Macroplata
Macroplata was a plesiosaur, a marine reptile that lived in the sea during the Early Jurassic. It had a long neck and sharp teeth to catch fish. Its big shoulder bones helped it swim fast.1
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Macroplata had a long neck that was twice the length of its skull.1
Its shoulder bones were very large, giving it a powerful forward stroke for fast swimming.1
The only known fossil of Macroplata is a nearly complete skeleton found by workmen in a cement quarry.2
Macroplata had six teeth in each premaxilla, the front part of the upper jaw.2
It lived about 199 to 195 million years ago during the Early Jurassic.1

Mees gevraagde vrae oor Macroplata
?How big was Macroplata?
Macroplata was about 4.38 to 4.65 metres (14.4 to 15.3 feet) long and weighed about 604 kilograms (1,332 pounds).1
?What did Macroplata eat?
Macroplata probably ate fish, catching them with its sharp, needle-like teeth.1
?Was Macroplata a dinosaur?
No, Macroplata was a plesiosaur, a marine reptile that lived in the sea, not a dinosaur.1
?When did Macroplata live?
Macroplata lived during the Early Jurassic, about 199 to 195 million years ago.1
Vir dino-kenners
- Wetenskaplike naam
- Macroplata
- Benoem deur
- Swinton 19303
- Groep
- Plesiosourusse
- Familie / klade
- Rhomaleosauridae3
- Klassifikasie
- Plesiosauria > Sauropterygia3
- Ouderdom van die rotse
- 201 tot 200 miljoen jaar (Hettangian)3
- Rotsformasies
- Blue Lias3
- Lande
- Verenigde Koninkryk3
- Fossielrekords
- 1 in The Paleobiology Database3
- Ontdekking
- Macroplata was named by William Swinton in 1930 based on a nearly complete skeleton found in a cement quarry at Harbury, Warwickshire, UK.12
- Steeds omstrede
- Scientists are still debating exactly how Macroplata is related to other plesiosaurs.2
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- Macroplata (en.wikipedia.org)
- THE ANATOMY AND TAXONOMY OF MACROPLATA TENUICEPS (SAUROPTERYGIA, PLESIOSAURIA) FROM THE HETTANGIAN (LOWER JURASSIC) OF WARWICKSHIRE, UNITED KINGDOM (plesiosauria.com)
- Macroplata in The Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0): ouderdom, plekke, rotsformasies, klassifikasie.
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