Barbaridactylus facts for kids
Quick facts for kids Barbaridactylus |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Order: | †Pterosauria |
| Suborder: | †Pterodactyloidea |
| Clade: | †Pteranodontia |
| Family: | †Nyctosauridae |
| Genus: | †Barbaridactylus Longrich, Martill, & Andres, 2018 |
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| †Barbaridactylus grandis Longrich, Martill, & Andres, 2018
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Barbaridactylus was a type of flying reptile called a pterosaur. It lived a very long time ago, during the Late Cretaceous period. Its fossils were found in rocks in the Ouled Abdoun Basin in Morocco.
Scientists officially described Barbaridactylus in 2018. It was one of six new pterosaurs found from that time period. Two of these pterosaurs still need to be named!
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What Was Barbaridactylus Like?
Barbaridactylus was likely a graceful pterosaur. It had a body that was not too big or too small for a pterosaur of its time. Its arm and wing bones were about average in size.
How Was It Found?
Scientists learned about Barbaridactylus from two main fossil finds.
The first fossil included a piece of its jaw, a neck vertebra (a bone from its spine), parts of its arm and wing bones, and its left thigh bone.
The second fossil, called USM93000, was a very well-preserved skeleton. This helped scientists learn a lot about what Barbaridactylus looked like.
Where Did It Live?
Barbaridactylus lived in what is now the Ouled Abdoun Basin in Morocco. It shared its home with other amazing creatures.
Other pterosaurs living at the same time included Alcione, Simurghia, Tethydraco, and Phospatodraco. A large dinosaur called Chenanisaurus also lived there.
Images for kids
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Size of Barbaridactylus (top, third highest) compared to other pterosaurs, birds, and a human
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This map shows where Barbaridactylus fossils were found in Morocco.
See also
In Spanish: Barbaridactylus para niños
