恐龍卡第 1638 張，共 2 027 張

Shenzhoupterus

名字的意思： “wing of the divine land (an old name for China)”1

吃：魚飛行爬蟲類白堊紀早期嚴格來說不是恐龍

Shenzhoupterus was a toothless flying reptile that soared over ancient China 120 million years ago. It had a big head with a tall crest and a huge nostril hole that stretched above its eyes. With a wingspan as wide as a small car, it glided over lakes and rivers hunting for fish.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

121 到 113 百萬年前3

白堊紀早期

化石發現地

Liaoning Province, China (Jiufotang Formation)1 2

翼展

1.4 m (4.6 ft)1 2

最高速度

時速約 41 公里（25 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 3 隻家貓從鼻子接到尾巴一樣長能在 9.2 秒內飛越一整座足球場

Shenzhoupterus 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)

Shenzhoupterus 時速約 41 公里 (25 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

Shenzhoupterus had no teeth at all, which is rare among early Cretaceous pterosaurs.1 2

Its skull had a huge opening called the nasoantorbital fenestra that stretched above the eyes and even over the braincase.1 2

The crest on its head arched over the eyes and ended in a small point toward the back of the skull.1

Shenzhoupterus belongs to a group called Chaoyangopteridae, which are toothless pterosaurs that lived in what is now China.1 2

Its wingspan was about 1.4 meters (4.6 feet), similar to the length of a bicycle.1 2

The only known fossil is a complete, articulated skeleton found in the Jiufotang Formation of Liaoning, China.1 2

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

給恐龍專家

學名: Shenzhoupterus
命名者: Lü et al. 20083
類群: 飛行爬蟲類
科 / 演化支: Chaoyangopteridae3
分類: Pterosauria > Pterodactyloidea3
岩石的年代: 121 到 113 百萬年 (Aptian)3
岩層: Jiufotang3
國家: 中國3
化石紀錄: The Paleobiology Database 收錄 1 筆3
發現: Shenzhoupterus was named in 2008 by Lü Junchang, David Unwin, Xu Li, and Zhang Xingliao based on a complete skeleton found in Liaoning, China.1 2
仍有爭議: Scientists debate whether Shenzhoupterus belongs in the family Chaoyangopteridae or within the Tapejaridae as a chaoyangopterine.1