恐龍卡第 1295 張，共 2 027 張

Nurhachius

名字的意思： “Named after Nurhachi, the founder of the Ch'ing Dynasty in China”1

吃：魚飛行爬蟲類白堊紀早期嚴格來說不是恐龍

Nurhachius was a flying reptile that lived about 120 million years ago. It had a long skull full of sharp, triangular teeth, and it probably swooped over lakes to catch fish. It was not a dinosaur, but a pterosaur, a close cousin of dinosaurs.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

121 到 113 百萬年前4

白堊紀早期

化石發現地

Fossils of Nurhachius were found in the Jiufotang Formation in Liaoning, China.1

翼展

2.4 到 2.5 m (7.9 到 8.2 ft)1

體重

4 kg (9 lb)3

最高速度

時速約 52 公里（32 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？

牠有多重？

跟 1 隻家貓一樣重

翅膀跟 1.5 台腳踏車排成一排一樣寬大約跟一隻家貓一樣重跟 33 根香蕉一樣重能在 7.3 秒內飛越一整座足球場

Nurhachius 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)

Nurhachius 時速約 52 公里 (32 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

Nurhachius had a very long skull, about 33 centimetres long, and its skull had a huge opening that took up about 58% of the skull length.1

It had 54 teeth in total: 14 on each side of the upper jaw and 13 on each side of the lower jaw. These teeth were flat and triangular, similar to those of the European pterosaur Istiodactylus.1

Nurhachius was one of the first pterosaurs from its group, the istiodactylids, to be found in China. Before that, this group was only known from Europe.2

The fossil skeleton of Nurhachius shows it was a subadult, meaning it was not fully grown when it died. Its bones show that some parts were still growing.1

Nurhachius lived in an area where many birds also lived, like Confuciusornis. Scientists think birds were more common in inland areas, while pterosaurs like Nurhachius were more common near the coast.2

The name Nurhachius honors Nurhachi, the founder of the Qing Dynasty in China. The species name ignaciobritoi honors a Brazilian paleontologist named Ignacio M. Brito.1

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

?How big was Nurhachius?

Nurhachius had a wingspan of about 2.4 to 2.5 metres (7.9 to 8.2 feet) and weighed around 4 kilograms (8.8 pounds).3

?What did Nurhachius eat?

Nurhachius probably ate fish. It had sharp, triangular teeth and a long skull, which helped it swoop over lakes to catch fish.3

?Is Nurhachius a dinosaur?

No, Nurhachius is not a dinosaur. It is a pterosaur, which is a flying reptile and a close cousin of dinosaurs.3

迷思破解王

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

真相： Nurhachius was a pterosaur, a flying reptile that is not a dinosaur. Pterosaurs are a separate group of reptiles that lived at the same time as dinosaurs.4

給恐龍專家

學名: Nurhachius
命名者: Wang et al. 20054
類群: 飛行爬蟲類
科 / 演化支: Ornithocheiroidea4
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 3 筆4
發現: Nurhachius was named in 2005 by a team of scientists including Wang Xiaolin, Alexander Kellner, Zhou Zhonghe, and Diogenes de Almeida Campos. The first fossil was found in the Jiufotang Formation in Liaoning, China.4 1
仍有爭議: Scientists are still debating how Nurhachius is related to other pterosaurs. Some think it is closely related to Istiodactylus, but others are not sure because the fossil is incomplete.1