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Scanisaurus

Naam beteken: “Skåne lizard”1
Het geëet: VleisPlesiosourusseLaat KrytTegnies nie 'n dinosourus nie

Scanisaurus was a long-necked marine reptile that swam in the shallow seas of what is now Sweden and Russia. It was about as long as a small car and used its sharp teeth to catch small fish and squid-like animals called belemnites.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
84 tot 72 miljoen jaar gelede2
Laat Kryt
Fossiele gevind in
Kristianstad Basin in Skåne, Sweden, and near Orenburg, Russia1
Lengte
4 tot 5 m (13 tot 16 ft)1
Topspoed
omtrent 28 km/h (17 mph)
Swem, skatting

Wanneer het dit geleef?

Trias
Jura
Kryt
252 miljoen jaar gelede20114566, die asteroïde

Hoe groot was dit?

Hoe lank was dit?

Scanisaurus omtrent 5 m lank (16 ft)'n Grootmensfiets omtrent 1,8 m (5,9 ft)'n Motor omtrent 4,5 m (15 ft)'n Olifant, die grootste landdier vandag omtrent 6,5 m (21 ft)
so lank soos 5 honde van neus tot stertso lank soos 28 piesangs punt aan puntkon die lengte van 'n groot swembad (50 m) in 6,4 sekondes swem

Hoe groot was Scanisaurus vergeleke met JOU?

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

Hoe vinnig was dit?

cool goed

Prettige feite

1

Scanisaurus is known from only a single backbone (a vertebral centrum) found in Russia, plus many similar backbones and teeth from Sweden.1

2

It lived about 80 to 75 million years ago during the Campanian stage of the Late Cretaceous.1

3

Scanisaurus had a shorter neck than some other elasmosaurids like Elasmosaurus, and scientists sometimes call it a 'mesodiran' plesiosaur.1

4

In the Kristianstad Basin, Scanisaurus fossils are the most common plesiosaur remains found.1

5

A fountain with two Scanisaurus sculptures was built in the Swedish town of Bromölla in 1971.1

6

Scanisaurus shared its home with many other marine reptiles, including mosasaurs, sea turtles, and crocodile-like animals.1

Deur KI gemaakKI-prent van Scanisaurus
'n KI-prent van hoe Scanisaurus 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.
julle het gevra

Mees gevraagde vrae oor Scanisaurus

?How big was Scanisaurus?

About 4 to 5 metres (13 to 16 feet) long, which is about the length of a small car.1

?What did Scanisaurus eat?

It ate small prey like small fish and belemnites (squid-like animals). Its sharp teeth were good for smashing or piercing them.1

?Is Scanisaurus a dinosaur?

No, it is not a dinosaur. It is a plesiosaur, a type of long-necked marine reptile that lived in the sea.1

Mite-breker

Mite: Scanisaurus is a dinosaur.

Waarheid: Scanisaurus is not a dinosaur. It is a plesiosaur, a type of marine reptile that lived in the sea.1

Vir dino-kenners

Wetenskaplike naam
Scanisaurus
Benoem deur
Persson 19602
Groep
Plesiosourusse
Familie / klade
Elasmosauridae2
Klassifikasie
Plesiosauria > Elasmosauridae > Sauropterygia2
Ouderdom van die rotse
84 tot 72 miljoen jaar (Campanian)2
Lande
Swede2
Fossielrekords
3 in The Paleobiology Database2
Ontdekking
The first fossil, a single backbone, was named Cimoliasaurus nazarowi by Nikolay Bogolyubov in 1911 from Russia. In 1959, Swedish paleontologist Per-Ove Persson moved it to a new genus, Scanisaurus, based on fossils from Sweden.1
Steeds omstrede
Scientists debate whether Scanisaurus is a valid genus or a nomen dubium (doubtful name), because the fossils lack features that clearly separate it from other Late Cretaceous elasmosaurids.1

Waar die feite vandaan kom

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

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