前不久,中国科学院古脊椎动物与古人类研究所、中国科学院大学汪筱林研究员带领的新疆哈密科考队,在新疆哈密戈壁下白垩统地层中发现并抢救性采集了一件超过200枚翼龙蛋、胚胎和骨骼化石三维一体保存的重要标本。其中,16枚翼龙蛋含有三维立体的胚胎化石,这是全世界首次发现3d翼龙胚胎。
in december 1, 2017, american journal of science published an important achievement on the discovery of hami pterosaur eggs and embryos by the international cooperation team of scientists from china and brazil. this is another important discovery after the discovery of a large number of male and male pterosaurs and the first three dimensional preserved pterosaurs in the world in gobi, hami, in 2014.
日前,《经济日报》记者随汪筱林团队前往新疆哈密,探秘“翼龙公园”。快跟随他们的脚步,一起去看看吧~
the day before, "economic daily" reporter with the wang xiaolin team to xinjiang hami, quest "pterosaur park". follow their footsteps and go and see it together.
飞行的先驱
a forerunner of flight
翼龙属于爬行动物,具有独特的骨骼构造特征,是比鸟类早7000万年飞向天空的“空中霸主”
the pterosaurs belong to reptiles with unique skeletal structural features and are "air supremacy" that flew to the sky 70 million years earlier than birds.
在恐龙统治地球的中生代,有一类动物始终占据着天空,自由翱翔于蓝天白云之间。它们大如飞机,小如麻雀,时而栖息倒挂在树梢上闭目养神,时而快速掠过湖面捕食鱼虾,溅起一串串洁白的水花。它们成群结队地在空中翩翩起舞,追逐嬉戏,俯瞰着大地上的万物生灵。这就是翼龙,比鸟类早7000万年飞向天空的“空中霸主”。