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Majiashanosaurus

Naam beteken: “Majiashan lizard”1

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

Majiashanosaurus was a small, early marine reptile that swam in the warm seas of what is now China about 248 million years ago. It had a flat, round shoulder bone that looked like a dinner plate, which made it different from its relatives. This reptile lived alongside the early fish-lizard Chaohusaurus.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 247 miljoen jaar gelede2

Vroeë Trias tot Middel-Trias

Fossiele gevind in

Majiashan, Chaohu, Anhui Province, China1

Lengte

0,474 m (1,6 ft)1

Topspoed

omtrent 4 km/h (2 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 2,5 piesangs punt aan puntso lank soos 15 speelgoedboustene in 'n rykon die lengte van 'n groot swembad (50 m) in 45 sekondes swem

Hoe groot was Majiashanosaurus vergeleke met JOU?

Net wiskunde in jou blaaier. Niks word gestoor of êrens heen gestuur nie.

Hoe vinnig was dit?

Majiashanosaurus omtrent 4 km/h (2 mph)

'n Mens wat loop omtrent 5 km/h (3 mph)

'n Kind op 'n fiets omtrent 12 km/h (7 mph)

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

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

cool goed

Prettige feite

Majiashanosaurus is known from just one fossil: a nearly complete skeleton missing only the skull and a few tail bones.1

Its name comes from the place where it was found, Majiashan, plus the Greek word 'sauros' meaning lizard.1

The species name 'discocoracoidis' means 'disk-shaped coracoid' because its shoulder bone was round and flat like a coin.1

It lived during the Early Triassic period, just a few million years after the biggest mass extinction in Earth's history.1

The fossil was found lying on its back, so scientists see the underside of the skeleton.1

Majiashanosaurus had a curved upper arm bone and double-headed ribs in its neck, features that help identify it as a sauropterygian.1

KI-prent van Majiashanosaurus — 'n KI-prent van hoe Majiashanosaurus 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: Majiashanosaurus
Benoem deur: Jiang et al. 20142
Groep: Seereptiele
Familie / klade: Eosauropterygia2
Klassifikasie: Sauropterygia2
Ouderdom van die rotse: 251 tot 247 miljoen jaar ()2
Rotsformasies: Nanlinghu2
Lande: China2
Fossielrekords: 1 in The Paleobiology Database2
Ontdekking: Majiashanosaurus was named in 2014 by a team of scientists led by Da-Yong Jiang. The single fossil was dug up at Majiashan in Anhui Province, China.1
Steeds omstrede: Scientists are not sure whether Majiashanosaurus was a true pachypleurosaur or a more primitive eosauropterygian.1

Waar die feite vandaan kom

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

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