Contectopalatus
Contectopalatus was a marine reptile that lived in the ocean during the Triassic Period. It had a very tall crest on its head made of bone, which helped it bite hard. It was one of the biggest ichthyosaurs of its time.2
Noiz bizi izan zen?
Zein handia zen?
Zein luzea zen?
5 txakur bezain luze, sudurretik buztanera🍌bata bestearen atzean jarritako 28 banana bezain luze🏊igerileku handi baten luzera (50 m) 3,9 segundotan egin zezakeen igerianZein handia zen Contectopalatus ZUREKIN alderatuta?
Zure nabigatzaileko kalkulu hutsak. Ez da ezer gordetzen ez inora bidaltzen.
Zein azkarra zen?
Datu dibertigarriak
Contectopalatus had a very high crest on its skull made from the nasal, frontal and parietal bones. This crest grew taller as the animal got older.2
Its jaw muscles were arranged in a unique way. They stretched all the way up to the nostril opening on top of the skull.2
This special muscle arrangement gave Contectopalatus a very strong bite. It was one of the top predators in the Triassic seas.2
Contectopalatus was about 5 metres long. That makes it the largest known mixosaurid ichthyosaur.2
Mixosaurids like Contectopalatus were once thought to be small and simple. But they were actually highly specialized and diverse.2

Contectopalatus: gehien egindako galderak
?How big was Contectopalatus?
It was about 5 metres (16 feet) long, making it the largest known mixosaurid ichthyosaur.23
?What did Contectopalatus eat?
It was a top predator that ate fish and other marine animals. Its strong bite and special teeth helped it catch and eat its prey.2
?Is Contectopalatus a dinosaur?
No, it was an ichthyosaur, a marine reptile that lived in the ocean. It is not a dinosaur.2
Dino adituentzat
- Izen zientifikoa
- Contectopalatus
- Izendatzailea:
- Maisch and Matzke 19984
- Taldea
- Iktiosauroak
- Familia / klada
- Mixosauridae4
- Sailkapena
- Ichthyosauria > Ichthyosauromorpha4
- Arroken adina
- 247 eta 237 milioi urte artean ()4
- Arroka-formazioak
- Monte San Giorgio bituminous shales4
- Herrialdeak
- Suitza4
- Fosil-erregistroak
- 1 The Paleobiology Database datu-basean4
- Aurkikuntza
- The first fossils were described by Quenstedt in 1851 to 52 as Ichthyosaurus atavus. In 1998, Maisch and Matzke renamed it Contectopalatus after studying its skull.1
- Oraindik eztabaidagai
- Scientists are still debating exactly how the tall crest and jaw muscles worked together to give Contectopalatus such a powerful bite.2
Datuak nondik datozen
- Observations on Triassic ichthyosaurs. Part III: A crested predatory mixosaurid from the Middle Triassic of the Germanic Basin - Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie - Abhandlungen Band 209 Heft 1, Schweizerbart science publishers (schweizerbart.de)
- The mixosaurid ichthyosaur Contectopalatus from the Middle Triassic of the German Basin (scup.com)
- Phalarodon (Wikipedia) (Wikipedia)
- Contectopalatus in The Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0): adina, tokiak, arroka-formazioak, sailkapena.
Orrialde honetako datu bakoitzak zenbaki bat du, bere iturrira eramaten zaituena. Zerbait gaizki badugu, barkatu, dino-zaleak gara, ez zientzia-aldizkari bat. Idatzi [email protected] helbidera eta konponduko dugu.
Rex gose da! Dino Wiki aita baten proiektua da, dinosauroak maite dituen bere semearentzat, doakoa, iragarkirik eta jarraitzailerik gabe. Helduek mokadutxo bat eman diezaiokete Rexi, sarean jarraitzen laguntzeko.Eman jaten Rexi