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Carsosaurus

Naam beteken: “Karst lizard”1

Het geëet: VleisMosasourusseLaat KrytTegnies nie 'n dinosourus nie

Carsosaurus was an ancient marine lizard that lived in the warm seas of what is now Slovenia. It had a long tail and could swim, but it also spent time on land. This reptile was an early relative of the huge mosasaurs that ruled the oceans later.1

Prettige feit: hierdie seereptiel het geswem terwyl dinosourusse op land geloop het. Almal noem hulle dino's, maar hulle was 'n ander tak van die reptiele.

Het geleef

100 tot 94 miljoen jaar gelede4

Laat Kryt

Fossiele gevind in

Komen, Slovenia1 4

Lengte

1 tot 1,4 m (3,3 tot 4,6 ft)1

Topspoed

omtrent 17 km/h (11 mph)

Swem, skatting

Wanneer het dit geleef?

Trias

Jura

Kryt

252 miljoen jaar gelede20114566, die asteroïde

Hoe groot was dit?

Hoe lank was dit?

so lank soos 3 huiskatte van neus tot stertso lank soos 8 piesangs punt aan puntkon die lengte van 'n groot swembad (50 m) in 11 sekondes swem

Hoe groot was Carsosaurus vergeleke met JOU?

Net wiskunde in jou blaaier. Niks word gestoor of êrens heen gestuur nie.

Hoe vinnig was dit?

'n Mens wat loop omtrent 5 km/h (3 mph)

'n Kind op 'n fiets omtrent 12 km/h (7 mph)

Carsosaurus omtrent 17 km/h (11 mph)

'n Galopperende perd omtrent 65 km/h (40 mph)

'n Jagluiperd omtrent 100 km/h (62 mph)

cool goed

Prettige feite

Carsosaurus is known from only one fossil, which is missing its skull and most of its tail.1

The fossil includes skin impressions that show rhombus-shaped scales with thickened edges.1

Scientists think Carsosaurus gave birth to live young, not eggs, because the fossil may contain embryos inside the mother.1

The preserved part of the skeleton is about 97.5 centimetres (3 feet 2 inches) long, but the whole animal may have been 1.3 to 1.4 metres (4.3 to 4.6 feet) long.1

Carsosaurus lived during the Late Cretaceous, about 100 to 94 million years ago.1 4

Its long tail may have been used as a rudder for swimming, for defense, or for grasping.1

Carsosaurus is part of the mosasaur superfamily, but it was more land-dwelling than its fully aquatic later relatives.1

KI-prent van Carsosaurus — 'n KI-prent van hoe Carsosaurus dalk gelyk het, deur 'n rekenaar gemaak uit wat wetenskaplikes weet. Dit is 'n raaiskoot: die regte dier het dalk anders gelyk, en niemand weet wat sy regte kleure was nie.

julle het gevra

Mees gevraagde vrae oor Carsosaurus

?Was Carsosaurus a dinosaur?

No, Carsosaurus was not a dinosaur. It was a marine lizard in the mosasaur superfamily, more closely related to modern monitor lizards.1

?How big was Carsosaurus?

The preserved part of the skeleton is about 97.5 centimetres (38.4 inches) long, but the whole animal may have been 1.3 to 1.4 metres (4.3 to 4.6 feet) long.1

?Did Carsosaurus give birth to live young?

Yes, scientists think Carsosaurus gave birth to live young. The fossil may contain embryos inside the mother, and they would have been born tail-first to avoid drowning.1 3

Mite-breker

Mite: Carsosaurus was a dinosaur.

Waarheid: Carsosaurus was a marine lizard, not a dinosaur. It belongs to the mosasaur group, which are reptiles but not dinosaurs.1

Vir dino-kenners

Wetenskaplike naam: Carsosaurus
Benoem deur: Kornhuber 18934
Groep: Mosasourusse
Familie / klade: Aigialosauridae4
Klassifikasie: Mosasauroidea4
Ouderdom van die rotse: 100 tot 94 miljoen jaar (Cenomanian)4
Lande: Slowenië4
Fossielrekords: 1 in The Paleobiology Database4
Ontdekking: Carsosaurus was named by Austrian paleontologist Andreas Kornhuber in 1893. He described a single fossil from the Karst Plateau near Komen, Slovenia, which was kept at the Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Trieste.1 2
Steeds omstrede: Scientists are not sure if Carsosaurus is really a separate genus or if it should be called Aigialosaurus, because the skull is missing.1

Waar die feite vandaan kom

Carsosaurus (en.wikipedia.org)
Dr. A. Kornhuber. (naturalhistory.si.edu)
Live birth in Cretaceous marine lizards (mosasauroids) (royalsocietypublishing.org)
Carsosaurus in The Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0): ouderdom, plekke, rotsformasies, klassifikasie.

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