Flyveøgler
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Coloborhynchus piscator, en flyveøgle fra den sene kridttid.
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Flyveøgler (Pterosaurer, Pterosaurus) er en gruppe uddøde krybdyr der levede samtidigt med dinosaurer i Mesozoikum-tiden.
Liste af flyveøgleslægter:
- Pterodactylus
- Thalassodromeus sethi
- Archaeoraptor liaoningensis
- Pteranodon
- Quetzalcoatlus (vingefang 6-7 meter - måske op til 11-12 meter)
- Quetzalcoatlus northropi
- Scaphognathus crassirostris
- Anhanguera
- Rhamphorhynchus
- Arambourgiania
- Ornithocheirus
- Orden Pterosauria
- Underorden Rhamphorhynchoidae
- Overfamilie Dimorphodontoidea
- Overfamilie Rhamphorhynchiodea
- Overfamilie Protopterodactyloidea
- Underorden Pterodactyloidae
- Infraorden Euthygnatha
- Infraorden Scalmognatha
- Underorden Rhamphorhynchoidae
[redigér] Se også
[redigér] Eksterne henvisninger
- Berkeley: Introduction to the Pterosauria: The Flying Reptiles
- Omfattende: Dinodata.net: Flying Reptiles
- dinodatabase.com: Flying Dinosaurs Citat: "...pterosaurs...were not dinosaurs, although they were related to them; they were flying reptiles..."
- teacher.scholastic.com: Answers to Kids' Questions About: Dinosaurs - Flying Reptiles Citat: "...The flying guys were pteranodons, flying reptiles. The biggest was quetzalcoatlus, 43 feet wide! That's as wide as a fighter jet airplane! (Don Lessem)..."
- QUETZALCOATLUS: Dragon of the Clouds
- 8 September 2005, BBC News: Flying reptiles just got bigger Citat: "...Pterosaur trackways recently found in Mexico suggest the animals could achieve a wingspan of 18m. There are also Romanian and Brazilian fossils from creatures that reached 13 or 14m (42-45ft) across..."
- October 15, 1999, caller.com: Flying dinosaur was mean, graceless Fiercesome bird may have been first flying feathered animal to evolve. (Associated Press) Citat: "...Archaeoraptor liaoningensis..."
- October 30, 2003, CNN: Scientists: Flying dinosaur cousins nimbler than birds Citat: "..."Despite their antiquity, they could have outperformed modern birds and bats," Unwin added..."
- Mytologisk?: Pterosaurs in the Bible