about 160 million years ago a female pterosaur with an injured wing dropped from the sky into a watery grave.
约一亿六千万年前一只雌性翼龙隐翅膀受伤而坠落,葬身水底。
it also represents only the fourth pterosaur egg ever discovered.
这枚卵也是所发现的第四枚恐龙卵。
the pterosaur trackway is quadrupedal, with wide gauge.
翼龙足迹为四足行走,行迹宽。
huanjiang pterosaur fossils, ancient animals of china scholars, in particular pterosaur studies is a major event.
环江翼龙化石的发现,是中国古动物学界,特别是翼龙研究学的一件大事。
studies on pterosaur embryo contained in fossil egg;
开展了翼龙化石胚胎学研究;
researchers have discovered the first three-dimensionally preserved pterosaur eggs in china.
最近,研究人员在中国发现了保存完整的首个翼龙蛋。
he「s also not convinced that the round structure found with the pterosaur is an egg.
帕蒂恩也不能确信翼龙旁边那个圆形构造就是一枚卵。
「(t)he real interest is the early date, showing that we still know very little about the earliest stages of dinosaur and pterosaur evolution,」 says an editorial note in nature.
《自然》杂志的社论栏点评道:「对于史前的真正兴趣使得我们发现我们仍然对恐龙和翼龙演化的早期过程知之甚少。」
in conrad’s opinion, the leathery wings of a pterosaur are the best possible flight mechanism for a giant lizard. 「quetzalcoatlus had a 30-foot wingspan, 」 he says.
在康拉德看来,翼龙的皮质翅膀应该是一个巨型蜥蜴最有可能性的飞行工具了,”提米穆斯龙有30英尺长的翼展,这种翅膀应该能起作用「,」大型强壮的翅膀是必须的,因为龙的皮肤重量可不小。
pterosaur bones have similar features, as do those of several other groups of mesozoic reptiles.
翼手龙的骨骼也有相似的特征,其它一些种类的中生代爬行动物也是如此。
the recent discovery of a pterosaur specimen covered in long, dense, and relatively thick hairlike fossil material was the first clear evidence that his reasoning was correct.
最近发现的被长的、浓密和相对厚的类似毛发样的化石物质所覆盖翼龙样本就是第一个明显的证据,显示他的推测的正确。
when a pterosaur walked or remained stationary, the fourth finger, and with it the wing, could only turn upward in an extended inverted v-shape along each side of the animal」s body.
当翼龙走路或静止时,第四指及其翼,只能向上翻转,成一个伸展且内翻的v型,在其身体两侧。
when a pterosaur walked or remained stationary, the fourth finger, and with it the wing, could only turn upward in an extended inverted v shape along each side of the animal's body.
而当它行走或不动时,第四指,连同翅膀,只能向上伸展,在身体两侧呈倒转的v字型。
instead, he says a pterosaur used all four limbs, leapfrogging forward on its knuckles, to propel itself into the air.
相反,他说翼龙使用它所有的四肢向前跑动,从而使自己飞到空中。
with a dinosaur - pterosaur as my expression.
用一种恐龙--翼龙作为我的表达方式。
as it is a pterosaur fossil found in huanjiang, it is known as 「 pterosaur. 」"
因这具翼龙化石发现于环江, 故取名为「环江翼龙」。