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Tethysaurus

Naam beteken: “Tethys' lizard of Nopcsa”1

Het geëet: VleisMosasourusseLaat KrytTegnies nie 'n dinosourus nie

Tethysaurus was a marine lizard that swam in warm seas about 90 million years ago. It was not a dinosaur, but a fierce predator that hunted fish and other sea creatures.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

94 tot 90 miljoen jaar gelede3

Laat Kryt

Fossiele gevind in

Goulmima region, Errachidia Province, southern Morocco1 2

Lengte

2,5 tot 3 m (8,2 tot 9,8 ft)1

Topspoed

omtrent 33 km/h (21 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 3 honde van neus tot stertso lank soos 17 piesangs punt aan puntkon die lengte van 'n groot swembad (50 m) in 5,5 sekondes swem

Hoe groot was Tethysaurus 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)

Tethysaurus omtrent 33 km/h (21 mph)

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

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

cool goed

Prettige feite

Tethysaurus was a medium-sized mosasaur, less than 3 meters (9.8 feet) long.1

Its name comes from Tethys, the Greek goddess of the sea, and honors Hungarian paleontologist Baron Ferenc Nopcsa.1

Tethysaurus had a skull with a broad, rounded snout and two pairs of teeth in the premaxilla.2

It had 19 to 20 teeth in each upper jaw bone (maxilla) and at least 19 teeth in each lower jaw bone (dentary).2

Scientists think Tethysaurus was an early relative of later, bigger mosasaurs like Mosasaurus.1

Its fossils were found in limestone nodules that formed in a shallow, warm sea.2

KI-prent van Tethysaurus — 'n KI-prent van hoe Tethysaurus 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 Tethysaurus

?Was Tethysaurus a dinosaur?

No, Tethysaurus was a marine lizard called a mosasaur, not a dinosaur.1

?How big was Tethysaurus?

Tethysaurus was under 3 metres (9.8 feet) long, about as long as a small car.1

?What did Tethysaurus eat?

Tethysaurus was a predator that hunted fish and other sea creatures.1

?When did Tethysaurus live?

Tethysaurus lived during the Late Cretaceous period, about 93 to 89 million years ago.3

Vir dino-kenners

Wetenskaplike naam: Tethysaurus
Benoem deur: Bardet et al. 20033
Groep: Mosasourusse
Familie / klade: Tethysaurinae3
Klassifikasie: Mosasauroidea3
Ouderdom van die rotse: 94 tot 90 miljoen jaar (Turonian)3
Rotsformasies: Akrabou3
Lande: Marokko3
Fossielrekords: 1 in The Paleobiology Database3
Ontdekking: Tethysaurus was named in 2003 by Nathalie Bardet, Xabier Pereda Suberbiola, and Nour-Eddine Jalil, based on a nearly complete skull and other bones found near Goulmima, Morocco.2
Steeds omstrede: Scientists are still debating exactly how Tethysaurus is related to other mosasaurs and whether it belongs in the family Mosasauridae or is a more primitive cousin.1

Waar die feite vandaan kom

Tethysaurus (en.wikipedia.org)
doi:10.1016/j.crpv.2003.09.006 (sciencepress.mnhn.fr)
Tethysaurus in The Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0): ouderdom, plekke, rotsformasies, klassifikasie.

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