Palmulasaurus

Naam beteken: “little palm lizard”1

Het geëet: VleisPlesiosourusseLaat KrytTegnies nie 'n dinosourus nie

Palmulasaurus was a fast-swimming marine reptile that lived in the warm seas of Utah about 93 million years ago. It had a long neck and four flippers to paddle through the water. Even though it looked like a dinosaur, it was actually a plesiosaur, a different kind of ancient reptile.1 3

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

94 tot 90 miljoen jaar gelede3

Laat Kryt

Fossiele gevind in

Utah, USA3 1

Lengte

3 tot 4 m (9,8 tot 13 ft)1

Topspoed

omtrent 29 km/h (18 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 4 honde van neus tot stertso lank soos 22 piesangs punt aan puntkon die lengte van 'n groot swembad (50 m) in 6,2 sekondes swem

Hoe groot was Palmulasaurus 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)

Palmulasaurus omtrent 29 km/h (18 mph)

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

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

cool goed

Prettige feite

Palmulasaurus was first called Palmula, but that name was already used for a tiny fossil shell. Scientists had to give it a new name.1

It lived during the Turonian stage, about 94 to 89 million years ago.1 3

Palmulasaurus belonged to a group of plesiosaurs called polycotylids, which had short necks and were fast swimmers.1

Its fossils were found in the Tropic Shale in Utah, which was once a warm, shallow sea.1 3

Palmulasaurus gave birth to live young, not eggs, like many other marine reptiles.2

KI-prent van Palmulasaurus — 'n KI-prent van hoe Palmulasaurus 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: Palmulasaurus
Benoem deur: Albright et al. 20073
Groep: Plesiosourusse
Familie / klade: Polycotylidae3
Klassifikasie: Plesiosauria > Sauropterygia3
Ouderdom van die rotse: 94 tot 90 miljoen jaar (Turonian)3
Rotsformasies: Tropic Shale3
Lande: VSA3
Fossielrekords: 1 in The Paleobiology Database3
Ontdekking: Palmulasaurus was named by L. B. Albright, D. D. Gillette, and A. L. Titus in 2007. They originally called it Palmula, but that name was already taken by a foraminiferan, so they changed it to Palmulasaurus.1 3
Steeds omstrede: Scientists are not sure exactly how big Palmulasaurus grew, because only a few fossils have been found.1

Waar die feite vandaan kom

Palmulasaurus (en.wikipedia.org)
Palmulasaurus quadratus - Encyclopedia of Life (eol.org)
Palmulasaurus in The Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0): ouderdom, plekke, rotsformasies, klassifikasie.

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