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Chinchenia

Naam beteken: “of Chinchen, an old name for the city of Qingzhen in China”1

Het geëet: VleisSeereptieleMiddel-TriasTegnies nie 'n dinosourus nie

Chinchenia was a marine reptile that swam in the seas of China about 247 to 237 million years ago. It was a pistosauroid, a relative of the long-necked plesiosaurs. Only a few scattered bones have been found, so scientists are still learning about it.1 2

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

247 tot 237 miljoen jaar gelede3

Middel-Trias

Fossiele gevind in

Guizhou Province, southwestern China1 2

Topspoed

omtrent 23 km/h (14 mph)

Swem, skatting

Wanneer het dit geleef?

Trias

Jura

Kryt

252 miljoen jaar gelede20114566, die asteroïde

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)

Chinchenia omtrent 23 km/h (14 mph)

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

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

cool goed

Prettige feite

Chinchenia is known from at least four very incomplete skeletons, all found together near Qingzhen in China.1

The name Chinchenia comes from Chinchen, an old spelling of the city of Qingzhen where the fossils were discovered.1

Chinchenia lived during the Middle Triassic period, about 247 to 237 million years ago.2

The main fossil used to describe Chinchenia is the front part of a left lower jaw with five broken teeth.1

Chinchenia was a basal pistosauroid, meaning it was an early relative of the long-necked plesiosaurs that came later.1

All Chinchenia fossils are kept at the Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology in China.1

KI-prent van Chinchenia — 'n KI-prent van hoe Chinchenia 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.

Vir dino-kenners

Wetenskaplike naam: Chinchenia
Benoem deur: Young 19653
Groep: Seereptiele
Familie / klade: Pistosauroidea3
Klassifikasie: Sauropterygia3
Ouderdom van die rotse: 247 tot 237 miljoen jaar ()3
Lande: China3
Fossielrekords: 1 in The Paleobiology Database3
Ontdekking: Chinchenia was named by Chinese paleontologist Yang Zhongjian (also known as Chung-Chien Young) in 1965. The fossils were collected near Cangxi Bridge at Shangpu, about 7 km west of Qingzhen in Guizhou Province.1
Steeds omstrede: Scientists are not sure exactly how big Chinchenia was, because only scattered bones have been found. They also debate whether it lived in the Anisian or Ladinian age of the Triassic.1

Waar die feite vandaan kom

Chinchenia (en.wikipedia.org)
PBDB Taxon (paleobiodb.org)
Chinchenia in The Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0): ouderdom, plekke, rotsformasies, klassifikasie.

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