Pteranodon

Pteranodon namiji babba yana da faɗin fiffike na mita 5.6 zuwa 7.6 (ƙafa 18 zuwa 25), yayin da mata kuma suke da matsakaicin mita 3.8 (ƙafa 12). An kiyasta cewa babban P. longiceps yana da nauyin kusan kilogiram 50 (fam 110).1

A'a, Pteranodon ba shi da haƙora. Sunansa yana nufin 'fiffike ba tare da haƙori ba' saboda bakinsa ba shi da haƙora, kamar tsuntsayen yau.1

Pteranodon yana cin kifi. An gano ƙasusuwan kifi a cikin cikinsa, kuma an gano wani guntun kifi a tsakanin muƙamuƙin wani samfurin.1

I, Pteranodon rarrafe ne mai tashi. Fiffikensa siraran fata ne da aka miƙa daga hannayensa zuwa ƙafafunsa, waɗanda dogon yatsa na huɗu yake tallafawa.14

Kambin wataƙila ana amfani da shi ne don nuna kyan gani, musamman a maza, waɗanda suke da kambin da ya fi na mata girma. Wataƙila ya taimaka musu wajen jawo hankalin abokan zama ko gane juna.1

A'a, Pteranodon ba dinosaur ba ne. Pterosaur ne, rarrafe mai tashi wanda ya rayu a lokaci guda da dinosaurs amma yana cikin wani rukuni daban.1

Pteranodon ya rayu a lokacin zamanin Ƙarshen Cretaceous, kimanin shekaru miliyan 88 zuwa 80 da suka wuce.1

Pteranodon ya rayu a Arewacin Amurka, musamman a saman Western Interior Seaway, wani ƙaramin teku da ya mamaye sassan abin da yanzu yake Kansas, Nebraska, Wyoming, South Dakota, da Alabama.1

An gano samfurori sama da 1,200 na Pteranodon, wanda hakan ya sa ya zama pterosaur mafi shahara.1

A'a, Pteranodon ya fi jirgin sama ƙanƙanta sosai. Faɗin fiffikensa ya kai mita 7.6 (ƙafa 25), wanda yake daidai da tsawon ƙaramin mota, ba jirgin sama ba.1