恐龍卡第 1286 張，共 2 027 張

Normannognathus

名字的意思： “Normandy jaw”1

吃：魚飛行爬蟲類侏羅紀晚期嚴格來說不是恐龍

Normannognathus was a flying reptile that lived about 150 million years ago. It had a tall crest on its head and a slightly upturned snout, making it look a bit like a dragon.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

152 到 149 百萬年前4

侏羅紀晚期

化石發現地

Normandy, France, near Le Havre1 2

翼展

1 m (3.3 ft)3

最高速度

時速約 36 公里（22 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？

跟 2 隻家貓從鼻子接到尾巴一樣長能在 10 秒內飛越一整座足球場

Normannognathus 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)

Normannognathus 時速約 36 公里 (22 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

Normannognathus had teeth all the way to the tip of its jaws, which is unusual for some pterosaurs.2

Its tall crest started right in front of the nostril opening and had a concave front edge, making it look like a wave.2

The crest was flat and ran along the midline of the upper jaw, and it may have been covered by a horny sheath.1

The fossil is only about 10 centimetres long, and it includes the front part of the skull and lower jaws.1

Scientists have changed their minds about where Normannognathus belongs in the pterosaur family tree, placing it in different groups over the years.1

It lived during the Kimmeridgian age, about 152 to 149 million years ago, in a marine environment.4

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

迷思破解王

迷思： Normannognathus was a dinosaur.

真相： It was a pterosaur, a flying reptile that is not a dinosaur.1

給恐龍專家

學名: Normannognathus
命名者: Buffetaut et al. 19984
類群: 飛行爬蟲類
科 / 演化支: Lophocratia4
分類: Pterosauria > Pterodactyloidea4
岩石的年代: 152 到 149 百萬年 (Kimmeridgian)4
岩層: Argiles d'Octeville4
國家: 法國4
化石紀錄: The Paleobiology Database 收錄 1 筆4
發現: Jean-Jacques Lepage found the fossil in 1993 on the Normandy coast at Cap de la Hève, near Ecqueville. In 1998, Eric Buffetaut and colleagues named it Normannognathus wellnhoferi.1
仍有爭議: Scientists still debate exactly which group of pterosaurs Normannognathus belongs to, with different studies placing it in different families.1