Dinokaart nr. 1173 van 2 027

Metashastasaurus

Naam beteken: “near Shastasaurus”1

Het geëet: VleisIgtiosourusseLaat TriasTegnies nie 'n dinosourus nie

Metashastasaurus was a huge marine reptile that swam in the oceans during the Late Triassic, about 227 to 205 million years ago. It was not a dinosaur, but a kind of ichthyosaur, with a body like a dolphin and a long snout. It lived in the seas near what is now British Columbia, Canada.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

227 tot 206 miljoen jaar gelede3

Laat Trias

Fossiele gevind in

Fossils were found in the Pardonet Formation of British Columbia, Canada.2

Topspoed

omtrent 46 km/h (29 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)

Metashastasaurus omtrent 46 km/h (29 mph)

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

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

cool goed

Prettige feite

Metashastasaurus was first named in 2001 by scientists Nicholls and Manabe.1

Its skeleton is very similar to other shastasaurid ichthyosaurs, but its shoulder blade and fibula (a leg bone) are shaped differently.2

Its skull has large diamond-shaped frontals (bones on top of the head) that enter the supratemporal fenestrae, which are openings in the skull.2

It had four proximal carpals (wrist bones) and four digits in its front limb, showing that earlier reconstructions were based on incomplete material.2

Metashastasaurus lived in a marine environment and was nektonic, meaning it swam actively in the open water.1

It gave birth to live young, like other ichthyosaurs, rather than laying eggs.1

KI-prent van Metashastasaurus — 'n KI-prent van hoe Metashastasaurus 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.

Mite-breker

Mite: Some people think Metashastasaurus was a dinosaur because it lived in the same time as dinosaurs.

Waarheid: Metashastasaurus was an ichthyosaur, a marine reptile, not a dinosaur. Ichthyosaurs lived in the sea and had fish-like bodies, while dinosaurs were land reptiles.1

Vir dino-kenners

Wetenskaplike naam: Metashastasaurus
Benoem deur: Nicholls and Manabe 20013
Groep: Igtiosourusse
Familie / klade: Shastasauridae3
Klassifikasie: Ichthyosauria > Ichthyosauromorpha3
Ouderdom van die rotse: 227 tot 206 miljoen jaar (Norian)3
Rotsformasies: Pardonet3
Lande: Kanada3
Fossielrekords: 2 in The Paleobiology Database3
Ontdekking: Metashastasaurus was named by Nicholls and Manabe in 2001 after they studied new specimens from Pink Mountain, British Columbia. These specimens showed that the species previously called Shastasaurus neoscapularis was different enough to be placed in a new genus.2
Steeds omstrede: Scientists are still debating whether the genus Shastasaurus is valid, because its type species is based on poor fossils. Metashastasaurus was created to help clarify this, but the relationships between these ichthyosaurs are still not fully settled.2

Waar die feite vandaan kom

PBDB Taxon (paleobiodb.org)
A new genus of ichthyosaur from the Late Triassic... : Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences (ovid.com)
Metashastasaurus in The Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0): ouderdom, plekke, rotsformasies, klassifikasie.

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