Dino kad No. 1884 wɔ 2 027 mu

Vegasaurus

Din no ase: “Vega lizard”1

Ɔdii: NamPlesiosɔɔKretasias AwieeɛNyansahu mu deɛ, ɔnyɛ dinosɔɔ

Vegasaurus was a long-necked marine reptile that swam in the cold seas near Antarctica about 72 million years ago. It was not a dinosaur, but a plesiosaur, and it used its four flippers to paddle through the water. This ancient creature is one of the few Late Cretaceous plesiosaurs from the Southern Hemisphere whose skeleton is well known.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 72 kɔsi 66 a atwam3

Kretasias Awieeɛ

Wɔhunuu fɔsil wɔ

Vega Island, Antarctica2 1

Tenten

6.15 kɔsi 6.5 m (20 kɔsi 21 ft)1

Mu duru

839 kg (1,800 lb)1

Ntɛmntɛm a ɛsen biara

bɛyɛ 27 km/h (17 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?

Na ne mu yɛ duru sɛn?

ne mu duru te sɛ nkraman 42

ne tenten te sɛ nkraman 6 firi hwene kɔsi duane tenten te sɛ kwadu 36 a wɔde abɔ toatoa sone mu duru te sɛ watamɛlɔn 170ne mu duru te sɛ nkɔkɔaa sukuu mmofra 44ne mu duru te sɛ sukuu mmofra 26anka ɔbɛtumi aguare nsuguarebea kɛseɛ (50 m) tenten wɔ sikɛn 6.7 mu

Vegasaurus 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)

Vegasaurus bɛyɛ 27 km/h (17 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

Vegasaurus had 54 neck vertebrae, which is more than most other plesiosaurs.1

The only known fossil of Vegasaurus was found in 1989 by a team of scientists on Vega Island, Antarctica.1

This plesiosaur had gastroliths, or stomach stones, which may have helped it digest food or control its buoyancy.1

Vegasaurus is named after Vega Island, where it was discovered, and the Greek word for lizard, 'sauros'.1

Its humerus (upper arm bone) had a forward-facing knee and a backward projection with an extra joint surface, a feature only shared with a few other plesiosaurs.1

Vegasaurus is closely related to other plesiosaurs from the Weddell Sea region, like Aristonectes and Kaiwhekea.2 1

Yei yɛ Vegasaurus 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 Vegasaurus ho

?How big was Vegasaurus?

About 6.15 to 6.5 metres long and weighed around 839 kilograms.1

?What did Vegasaurus eat?

Scientists are not sure exactly what it ate, but it had gastroliths (stomach stones) that may have helped grind up food like fish or squid.1

?Where was Vegasaurus found?

Its only fossil was found on Vega Island, near the Antarctic Peninsula, in 1989.1

Ma dino ho animdefoɔ

Nyansahu din: Vegasaurus
Obi a ɔtoo din: O'Gorman et al. 20153
Kuo: Plesiosɔɔ
Abusua / kuo kɛseɛ: Elasmosauridae3
Nkyekyɛmu: Plesiosauria > Elasmosauridae > Sauropterygia3
Abotan no mfeɛ: mfeɛ ɔpepem 72 kɔsi 66 (Maastrichtian)3
Abotan nhyehyɛeɛ: Snow Hill Island3
Aman: Antaatika3
Fɔsil nkyerɛwee: 1 wɔ The Paleobiology Database mu3
Nhunumu: Vegasaurus was named in 2015 by José P. O'Gorman and colleagues. The only fossil was found in 1989 on Vega Island, Antarctica, and was collected during three Antarctic summer expeditions in 1993, 1999, and 2005.1
Wɔda so gye ho akyinnye: Scientists are still debating exactly how Vegasaurus is related to other plesiosaurs, especially the aristonectines.2 1

Baabi a nsɛm no firi

Vegasaurus (en.wikipedia.org)
Vegasaurus molyi, gen. et sp. nov. (Plesiosauria, Elasmosauridae), from the Cape Lamb Member (lower maastrichtian) of the Snow Hill Island Formation, Vega Island, Antarctica, and remarks on Wedellian Elasmosauridae: Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology: Vol 35 , No 3 - Get Access (tandfonline.com)
Vegasaurus in The Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0): mfeɛ, mmeaeɛ, abotan nhyehyɛeɛ, nkyekyɛmu.

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