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Taniwhasaurus

Din no ase: “taniwha lizard, after a supernatural water creature from Māori mythology”1

Ɔdii: NamMosasɔɔKretasias AwieeɛNyansahu mu deɛ, ɔnyɛ dinosɔɔ

Taniwhasaurus was a fierce marine lizard that swam in the oceans during the time of dinosaurs. It had a long, toothless snout like a spear and used it to hunt fish and other sea creatures. This mosasaur lived near New Zealand, Antarctica, Japan, and South Africa.1 2

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 86 kɔsi 66 a atwam3

Kretasias Awieeɛ

Wɔhunuu fɔsil wɔ

New Zealand, Antarctica, Japan, and South Africa2 1

Tenten

6.7 m (22 ft)1

Ntɛmntɛm a ɛsen biara

bɛyɛ 37 km/h (23 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 37 a wɔde abɔ toatoa soanka ɔbɛtumi aguare nsuguarebea kɛseɛ (50 m) tenten wɔ sikɛn 4.9 mu

Taniwhasaurus 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)

Taniwhasaurus bɛyɛ 37 km/h (23 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

Taniwhasaurus belongs to a group called tylosaurines, which had a long, toothless tip on their upper jaw like a bony spear.1

The first fossils of Taniwhasaurus were found in the 1860s at Haumuri Bluff in New Zealand, and named by James Hector in 1874.1

One species, Taniwhasaurus antarcticus, was originally named Lakumasaurus after a sea spirit from the mythology of the Yahgan people of South America.1

A nearly complete skull of Taniwhasaurus antarcticus was discovered on James Ross Island in Antarctica in 2000, measuring 72 centimeters (28 inches) long.1

Taniwhasaurus lived between about 86 and 66 million years ago, during the Late Cretaceous period.2

The species Taniwhasaurus oweni was named in honor of the famous paleontologist Richard Owen, who first described marine reptiles from New Zealand.1

Taniwhasaurus fossils have been found in marine rocks that were once part of ancient seabeds, alongside ammonites, sharks, and other mosasaurs.1

Yei yɛ Taniwhasaurus 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 Taniwhasaurus ho

?How big was Taniwhasaurus?

It was a medium-sized mosasaur, reaching about 6.7 metres (22 feet) long.1

?Could Taniwhasaurus swim?

Yes. Its powerful paddles and flexible spine helped it swim, and its tail gave the main push forward.1

?What did Taniwhasaurus eat?

It hunted fish and other sea creatures. It may have used an electro-sensitive snout to find prey.1

?Is Taniwhasaurus a dinosaur?

No, it is a mosasaur, which is a group of extinct marine lizards that lived alongside dinosaurs.1

?When did Taniwhasaurus go extinct?

It lived during the Late Cretaceous period and died out about 66 million years ago.1

Atosɛm sɛefoɔ

Atosɛm: Some people think Taniwhasaurus was a dinosaur.

Nokorɛ: Taniwhasaurus was a mosasaur, a type of marine lizard, not a dinosaur. Mosasaurs are reptiles that lived in the sea and are more closely related to modern snakes and monitor lizards.1

Ma dino ho animdefoɔ

Nyansahu din: Taniwhasaurus
Obi a ɔtoo din: Hector 18743
Kuo: Mosasɔɔ
Abusua / kuo kɛseɛ: Mosasauridae3
Nkyekyɛmu: Mosasauroidea3
Abotan no mfeɛ: mfeɛ ɔpepem 86 kɔsi 66 (Coniacian / Maastrichtian)3
Abotan nhyehyɛeɛ: Conway, Snow Hill Island, Conway Siltstone3
Aman: New Zealand, Antaatika, Gyapan, Afrika Anaafoɔ3
Fɔsil nkyerɛwee: 11 wɔ The Paleobiology Database mu3
Nhunumu: The first fossils of Taniwhasaurus were found in the 1860s at Haumuri Bluff, New Zealand. Scottish naturalist James Hector named the genus in 1874, calling it Taniwhasaurus oweni after the Māori taniwha and honoring Richard Owen.1
Wɔda so gye ho akyinnye: Scientists are not sure if the species Taniwhasaurus mikasaensis from Japan is really a separate species, because its fossils are very incomplete.1

Baabi a nsɛm no firi

Taniwhasaurus (en.wikipedia.org)
PBDB Taxon (paleobiodb.org)
Taniwhasaurus in The Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0): mfeɛ, mmeaeɛ, abotan nhyehyɛeɛ, nkyekyɛmu.

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