Lindwurmia

Naam beteken: “named after the Lindwurm, a dragon from German folklore”1

Het geëet: VleisPlesiosourusseVroeë JuraTegnies nie 'n dinosourus nie

Lindwurmia was a small, long-necked marine reptile that swam in the seas of Early Jurassic Germany. It was a plesiosaur, not a dinosaur, and it used its four flippers to paddle through the water. This ancient hunter ate fish and other sea creatures.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

201 tot 200 miljoen jaar gelede2

Vroeë Jura

Fossiele gevind in

Halberstadt, northwest Germany1 2

Lengte

2 tot 3 m (6,6 tot 9,8 ft)1

Topspoed

omtrent 28 km/h (17 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 honde van neus tot stertso lank soos 17 piesangs punt aan puntkon die lengte van 'n groot swembad (50 m) in 6,4 sekondes swem

Hoe groot was Lindwurmia 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)

Lindwurmia omtrent 28 km/h (17 mph)

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

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

cool goed

Prettige feite

Lindwurmia was named in 2019, making it a relatively new discovery in the world of plesiosaurs.1 2

Its name comes from the Lindwurm, a dragon in German stories, because the fossil was found in Germany.1

The only known fossil was discovered in 1899 by Johannes Maak, but it was not recognized as a new species until over a century later.1

Lindwurmia had 24 neck vertebrae and five pairs of teeth in its upper jaw.1

The fossil was partly damaged by a dragline excavator when it was first found, but it was restored by 1900.1

Scientists think Lindwurmia was a rhomaleosaurid, a group of plesiosaurs with short necks and large heads.1

KI-prent van Lindwurmia — 'n KI-prent van hoe Lindwurmia 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: Lindwurmia
Benoem deur: Vincent and Storrs 20192
Groep: Plesiosourusse
Familie / klade: Plesiosauria2
Klassifikasie: Plesiosauria > Sauropterygia2
Ouderdom van die rotse: 201 tot 200 miljoen jaar (Hettangian)2
Lande: Duitsland2
Fossielrekords: 1 in The Paleobiology Database2
Ontdekking: The only fossil of Lindwurmia was found in 1899 in a clay quarry in Halberstadt, Germany, by Johannes Maak. It was first described by Theodore Brandes in 1912 and 1914, but it was not named Lindwurmia thiuda until 2019 by Peggy Vincent and Glenn Storrs.1 2
Steeds omstrede: Scientists are still debating exactly where Lindwurmia fits on the plesiosaur family tree. Some studies place it close to Anningasaura within Rhomaleosauridae.1

Waar die feite vandaan kom

Lindwurmia (en.wikipedia.org)
Lindwurmia in The Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0): ouderdom, plekke, rotsformasies, klassifikasie.

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