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Zhejiangopterus

名字的意思： “Zhejiang wing, named after the Chinese province where it was found”1

吃：魚飛行爬蟲類白堊紀晚期嚴格來說不是恐龍

Zhejiangopterus was a huge flying reptile that lived in ancient China. It had a long, toothless beak like a modern bird and a wingspan wider than a car is long. It soared over the Late Cretaceous skies hunting for fish.3 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

84 到 72 百萬年前3

白堊紀晚期

化石發現地

Aolicun village, Shangpanzhen, Linhai, Zhejiang Province, China3 1

翼展

5 m (16 ft)1

體重

7.9 kg (17 lb)2

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 2 隻家貓一樣重

翅膀跟 3 台腳踏車排成一排一樣寬大約跟一隻家貓一樣重跟 66 根香蕉一樣重能在 5.5 秒內飛越一整座足球場

Zhejiangopterus 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)

Zhejiangopterus 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

Zhejiangopterus had no teeth at all. Its beak was long, thin and pointed, perfect for grabbing fish.1

Its skull was long and low, with a single large oval opening that took up nearly half the length of the head.1

The wing finger metacarpal bone was longer than the combined radius and ulna bones in the arm.1

Its thigh bone was about one and a half times longer than its upper arm bone.1

Zhejiangopterus lived around 81.5 million years ago, during the Late Cretaceous period.1

It was discovered by a local villager named Chengfa Xu in 1986 while he was splitting rocks in a quarry.1

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

?How big was Zhejiangopterus?

Its wingspan was first estimated at 5 meters (16.4 feet), but later estimates reduced it to about 3.5 meters (11.5 feet). Its body mass was around 7.9 kilograms (roughly 17 pounds).2

?Did Zhejiangopterus have teeth?

No, it had no teeth at all. Its beak was long, thin, and sharply pointed.2

?What did Zhejiangopterus eat?

It likely ate fish, grabbing them with its long, toothless beak.2

?When did Zhejiangopterus live?

It lived about 81.5 million years ago, during the Late Cretaceous Period.2

?Where was Zhejiangopterus found?

It was discovered in Zhejiang Province, China, near the city of Linhai.2

?Is Zhejiangopterus a dinosaur?

No, it is a pterosaur, a flying reptile that is not a dinosaur.2

給恐龍專家

學名: Zhejiangopterus
命名者: Cai and Wei 19943
類群: 飛行爬蟲類
科 / 演化支: Azhdarchidae3
分類: Pterosauria > Pterodactyloidea > Azhdarchidae3
岩石的年代: 84 到 72 百萬年 (Campanian)3
岩層: Tangshang3
國家: 中國3
化石紀錄: The Paleobiology Database 收錄 1 筆3
發現: Zhejiangopterus was named in 1994 by Chinese paleontologists Cai Zhengquan and Wei Feng. The first fossils were found in 1986 by a villager named Chengfa Xu in a quarry near Linhai, Zhejiang, China.3 1
仍有爭議: Scientists are not sure whether Zhejiangopterus belongs to the family Nyctosauridae or Azhdarchidae. Different studies place it in different groups.3 1