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Ichthyotitan

Din no ase: “giant fish lizard of the Severn”1

Ɔdii: NamIktiosɔɔTriasik AwieeɛNyansahu mu deɛ, ɔnyɛ dinosɔɔ

Ichthyotitan was one of the biggest marine reptiles that ever lived. It was a giant ichthyosaur, a fish-shaped reptile that swam in the seas during the time of the dinosaurs. Scientists think it could have been as long as a blue whale!2 1

Asɛm a ɛyɛ anigye: ɛpo mu aboa a ɔwea yi guaree berɛ a dinosɔɔ nantew asase so. Obiara frɛ wɔn dino, nanso na wɔyɛ mmoa a wɔwea abusua foforɔ.

Ɔtenaa ase

mfeɛ ɔpepem 206 kɔsi 201 a atwam7

Triasik Awieeɛ

Wɔhunuu fɔsil wɔ

Somerset, UK (Blue Anchor and Lilstock)2 1

Tenten

20 kɔsi 25 m (66 kɔsi 82 ft)2 1

Ntɛmntɛm a ɛsen biara

bɛyɛ 21 km/h (13 mph)

Nsuguareɛ, nsusuiɛ

Berɛ bɛn na ɛtenaa ase?

Triasik

Jurasik

Kretasias

mfeɛ ɔpepem 252 a atwam20114566, ɔsoro ɛboɔ no

Na ne kɛseɛ yɛ sɛn?

Na ne tenten yɛ sɛn?

ne tenten te sɛ kaa 6 a wɔde agyina toatoa sone tenten te sɛ kwadu 140 a wɔde abɔ toatoa soanka ɔbɛtumi aguare nsuguarebea kɛseɛ (50 m) tenten wɔ sikɛn 8.6 mu

Ichthyotitan kɛseɛ yɛ sɛn sɛ wode toto WO ho a?

Akontaa nko ara wɔ wo browser mu. Yɛnkora biribiara so, na yɛmmfa biribiara nkɔ baabiara.

Na ɛyɛ ntɛm sɛn?

Onipa a ɔnante bɛyɛ 5 km/h (3 mph)

Abofra a ɔte sakre so bɛyɛ 12 km/h (7 mph)

Ichthyotitan bɛyɛ 21 km/h (13 mph)

Ɔpɔnkɔ a ɔretu mmirika bɛyɛ 65 km/h (40 mph)

Kyiita bɛyɛ 100 km/h (62 mph)

nneɛma a ɛyɛ fɛ

Nsɛm a ɛyɛ anigye

Ichthyotitan is known from only two jaw bones, called surangulars, found on the coast of Somerset, England.2 1

The larger jaw bone is over 2 metres long, which helped scientists estimate the whole animal was about 25 metres in length.2 1

Ichthyotitan lived at the very end of the Triassic Period, about 205 to 201 million years ago.3

It is the first giant ichthyosaur to be named from the Rhaetian stage of the Triassic.2 1

Ichthyotitan probably belongs to a group called shastasaurids, which includes some of the largest ichthyosaurs.2 1

The name Ichthyotitan means 'giant fish lizard', from Greek words for fish and giant, plus the Severn River estuary where the fossils were found.1

The jaw bones show unique features, like an upturned back end and a bulbous coronoid process, that set Ichthyotitan apart from other giant ichthyosaurs.1

Yei yɛ Ichthyotitan mfonini a AI yɛeɛ, sɛdeɛ ebia na ɔteɛ. Kɔmputa na ɛyɛeɛ firi deɛ nyansahufoɔ nim mu. Ɛyɛ nsusuiɛ: ebia na aboa ankasa no nte saa, na obiara nnim ne kɔla ankasa.

wobisaeɛ

Nsɛm a wɔbisa bebree fa Ichthyotitan ho

?How big was Ichthyotitan?

Ichthyotitan was enormous, scientists estimate it reached about 25 metres long, which is about 5 metres shorter than a 30 metre blue whale. It is likely the largest marine reptile ever discovered.4 2

?Was Ichthyotitan a dinosaur?

No, Ichthyotitan was not a dinosaur. It was an ichthyosaur, a type of marine reptile that swam in the oceans at the same time as dinosaurs lived on land.5

?What did Ichthyotitan eat?

Scientists are not certain, but because Ichthyotitan was a shastasaurid ichthyosaur, it probably ate fish and squid. Its large size suggests it was a top predator in its ocean.6

?When did Ichthyotitan live?

Ichthyotitan lived at the very end of the Triassic Period, about 205 to 201 million years ago. It died out in the mass extinction that ended the Triassic.6 4

?Where was Ichthyotitan found?

Its fossils were found on the coast of Somerset, England, near the Severn Estuary. The first jaw bone was discovered by a father and his 11-year-old daughter in 2020.4 5

?How do scientists know how big Ichthyotitan was?

They compared its jaw bone (the surangular) to the same bone in other giant ichthyosaurs. The jaw is over 2 metres long, and scaling it up gives a body length of about 25 metres.2 6

?Could Ichthyotitan swim?

Yes, Ichthyotitan was a marine reptile that lived in the ocean and swam using its flippers and tail. It was built like a fish and was a fast, powerful swimmer.6

?Is Ichthyotitan bigger than a blue whale?

No, Ichthyotitan was about 25 metres long, while the biggest blue whales can reach about 30 metres. So Ichthyotitan was almost as big, but not quite as large as the largest blue whales.5

Atosɛm sɛefoɔ

Atosɛm: Some people think Ichthyotitan was a dinosaur.

Nokorɛ: Ichthyotitan was an ichthyosaur, a marine reptile that lived in the sea, not a dinosaur. Dinosaurs lived on land.2

Ma dino ho animdefoɔ

Nyansahu din: Ichthyotitan
Obi a ɔtoo din: Lomax et al. 20247
Kuo: Iktiosɔɔ
Abusua / kuo kɛseɛ: Shastasauridae7
Nkyekyɛmu: Ichthyosauria > Ichthyosauromorpha7
Abotan no mfeɛ: mfeɛ ɔpepem 206 kɔsi 201 (Rhaetian)7
Abotan nhyehyɛeɛ: Westbury7
Aman: Engiresi7
Fɔsil nkyerɛwee: 1 wɔ The Paleobiology Database mu7
Nhunumu: Ichthyotitan was named in 2024 by Lomax and colleagues based on a jaw bone found at Blue Anchor, Somerset, UK. A second jaw bone from Lilstock, found earlier in 2018, was also assigned to this species.2 1
Wɔda so gye ho akyinnye: Scientists are not sure whether Ichthyotitan belongs to the shastasaurid family because the known fossils are too incomplete.2 1

Baabi a nsɛm no firi

The last giants: New evidence for giant Late Triassic (Rhaetian) ichthyosaurs from the UK (pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov)
The last giants: New evidence for giant Late Triassic (Rhaetian) ichthyosaurs from the UK | PLOS One (journals.plos.org)
PBDB Taxon (paleobiodb.org)
Giant marine reptile found in the UK could be the largest ever discovered | Natural History Museum (nhm.ac.uk)
Gigantic marine reptile's fossils found by British girl and father (reuters.com)
Ichthyotitan (Wikipedia) (Wikipedia)
Ichthyotitan in The Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0): mfeɛ, mmeaeɛ, abotan nhyehyɛeɛ, nkyekyɛmu.

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