Thaumatosaurus

Naam beteken: “wonder reptile”1

Het geëet: VleisPlesiosourusseMiddel-JuraTegnies nie 'n dinosourus nie

Thaumatosaurus was a plesiosaur, a long-necked marine reptile that lived in the sea. It swam in warm, shallow waters during the Jurassic Period, about 168 to 165 million years ago. Scientists are not sure exactly what it looked like because the fossils are very incomplete.2 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

168 tot 165 miljoen jaar gelede3

Middel-Jura

Fossiele gevind in

France (Basse-Normandie) and possibly Germany2 1

Topspoed

omtrent 27 km/h (17 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)

Thaumatosaurus omtrent 27 km/h (17 mph)

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

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

cool goed

Prettige feite

Thaumatosaurus was named in 1841 by the paleontologist Christian Erich Hermann von Meyer.1

The name Thaumatosaurus means 'wonder reptile' in Greek.1

Many fossils that were once called Thaumatosaurus are now thought to belong to other plesiosaurs like Rhomaleosaurus and Meyerasaurus.1

Thaumatosaurus is considered a 'nomen dubium' or doubtful name, because the original fossil pieces are too few to tell exactly what kind of plesiosaur it was.1

The fossils of Thaumatosaurus were found in rocks from the Bathonian stage, which is about 168 to 165 million years old.2

Thaumatosaurus lived in the ocean and was a strong swimmer, using its flippers to move through the water.2

KI-prent van Thaumatosaurus — 'n KI-prent van hoe Thaumatosaurus 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 Thaumatosaurus was a dinosaur.

Waarheid: Thaumatosaurus was a plesiosaur, a marine reptile that lived in the sea, not a dinosaur. Dinosaurs lived on land.1

Vir dino-kenners

Wetenskaplike naam: Thaumatosaurus
Benoem deur: (Meyer 1841)3
Groep: Plesiosourusse
Familie / klade: Plesiosauridae3
Klassifikasie: Plesiosauria > Sauropterygia3
Ouderdom van die rotse: 168 tot 165 miljoen jaar (Bathonian)3
Rotsformasies: Calcaires de Caen, Great Oolite3
Lande: Frankryk3
Fossielrekords: 2 in The Paleobiology Database3
Ontdekking: Thaumatosaurus was named in 1841 by the German paleontologist Christian Erich Hermann von Meyer. He described the species Thaumatosaurus oolithicus from partial skull, backbone and limb fossils found in Germany.1
Steeds omstrede: Scientists are not sure what Thaumatosaurus really looked like because the original fossils are too incomplete. It might be the same as another plesiosaur.1

Waar die feite vandaan kom

Thaumatosaurus (en.wikipedia.org)
PBDB Taxon (paleobiodb.org)
Thaumatosaurus in The Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0): ouderdom, plekke, rotsformasies, klassifikasie.

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