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Cymbospondylus

Naam beteken: “cupped vertebrae”1

Het geëet: VleisIgtiosourusseVroeë Trias tot Middel-TriasTegnies nie 'n dinosourus nie

Cymbospondylus was a huge, ancient marine reptile that swam in the seas long before the first dinosaurs. It looked like a giant lizard with flippers and a long snout, and some species were as long as a school bus!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

251 tot 237 miljoen jaar gelede4

Vroeë Trias tot Middel-Trias

Fossiele gevind in

Nevada and Idaho, USA; also Switzerland, Germany, Italy, Norway (Svalbard)1 4 2

Lengte

4 tot 17 m (13 tot 56 ft)1

Gewig

520 kg tot 44,7 ton (1 100 tot 98 500 lb)1 3

Topspoed

omtrent 37 km/h (23 mph)

Swem, skatting

Wanneer het dit geleef?

Trias

Jura

Kryt

252 miljoen jaar gelede20114566, die asteroïde

Hoe groot was dit?

Hoe lank was dit?

Hoe swaar was dit?

so swaar soos 7 olifante

so lank soos 4 motors in 'n ry geparkeerso lank soos 94 piesangs punt aan puntso swaar soos 8900 waatlemoeneso swaar soos 56 hele skoolklasse vol kindersso swaar soos 99 ysberekon die lengte van 'n groot swembad (50 m) in 4,9 sekondes swem

Hoe groot was Cymbospondylus 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)

Cymbospondylus omtrent 37 km/h (23 mph)

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

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

cool goed

Prettige feite

Cymbospondylus is one of the oldest and largest ichthyosaurs, living about 251 to 242 million years ago during the Triassic Period.1

The biggest species, Cymbospondylus youngorum, was over 17 metres (56 feet) long, making it one of the largest animals of its time.1

Unlike later dolphin-shaped ichthyosaurs, Cymbospondylus had a long, slender body and a less pronounced tail.1

A Swiss species, Cymbospondylus buchseri, was found with the hooks of squid-like animals in its stomach, showing it ate soft-bodied cephalopods.1

Cymbospondylus lived alongside other marine reptiles like Thalattoarchon and Augustasaurus in the seas of Nevada.1

Its teeth were conical and pointed with ridges, perfect for grabbing slippery fish and squid.1

Cymbospondylus reached huge sizes very quickly after the Permian-Triassic extinction, probably because there was lots of food available.1

KI-prent van Cymbospondylus — 'n KI-prent van hoe Cymbospondylus 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: Cymbospondylus
Benoem deur: Leidy 18684
Groep: Igtiosourusse
Familie / klade: Cymbospondylidae4
Klassifikasie: Ichthyosauria > Ichthyosauromorpha4
Ouderdom van die rotse: 251 tot 237 miljoen jaar ()4
Rotsformasies: Prida, Botneheia, Favret4
Lande: VSA, Italië, Noorweë, Switserland, Duitsland4
Fossielrekords: 17 in The Paleobiology Database4
Ontdekking: The first fossils of Cymbospondylus were vertebrae found in Nevada, USA, and were named by the scientist Joseph Leidy in 1868.1 4
Steeds omstrede: Scientists are still debating whether larger species of Cymbospondylus hunted other marine reptiles or only ate fish and squid.1

Waar die feite vandaan kom

Cymbospondylus (en.wikipedia.org)
Cymbospondylus (Ichthyopterygia) from the Early Triassic of Svalbard and the early evolution of large body size in ichthyosaurs | PalZ | Springer Nature Link (link.springer.com)
Early giant reveals faster evolution of large body size in ichthyosaurs than in cetaceans (science.org)
Cymbospondylus in The Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0): ouderdom, plekke, rotsformasies, klassifikasie.

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