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Tylosaurus

Naam beteken: “knob lizard”1

Het geëet: VleisMosasourusseLaat KrytTegnies nie 'n dinosourus nie

Tylosaurus was a giant marine lizard that swam in the oceans during the Late Cretaceous. It was not a dinosaur, but a mosasaur, a fierce predator with a long snout and paddle-like flippers. It could grow over 13 meters long, as big as a school bus!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 66 miljoen jaar gelede3

Laat Kryt

Fossiele gevind in

North America (USA, Canada), Europe (Belgium, France, Germany, Sweden), Africa (Angola), and the Middle East (Jordan)1 3

Lengte

tot 13 m (43 ft)1

Gewig

200 kg tot 1,1 ton (441 tot 2 400 lb)1

Topspoed

omtrent 38 km/h (24 mph)

Swem, skatting

Wanneer het dit geleef?

Trias

Jura

Kryt

252 miljoen jaar gelede20114566, die asteroïde

Hoe groot was dit?

Hoe lank was dit?

Hoe swaar was dit?

so swaar soos 55 honde

so lank soos 3 motors in 'n ry geparkeerso lank soos 72 piesangs punt aan puntso swaar soos 220 waatlemoeneso swaar soos 58 kleuterskoolkindersso swaar soos 34 skoolkindersso swaar soos 2,5 ysberekon die lengte van 'n groot swembad (50 m) in 4,7 sekondes swem

Hoe groot was Tylosaurus 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)

Tylosaurus omtrent 38 km/h (24 mph)

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

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

cool goed

Prettige feite

Tylosaurus had a long, bony snout that stuck out like a prow, which is why one species is named proriger, meaning 'prow-bearing'.1

Fossils show Tylosaurus fought each other, with bite marks on skulls and other bones.1

One Tylosaurus skeleton had the remains of a 2-meter-long mosasaur, a diving bird, a fish, and a shark all in its stomach at once.1

Tylosaurus had an endothermic (warm-blooded) metabolism, unlike most modern lizards and snakes.1

It gave birth to live young, not eggs, based on its close relatives.3

Tylosaurus lived from about 93.9 to 66 million years ago, during the Late Cretaceous.3

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

?Was Tylosaurus a dinosaur?

No, Tylosaurus was not a dinosaur. It was a mosasaur, a giant marine lizard that lived in the oceans during the Late Cretaceous.1

?How big was Tylosaurus?

The largest species, Tylosaurus rex, could grow over 13 metres (43 feet) long, about the length of a school bus.1 2

?What did Tylosaurus eat?

Tylosaurus was an apex predator that ate fish, sea turtles, birds, plesiosaurs, other mosasaurs, sharks, and even giant squid and ammonites.1

?Did Tylosaurus have any predators?

No, Tylosaurus was an apex predator, meaning it had no natural predators. It was one of the largest marine carnivores of its time.1

?Could Tylosaurus swim?

Yes, Tylosaurus was a fully aquatic marine reptile. It had a streamlined body, flippers, and a tail fin for swimming, similar to modern whales.1

?When did Tylosaurus go extinct?

Tylosaurus lived from about 92 to 66 million years ago, going extinct at the end of the Cretaceous period.1

?Did Tylosaurus lay eggs?

No, Tylosaurus likely gave birth to live young, not eggs. This is based on evidence from its close relatives, which have been found with babies inside them.1

?Why did Tylosaurus have a long snout?

The long, bony snout (rostrum) of Tylosaurus may have been used as a ramming weapon or to sense prey. It also gives the animal its name, which means 'knob lizard'.1

Mite-breker

Mite: Tylosaurus was a dinosaur.

Waarheid: Tylosaurus was a mosasaur, a marine reptile more closely related to modern monitor lizards and snakes than to dinosaurs.1

Vir dino-kenners

Wetenskaplike naam: Tylosaurus
Benoem deur: Marsh 18723
Groep: Mosasourusse
Familie / klade: Mosasauridae3
Klassifikasie: Mosasauroidea3
Ouderdom van die rotse: 94 tot 66 miljoen jaar (Turonian / Maastrichtian)3
Rotsformasies: Niobrara, Pierre Shale, Tar Heel3
Lande: VSA, Swede, Kanada, Angola, België, Duitsland3
Fossielrekords: 67 in The Paleobiology Database3
Ontdekking: The first species, T. proriger, was described in 1869 by Edward Drinker Cope, and the genus Tylosaurus was named in 1872 by Othniel Charles Marsh. The type specimen was found in Kansas, USA, in the late 1860s.1
Steeds omstrede: Scientists still debate how many species of Tylosaurus existed and how they are related to each other.1

Waar die feite vandaan kom

Tylosaurus (en.wikipedia.org)
Giant Mosasaur Species from Texas Named T. rex | AMNH (amnh.org)
Tylosaurus in The Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0): ouderdom, plekke, rotsformasies, klassifikasie.

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