摩洛哥发现三种新的飞行恐龙

摩洛哥发现三种新的飞行恐龙

Apparently there were even more dinosaurs flying the fearsome skies.

显然还有更多的恐龙在可怕的天空中飞翔。

“Scientists have discovered three new species of flying reptiles that lived in the Sahara 100 [million] years ago,” according to the Guardian. The winged, fish-eating reptiles, called pterosaurs, inhabited prehistoric Morocco — back when the desert was an ocean.

据《卫报》报道：“科学家发现了三种新的飞行爬行动物，它们生活在1亿年前的撒哈拉沙漠。”。这种有翼的、以鱼为食的爬行动物被称为翼龙，它们生活在史前的摩洛哥，那时的沙漠还是海洋。

The discovery was made by David Martill, a paleontologist at the University of Portsmouth in England. Martill has published a study outlining his findings.

这一发现是由英国朴茨茅斯大学的古生物学家大卫·马蒂尔(David Martill)发现的。马蒂尔发表了一项研究，概述了他的发现。

“The new finds show that African pterosaurs were quite similar to those found on other continents,” a university spokeswoman told the Guardian. “These flying predators soared above a world dominated by predators, including crocodile-like hunters and carnivorous dinosaurs. Interestingly, herbivores such as sauropods and ornithischian dinosaurs are rare.”

“这些新发现表明，非洲翼龙与其他大陆上发现的翼龙非常相似，”该大学的一位女发言人告诉《卫报》。这些会飞的食肉动物飞到一个由食肉动物统治的世界上空，包括像鳄鱼一样的猎人和食肉恐龙。有趣的是，像蜥脚类和鸟臀目恐龙这样的食草动物非常罕见。”

“Many of the predators, including the toothed pterosaurs, preyed on a superabundance of fish.”

“许多食肉动物，包括有牙齿的翼龙，都以大量的鱼类为食。”

“We are in a golden age for discovering pterodactyls,” Martill said. “This year alone we have discovered three new species and we are only into March.”

“我们正处在发现翼手龙的黄金时代，”马提尔说。“仅今年一年，我们就发现了三个新物种，而我们现在才刚刚进入三月。”

The dive bombing dinos had wingspans of between nine to 12 feet and had jaws full of long, spiky teeth.

俯冲轰炸恐龙的翼展在9到12英尺之间，下颚长满尖牙。