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Wapuskanectes

Din no ase: “whitecap swimmer”1

Ɔdii: NamPlesiosɔɔKretasias MfiaseNyansahu mu deɛ, ɔnyɛ dinosɔɔ

Wapuskanectes was an ancient marine reptile that swam in the seas of Alberta, Canada, about 112 million years ago. It was an early elasmosaur, a type of plesiosaur with a very long neck. This creature was a powerful swimmer and a meat-eater.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 113 kɔsi 110 a atwam2

Kretasias Mfiase

Wɔhunuu fɔsil wɔ

Alberta, Canada1 2

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 ɛyɛ ntɛm sɛn?

Onipa a ɔnante bɛyɛ 5 km/h (3 mph)

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

Wapuskanectes 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

Wapuskanectes is the oldest known elasmosaur from North America, living about 112 million years ago.1

Its name comes from the Cree word 'Wapuska', meaning a body of water with whitecaps, and the Greek word 'nectes', meaning swimmer.1

The species name, betsynichollsae, honors Dr. Elizabeth 'Betsy' Nicholls, a famous curator of marine reptiles.1

Some Wapuskanectes fossils were found with gastroliths, or stomach stones, which may have helped them digest food.1

The gastroliths were mostly black, polished chert pebbles, and the largest one weighed 14.5 grams.1

One fossil, TMP 2012.50.1, was discovered when a grader plowed through its neck, destroying the skull and most of the neck.1

Yei yɛ Wapuskanectes 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.

Ma dino ho animdefoɔ

Nyansahu din: Wapuskanectes
Obi a ɔtoo din: Druckenmiller and Russell 20062
Kuo: Plesiosɔɔ
Abusua / kuo kɛseɛ: Elasmosauridae2
Nkyekyɛmu: Plesiosauria > Elasmosauridae > Sauropterygia2
Abotan no mfeɛ: mfeɛ ɔpepem 113 kɔsi 110 (Albian)2
Abotan nhyehyɛeɛ: Clearwater2
Aman: Kanada2
Fɔsil nkyerɛwee: 1 wɔ The Paleobiology Database mu2
Nhunumu: Wapuskanectes was named by Patrick S. Druckenmiller and Anthony P. Russell in 2006. The first fossil was found in an open-pit oilsand mine near Fort McMurray, Alberta, Canada.1
Wɔda so gye ho akyinnye: Scientists are still debating exactly how Wapuskanectes used its gastroliths, whether for grinding food or for ballast.1

Baabi a nsɛm no firi

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

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