long, toothless beak tip to pick up prey and its strong back teeth to crack shells.3

?Did Noripterus have teeth?

Yes, but only in the back of its jaws. The front of its beak had no teeth, which helped it probe for food.3

?Where did Noripterus live?

Noripterus lived in Asia, in what is now China and Mongolia. It lived near large inland lakes.3 4

迷思破解王

迷思： Some people think Noripterus was a dinosaur because it lived with dinosaurs.

真相： Noripterus was a pterosaur, a flying reptile that is not a dinosaur. Pterosaurs are a separate group of reptiles.4

給恐龍專家

學名: Noripterus
命名者: Young 19734
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, Tsagaantsav4
國家: 中國, 蒙古4
化石紀錄: The Paleobiology Database 收錄 8 筆4
又名: Phobetor （舊名稱現在也算作同一種動物）4
發現: Noripterus was named by Chinese scientist Young in 1973. The first fossils were found in the Wuerho area of Xinjiang, China.1
仍有爭議: Scientists are still debating whether some fossils from Mongolia belong to Noripterus or to a separate, closely related genus.2