Flyveøgler

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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

Kilde - Dinodata.net:

• Orden Pterosauria
  • Underorden Rhamphorhynchoidae
    • Overfamilie Dimorphodontoidea
    • Overfamilie Rhamphorhynchiodea
    • Overfamilie Protopterodactyloidea
  • Underorden Pterodactyloidae
    • Infraorden Euthygnatha
    • Infraorden Scalmognatha

[redigér] Se også

• Flyvende dinosaurer

[redigér] Eksterne henvisninger

Commons har billeder og/eller lyd med forbindelse til: Flyveøgler

• 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