恐龍卡第 1769 張，共 2 027 張

Tendaguripterus

名字的意思： “Tendaguru wing”1

吃：魚飛行爬蟲類侏羅紀晚期嚴格來說不是恐龍

Tendaguripterus was a flying reptile that lived about 150 million years ago. It had a short, deep lower jaw with strong teeth, and it probably used them to crunch up hard-shelled animals like clams.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

152 到 149 百萬年前3

侏羅紀晚期

化石發現地

Tendaguru Formation in southeastern Tanzania1 3

翼展

1 m (3.3 ft)1

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

Tendaguripterus 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)

Tendaguripterus 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

Tendaguripterus is known from only a single piece of lower jaw, which was discovered in Tanzania during a German expedition between 1910 and 1912.1

The lower jaw of Tendaguripterus is short, robust, and tall, and it becomes more than one and a half times taller towards the back, giving it a very deep shape.1

Its tooth row looks bumpy, and its teeth stick out strongly from the jaw.1

Tendaguripterus lived alongside famous dinosaurs like Giraffatitan and Kentrosaurus in the Tendaguru Formation.1

The name Tendaguripterus honors Hans Reck, the first person to describe pterosaurs from Tendaguru.1 2

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

?How big was Tendaguripterus?

Its wingspan was about 1 meter (3.3 feet) wide, and its skull was around 20 centimeters (7.9 inches) long.1

?What did Tendaguripterus eat?

It probably ate hard-shelled animals like clams and other invertebrates, using its strong teeth to crunch them up.1

?Is Tendaguripterus a dinosaur?

No, it is a pterosaur, which is a flying reptile and not a dinosaur.1

?Where was Tendaguripterus found?

Its only fossil, a lower jaw, was discovered in the Tendaguru Formation in Tanzania, Africa.1

給恐龍專家

學名: Tendaguripterus
命名者: Unwin and Heinrich 19993
類群: 飛行爬蟲類
科 / 演化支: Tendaguripteridae3
分類: Pterosauria > Pterodactyloidea3
岩石的年代: 152 到 149 百萬年 (Kimmeridgian)3
岩層: Tendaguru3
國家: 坦尚尼亞3
化石紀錄: The Paleobiology Database 收錄 1 筆3
發現: The only specimen, a lower jaw, was collected between 1910 and 1912 by a German expedition to Tendaguru in Tanzania. It was described as a new genus and species in 1999 by David Unwin and Wolf-Dieter Heinrich.1 3
仍有爭議: Scientists are not sure how Tendaguripterus is related to other pterosaurs. It was first thought to be a type of dsungaripteroid, but later it was placed in its own family, Tendaguripteridae, and its exact position is still unknown.1