恐龍卡第 1899 張，共 2 027 張

Volgadraco

名字的意思： “Volga dragon”1

吃：魚飛行爬蟲類白堊紀晚期嚴格來說不是恐龍

Volgadraco was a flying reptile that soared over an ancient sea in what is now Russia. It had a long beak and probably snatched fish from the water while flying. This pterosaur lived during the Late Cretaceous period, about 80 million years ago.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

84 到 72 百萬年前4

白堊紀晚期

化石發現地

Saratov, Russia1

翼展

5.2 到 6.5 m (17 到 21 ft)3

最高速度

時速約 76 公里（47 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 4 台腳踏車排成一排一樣寬能在 5 秒內飛越一整座足球場

Volgadraco 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)

Volgadraco 時速約 76 公里 (47 mph)

一隻獵豹 時速約 100 公里 (62 mph)

酷東西

趣味知識

Volgadraco is known from only a lower beak and a few other bone fragments found in the Rybushka Formation of Russia.1

Its name means 'Volga dragon', because it was discovered near the Volga River in Russia.1

Scientists do not agree on which family Volgadraco belongs to. Some think it is an azhdarchid, others a nyctosaurid, and some say a pteranodontid.1

Volgadraco lived in the Campanian age, about 83 to 72 million years ago, during the Late Cretaceous.4

The size of its beak and blood supply show that Volgadraco was intermediate between older and younger pterosaurs like Azhdarcho and Quetzalcoatlus.1

Only two fossils of Volgadraco have been found, both in the same area of Russia.4

Volgadraco was an aerial animal that could fly and was actively mobile.2

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

?How big was Volgadraco?

Nobody knows for sure, but its wingspan was probably between 5.2 and 6.5 metres (17 to 21 feet), based on a related pterosaur from the same formation.3

?What did Volgadraco eat?

It probably snatched fish from the water while flying, using its long beak.1

?Is Volgadraco a dinosaur?

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

?Where was Volgadraco found?

Its fossils were found near the Volga River in Saratov, Russia, in the Rybushka Formation.1

迷思破解王

迷思： Some people think Volgadraco is a dinosaur.

真相： Volgadraco is a pterosaur, a flying reptile, not a dinosaur.1

給恐龍專家

學名: Volgadraco
命名者: Averianov et al. 20084
類群: 飛行爬蟲類
科 / 演化支: Pteranodontidae4
分類: Pterosauria > Pterodactyloidea > Pteranodontidae4
岩石的年代: 84 到 72 百萬年 (Campanian)4
岩層: Rybushka4
國家: 俄羅斯4
化石紀錄: The Paleobiology Database 收錄 2 筆4
發現: Volgadraco was named in 2008 by Russian paleontologists Averianov, Arkhangelsky, and Pervushov. The species name, V. bogolubovi, honors paleontologist Nikolai Bogolubov.1
仍有爭議: Scientists are still debating whether Volgadraco belongs to the azhdarchid, nyctosaurid, or pteranodontid family of pterosaurs.1