Plesiopleurodon
Plesiopleurodon was a marine reptile that swam in the warm seas of North America during the time of the dinosaurs. It had a short neck, a long snout, and a mouth full of sharp, pointy teeth. It used its four flippers to paddle through the water like a sea turtle.1
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ne tenten te sɛ nkraman 4 firi hwene kɔsi dua🍌ne tenten te sɛ kwadu 22 a wɔde abɔ toatoa so🏊anka ɔbɛtumi aguare nsuguarebea kɛseɛ (50 m) tenten wɔ sikɛn 6.2 muPlesiopleurodon kɛseɛ yɛ sɛn sɛ wode toto WO ho a?
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Na ɛyɛ ntɛm sɛn?
Nsɛm a ɛyɛ anigye
Plesiopleurodon is known from just one partial skeleton, including a complete skull that is 71.2 cm long.1
Its name means 'near side tooth' because its teeth look a lot like the teeth of the similar pliosaur Liopleurodon.1
Scientists first thought Plesiopleurodon was a pliosaur, but later studies showed it is actually a polycotylid, a type of short-necked plesiosaur.1
It lived around 100 to 94 million years ago, during the early part of the Late Cretaceous Period.2
Plesiopleurodon's front teeth were large and pointed forward, which helped it grab slippery prey.1

Nsɛm a wɔbisa bebree fa Plesiopleurodon ho
?Was Plesiopleurodon a dinosaur?
No, it was a marine reptile called a plesiosaur, not a dinosaur. It lived in the sea during the time of the dinosaurs.13
?How big was Plesiopleurodon?
Scientists are not sure of its total length because only one partial skeleton has been found. Its skull is 71.2 cm long.14
Atosɛm sɛefoɔ
Atosɛm: Plesiopleurodon was a dinosaur.
Nokorɛ: Plesiopleurodon was a plesiosaur, a marine reptile that lived in the sea. It was not a dinosaur, even though it lived at the same time.1
Ma dino ho animdefoɔ
- Nyansahu din
- Plesiopleurodon
- Obi a ɔtoo din
- Carpenter 19964
- Kuo
- Plesiosɔɔ
- Abusua / kuo kɛseɛ
- Polycotylidae4
- Nkyekyɛmu
- Plesiosauria > Sauropterygia4
- Abotan no mfeɛ
- mfeɛ ɔpepem 100 kɔsi 94 (Cenomanian)4
- Abotan nhyehyɛeɛ
- 'Hailey Shales'4
- Aman
- Amerika4
- Fɔsil nkyerɛwee
- 1 wɔ The Paleobiology Database mu4
- Nhunumu
- Plesiopleurodon was named by paleontologist Kenneth Carpenter in 1996. He based it on a skull, neck bones, and shoulder bones found in Wyoming, USA.41
- Wɔda so gye ho akyinnye
- Scientists are still not sure whether the only known fossil of Plesiopleurodon came from the Belle Fourche Shale or the Hailey Shales Formation, because the original records disagree.1
Baabi a nsɛm no firi
- Plesiopleurodon (en.wikipedia.org)
- PBDB Taxon (paleobiodb.org)
- Plesiopleurodon: Overview, Size, Habitat, & Other Facts - Dinosaur Dictionary (dinosaurdictionary.com)
- Plesiopleurodon in The Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0): mfeɛ, mmeaeɛ, abotan nhyehyɛeɛ, nkyekyɛmu.
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