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Libonectes

Din no ase: “southern swimmer”1

Ɔdii: NamPlesiosɔɔKretasias AwieeɛNyansahu mu deɛ, ɔnyɛ dinosɔɔ

Libonectes was a long-necked marine reptile that swam in warm seas during the time of the dinosaurs. It used its strong flippers to paddle through the water and may have swallowed fish and ammonites whole. Fossils show it had a skull that is one of the best preserved of any elasmosaurid plesiosaur.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 100 kɔsi 90 a atwam3

Kretasias Awieeɛ

Wɔhunuu fɔsil wɔ

Texas, USA and Er-Rachidia, Morocco1 3

Tenten

7.2 m (24 ft)1

Ntɛmntɛm a ɛsen biara

bɛyɛ 25 km/h (16 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 nkraman 7 firi hwene kɔsi duane tenten te sɛ kwadu 40 a wɔde abɔ toatoa soanka ɔbɛtumi aguare nsuguarebea kɛseɛ (50 m) tenten wɔ sikɛn 7.2 mu

Libonectes 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)

Libonectes bɛyɛ 25 km/h (16 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

Libonectes had a neck that was 5.06 metres (16.6 feet) long, more than two-thirds of its total body length.1

The first fossils were found by a farmer named T.W. Tidwell in the late 1930s in Texas.1

Its skull is the best preserved skull of any elasmosaurid plesiosaur ever found.1

Libonectes lived about 93 million years ago, during the Late Cretaceous period.3

It was originally named Elasmosaurus morgani in 1949, but was given its own genus, Libonectes, in 1997.1

Gastroliths (stomach stones) have been found inside Libonectes fossils, which may have helped it digest food or control its buoyancy in the water.1

Libonectes probably swam slowly and used its large size to trap prey.1

Yei yɛ Libonectes 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 Libonectes ho

?How big was Libonectes?

Libonectes was a medium-sized plesiosaur, about 7.2 metres (24 feet) long. Its neck alone was 5.06 metres (16.6 feet) long.1

?What did Libonectes eat?

Libonectes probably ate small fish and ammonites. It may have swallowed prey whole and used stomach stones to help digest food.1

?Where was Libonectes found?

Fossils of Libonectes have been found in Texas, USA, and in Morocco. This shows it lived in warm seas on both sides of the Atlantic Ocean.1 2

Atosɛm sɛefoɔ

Atosɛm: Some people think plesiosaurs like Libonectes could lift their heads and necks high out of the water like a swan.

Nokorɛ: Scientists now believe their necks were not flexible enough to lift high above the water. They probably held their necks more horizontally while swimming.1

Ma dino ho animdefoɔ

Nyansahu din: Libonectes
Obi a ɔtoo din: Carpenter 19973
Kuo: Plesiosɔɔ
Abusua / kuo kɛseɛ: Elasmosauridae3
Nkyekyɛmu: Plesiosauria > Elasmosauridae > Sauropterygia3
Abotan no mfeɛ: mfeɛ ɔpepem 100 kɔsi 90 (Cenomanian / Turonian)3
Abotan nhyehyɛeɛ: Britton, Akrabou3
Aman: Amerika, Moroko3
Fɔsil nkyerɛwee: 2 wɔ The Paleobiology Database mu3
Nhunumu: The first Libonectes fossils were found by tenant farmer T.W. Tidwell in the late 1930s in Texas. Charles Gill Morgan prepared the fossils, and the species was named Elasmosaurus morgani by Welles in 1949. It was reclassified as its own genus Libonectes by Carpenter in 1997.1
Wɔda so gye ho akyinnye: Scientists are not sure whether Libonectes was a pure carnivore or an omnivore, because gastroliths could indicate plant eating or just buoyancy control.1

Baabi a nsɛm no firi

Libonectes (en.wikipedia.org)
Libonectes morgani, an elasmosaur with transatlantic dispersal (sachspal.de)
Libonectes in The Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0): mfeɛ, mmeaeɛ, abotan nhyehyɛeɛ, nkyekyɛmu.

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