恐龍卡第 1665 張，共 2 027 張

Simurghia

名字的意思： “named after the Simurgh, a giant flying beast from Persian mythology”1

吃：魚飛行爬蟲類白堊紀晚期嚴格來說不是恐龍

Simurghia was a big flying reptile that lived near the end of the age of dinosaurs. It had a wingspan as wide as a small car and probably soared over the ocean hunting for fish.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

72 到 66 百萬年前3

白堊紀晚期

化石發現地

Ouled Abdoun Basin, Morocco1

翼展

5 m (16 ft)1

最高速度

時速約 69 公里（43 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 3 台腳踏車排成一排一樣寬能在 5.5 秒內飛越一整座足球場

Simurghia 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)

Simurghia 時速約 69 公里 (43 mph)

一隻獵豹 時速約 100 公里 (62 mph)

酷東西

趣味知識

Simurghia was named in 2018 along with two other pterosaurs from the same area: Alcione and Barbaridactylus.1

Its name comes from the Simurgh, a giant bird-like creature in Persian myths.1

Simurghia lived about 66 million years ago, just before the big extinction that killed the dinosaurs.1

All known fossils of Simurghia were found during a three-year dig that uncovered about 200 pterosaur specimens.1

Simurghia was much bigger than its close relative Alcione, weighing about 560 percent more.1

The type specimen is just a single upper arm bone (humerus), but it is enough to tell this was a distinct species.1

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

?How big was Simurghia?

Simurghia had a wingspan of about 5 metres (16 feet), as wide as a small car. It weighed about 6.6 times as much as its relative Alcione.1

?What did Simurghia eat?

Simurghia was a fish-eater. It likely soared over the ocean and hunted for fish.1 2

?Is Simurghia a dinosaur?

No, Simurghia is a pterosaur, a flying reptile, not a dinosaur.1 3

?When did Simurghia live?

Simurghia lived about 66 million years ago, during the Late Cretaceous period, just before the big extinction that killed the dinosaurs.1

給恐龍專家

學名: Simurghia
命名者: Longrich et al. 20183
類群: 飛行爬蟲類
科 / 演化支: Aponyctosauria3
分類: Pterosauria > Pterodactyloidea3
岩石的年代: 72 到 66 百萬年 (Maastrichtian)3
岩層: Couche III3
國家: 摩洛哥3
化石紀錄: The Paleobiology Database 收錄 1 筆3
發現: Simurghia was named in 2018 by paleontologists Nicholas Longrich, David Martill, and Brian Andres. The fossils were found in phosphate mines in Morocco.1
仍有爭議: Scientists are not sure if a pterosaur from Brazil called 'Nyctosaurus' lamegoi is also a species of Simurghia.1