Lusonectes

Naam beteken: “Portuguese swimmer”1

Het geëet: VleisPlesiosourusseVroeë JuraTegnies nie 'n dinosourus nie

Lusonectes was a marine reptile that swam in the warm Jurassic seas near what is now Portugal. It had a long snout and sharp teeth to catch fish and other slippery prey.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

184 tot 175 miljoen jaar gelede3

Vroeë Jura

Fossiele gevind in

Near Alhadas, District of Coimbra, Portugal2

Topspoed

omtrent 27 km/h (17 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)

Lusonectes omtrent 27 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

Lusonectes is the only plesiosaur from Portugal that scientists can identify as a distinct species.1

Its name comes from Latin and Greek words meaning 'Portuguese swimmer'.1

The only fossil found is a partial skull, which is about 127 millimeters (5 inches) long.1

Lusonectes lived about 184 to 175 million years ago, during the Early Jurassic period.3

It was first described in 1897 by French paleontologist Henri Émile Sauvage, who thought it was a Plesiosaurus.2

Lusonectes is one of the few plesiosaurs from the Early Jurassic found outside the United Kingdom and Germany.2

KI-prent van Lusonectes — 'n KI-prent van hoe Lusonectes 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: Lusonectes
Benoem deur: Smith et al. 20123
Groep: Plesiosourusse
Familie / klade: Plesiosauridae3
Klassifikasie: Plesiosauria > Sauropterygia3
Ouderdom van die rotse: 184 tot 175 miljoen jaar (Toarcian)3
Rotsformasies: São Gião3
Lande: Portugal3
Fossielrekords: 1 in The Paleobiology Database3
Ontdekking: The fossil was first described in 1897 by French paleontologist Henri Émile Sauvage, who called it Plesiosaurus sp. In 2012, scientists Smith, Araújo, and Mateus gave it the new name Lusonectes sauvagei.2
Steeds omstrede: Scientists are not sure whether Lusonectes was an early pliosaurid or a plesiosauroid, because the only fossil is a poorly preserved partial skull.2

Waar die feite vandaan kom

A new plesiosauroid from the Toarcian (Lower Jurassic) (app.pan.pl)
The osteology, taxonomy, and phylogenetic affinities of the Early Jurassic plesiosaur Lusonectes sauvagei - PMC (pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov)
Lusonectes in The Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0): ouderdom, plekke, rotsformasies, klassifikasie.

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