恐龍卡第 1775 張，共 2 027 張

Tethydraco

名字的意思： “Tethys dragon”1

吃：魚飛行爬蟲類白堊紀晚期嚴格來說不是恐龍

Tethydraco was a flying reptile that soared over the ancient Tethys Sea, where Africa is today. It had a wingspan of about 5 metres, as wide as a small car, and hunted fish from the air.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

72 到 66 百萬年前3

白堊紀晚期

化石發現地

Ouled Abdoun Basin, Morocco2

翼展

5 m (16 ft)2

體重

15 kg (33 lb)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？

牠有多重？

跟 4 隻家貓一樣重

翅膀跟 3 台腳踏車排成一排一樣寬跟 120 根香蕉一樣重能在 5.5 秒內飛越一整座足球場

Tethydraco 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)

Tethydraco 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

Tethydraco lived about 66 million years ago, just before the dinosaurs went extinct.1

Its name means 'Tethys dragon', after the ancient Tethys Sea that once covered part of Africa.1

The only known fossil of Tethydraco is a left upper arm bone, called a humerus.2

Scientists think Tethydraco was a pteranodontid, a group of pterosaurs that glided over oceans like modern seabirds.2

Tethydraco was about the size of other pteranodontids, with a wingspan around 5 metres.2

Its fossils were found in phosphate mines in Morocco, alongside many other marine animals like sharks and mosasaurs.2

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

?Was Tethydraco a dinosaur?

No, Tethydraco was a pterosaur, a flying reptile, not a dinosaur.1

?How big was Tethydraco?

Tethydraco had a wingspan of about 5 metres (16 feet) and weighed around 15 kilograms (33 pounds).1

?What did Tethydraco eat?

Tethydraco was a piscivore, meaning it ate fish, which it hunted from the air over the sea.3

?When did Tethydraco live?

Tethydraco lived about 66 million years ago, during the Late Cretaceous period, just before the non-avian dinosaurs went extinct.1

給恐龍專家

學名: Tethydraco
命名者: Longrich et al. 20183
類群: 飛行爬蟲類
科 / 演化支: Pteranodontidae3
分類: Pterosauria > Pterodactyloidea > Pteranodontidae3
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 2 筆3
發現: Tethydraco was named in 2018 by Nicholas Longrich, David Martill and Brian Andres. The fossils were found in phosphate mines in Morocco.1
仍有爭議: Some scientists think Tethydraco might actually be an azhdarchid pterosaur, not a pteranodontid, but others disagree.1