恐龍卡第 1912 張，共 2 027 張

Wellnhopterus

名字的意思： “Wellnhofer's wing”1

吃：魚飛行爬蟲類白堊紀晚期嚴格來說不是恐龍

Wellnhopterus was a flying reptile that lived in Texas during the time of the dinosaurs. It had a short, blunt beak and a stocky neck, making it look different from its cousin Quetzalcoatlus. It soared over the land hunting for food.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

Javelina Formation, Big Bend National Park, Brewster County, Texas, USA1

翼展

3 m (9.8 ft)1

最高速度

時速約 56 公里（35 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 1.5 台腳踏車排成一排一樣寬能在 6.8 秒內飛越一整座足球場

Wellnhopterus 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)

Wellnhopterus 時速約 56 公里 (35 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

Wellnhopterus had a wingspan of about 3 metres (9 feet 10 inches), making it a mid-sized pterosaur.1

Its blunt snout and shorter, sturdier neck were very different from the long, slender jaws of its relative Quetzalcoatlus.1

Scientists think Wellnhopterus was a raptorial hunter, meaning it may have caught relatively large prey compared to its size.1

The fossils were first thought to belong to Quetzalcoatlus, but later studies showed they were a different animal.1

Wellnhopterus lived about 72 to 66 million years ago, during the Maastrichtian age of the Late Cretaceous.2

Its name honors German paleontologist Peter Wellnhofer, who first illustrated the fossil in 1991.1

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

?Was Wellnhopterus a dinosaur?

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

?How big was Wellnhopterus?

It had a wingspan of about 3 metres (9.8 feet), making it a mid-sized pterosaur.1

?What did Wellnhopterus eat?

Scientists think it was a raptorial hunter, meaning it may have caught relatively large prey compared to its size.1

?When did Wellnhopterus live?

It lived about 72 to 66 million years ago, during the Maastrichtian age of the Late Cretaceous.1

迷思破解王

迷思： Some people thought Wellnhopterus was a type of Quetzalcoatlus.

真相： Scientists now know it was a separate genus, with a shorter beak and neck, and it was named Wellnhopterus in 2021.1

給恐龍專家

學名: Wellnhopterus
命名者: Andres and Langston 20213
類群: 飛行爬蟲類
科 / 演化支: Azhdarchidae3
分類: Pterosauria > Pterodactyloidea > Azhdarchidae3
岩石的年代: 72 到 66 百萬年 (Maastrichtian)3
岩層: Javelina3
國家: 美國3
化石紀錄: The Paleobiology Database 收錄 1 筆3
發現: The fossils were found in March 1986 by Robert Rainey in Big Bend National Park, Texas. They were named Wellnhopterus brevirostris by Brian Andres and Wann Langston Jr. in 2021.1
仍有爭議: Scientists are not sure exactly where Wellnhopterus fits in the azhdarchid family tree. Some place it in the Quetzalcoatlinae group, while others think it is more primitive.1