{"id":224838,"date":"2023-02-07T11:51:00","date_gmt":"2023-02-07T08:51:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/geek.mediadoma.com\/?p=224838"},"modified":"2022-04-02T15:50:38","modified_gmt":"2022-04-02T12:50:38","slug":"flying-terror-ett-gigantiskt-bevingat-reptilfossil-graevt-fram-i-australien","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/geek.mediadoma.com\/sv\/flying-terror-ett-gigantiskt-bevingat-reptilfossil-graevt-fram-i-australien\/","title":{"rendered":"Flying Terror: Ett gigantiskt bevingat reptilfossil gr\u00e4vt fram i Australien"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=PaWWOlHVpgI\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" class=\"external external_icon\">University of Queensland<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Det \u00e4r synd att dinosaurierna \u00e4r utd\u00f6da \u2013 de \u00e4r fascinerande. Egentligen, strunt i, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.smithsonianmag.com\/smart-news\/giant-dragon-flying-reptile-fossil-discovered-australia-180978411\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" class=\"external external_icon\">den h\u00e4r \u00e4r skr\u00e4mmande<\/a>! Forskare uppt\u00e4ckte precis ett enormt drakliknande reptilfossil i Australien. Faktum \u00e4r att det nu \u00e4r kontinentens st\u00f6rsta flygande reptilfossil n\u00e5gonsin.<\/p>\n<p>De nya fynden publicerades <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tandfonline.com\/doi\/full\/10.1080\/02724634.2021.1946068\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" class=\"external external_icon\">nyligen<\/a> i Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology och var en sp\u00e4nnande uppt\u00e4ckt att gr\u00e4va fram. Varelsen \u00e4r en typ av pterosaurie, eller flygande reptil, som sv\u00e4vade genom himlen f\u00f6r bara 105 miljoner \u00e5r sedan under den tidiga kritaperioden. Pterosaurien, kallad Thapunngaka shawi, bodde troligen i omr\u00e5det n\u00e4ra Eromanga Inland Sea, en region som en g\u00e5ng l\u00e5g i \u00f6stra Australien.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;Det \u00e4r det n\u00e4rmaste vi har en verklig drake&quot;, s\u00e4ger Tim Richards, studiens medf\u00f6rfattare och doktorand vid University of Queensland. Dess vingar hade membran str\u00e4ckta mellan fingrarna, inte fj\u00e4drar, till skillnad fr\u00e5n andra bestar de delade himlen med.<\/p>\n<p>Pterosaurien skr\u00f6t med ett verkligt imponerande vingspann, som m\u00e4tte 23 fot (f\u00f6rest\u00e4ll dig att det sveper ner p\u00e5 dig!). Den hade en tre fot l\u00e5ng skalle som hade en spetsig nos &#8211; f\u00f6r att rycka upp vad den ville &#8211; och 40 vassa t\u00e4nder. Den konsumerade sannolikt en fiskbaserad kost.<\/p>\n<div class=\"sds-iframe-wrapper fitvidsignore\" style=\"position:relative;padding-top:56.25%;max-width:100%;\"><iframe allowfullscreen style=\"position:absolute;top:0;left:0;width:100%;height:100%;\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/PaWWOlHVpgI\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>\u00c4ven om Thapunngaka shawi uppt\u00e4cktes f\u00f6r mer \u00e4n ett decennium sedan, i norra Queensland, tog det tills helt nyligen att fastst\u00e4lla att det faktiskt \u00e4r en helt ny art. Med \u00f6ver 200 typer av pterosaurier &#8211; som den lilla Anurognathus eller den 16 fot h\u00f6ga Quetzalcoatlus &#8211; beh\u00f6vde forskare l\u00e5ng tid f\u00f6r att s\u00e4kert fastst\u00e4lla detta. Det \u00e4r alltid sp\u00e4nnande att uppt\u00e4cka en ny art!<\/p>\n<p>En del av det som g\u00f6r fyndet s\u00e5 sp\u00e4nnande \u00e4r att pterosaurier \u00e4r s\u00e4llsynta att hitta och sv\u00e5ra att l\u00e4ra sig om eftersom de har ben som \u00e4r l\u00e4tta och spr\u00f6da. &quot;Pterosaurier bevarar inte bra&quot;, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/science\/2021\/aug\/09\/it-wasnt-built-to-eat-broccoli-australias-largest-dragon-unveiled\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" class=\"external external_icon\">sa<\/a> Richards. &quot;De flesta av dessa saker f\u00f6ll sannolikt i havet vid d\u00f6den och slukades upp av rovdjur i havet. M\u00e5nga av dem skulle aldrig ha tagit sig till havsbotten f\u00f6r att starta den fossiliseringsprocessen.&quot;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/geek.mediadoma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/post-152091-623c74fb60aba.png\" data-rel=\"lightbox\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"SDStudio-light-box-enable SDStudio-editor-tools-md-imp\" src=\"https:\/\/geek.mediadoma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/post-152091-623c74fb60aba.png\" alt=\"Flying Terror: Ett gigantiskt bevingat reptilfossil gr\u00e4vt fram i Australien\" ><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurekalert.org\/news-releases\/924692\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" class=\"external external_icon\">University of Queensland<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Ber\u00e4ttelsen om dinosauriens sl\u00e4ktnamn \u00e4r lika fascinerande. &quot;Sl\u00e4ktets namn, Thapunngaka, inneh\u00e5ller thapun [ta-boon] och ngaka [nga-ga], <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Wanamara\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" class=\"external external_icon\">Wanamara-<\/a> orden f\u00f6r &quot;spjut&quot; respektive &quot;mun&quot;, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencealert.com\/fearsome-dragon-was-the-largest-known-flying-reptile-to-soar-australia-s-skies\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" class=\"external external_icon\">avsl\u00f6jar<\/a> studief\u00f6rfattaren Steve Salisbury, en paleontolog vid University of Queensland.<\/p>\n<p>Medan forskare har hittat pterosauriefossiler som g\u00e5r tillbaka till 250 miljoner \u00e5r sedan, har vissa pterosauriefossiler daterats s\u00e5 sent som f\u00f6r bara 66 miljoner \u00e5r sedan. Och s\u00e5 vitt vi vet var pterosaurier de f\u00f6rsta ryggradsdjuren som bem\u00e4strade flygningen. Mer som dino-sv\u00e4va, har jag r\u00e4tt?<\/p>\n<p>via <a href=\"https:\/\/www.smithsonianmag.com\/smart-news\/giant-dragon-flying-reptile-fossil-discovered-australia-180978411\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" class=\"external external_icon\">Smithsonian Magazine<\/a><\/p>\n<p><div id=\"PostUnique_PostSource\" style=\"padding-top: 50px\">Inspelningsk\u00e4lla:  <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" href=\"\/\/www.reviewgeek.com\" class=\"external external_icon\">www.reviewgeek.com<\/a><\/div><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Det \u00e4r synd att dinosaurierna \u00e4r utd\u00f6da \u2013 de \u00e4r fascinerande. Egentligen, strunt i, den h\u00e4r \u00e4r skr\u00e4mmande! Forskare uppt\u00e4ckte precis ett enormt drakliknande reptilfossil i Australien. Faktum \u00e4r att det nu \u00e4r kontinentens st\u00f6rsta flygande reptilfossil n\u00e5gonsin.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":152092,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_wp_rev_ctl_limit":""},"categories":[741,741,656,656,730,730],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-224838","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","6":"hentry","7":"category-diverse","9":"category-hobbyer","11":"category-nyheter"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/geek.mediadoma.com\/sv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/224838","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/geek.mediadoma.com\/sv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/geek.mediadoma.com\/sv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/geek.mediadoma.com\/sv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/geek.mediadoma.com\/sv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=224838"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/geek.mediadoma.com\/sv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/224838\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/geek.mediadoma.com\/sv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/152092"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/geek.mediadoma.com\/sv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=224838"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/geek.mediadoma.com\/sv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=224838"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/geek.mediadoma.com\/sv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=224838"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}