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Terminonatator

Izenaren esanahia: “last swimmer”1
Jaten zuen: HaragiaPlesiosauroakGoi KretazeoaTeknikoki ez da dinosauroa

Terminonatator was a marine reptile that swam in the shallow sea that once covered Canada. It was a plesiosaur with a long neck and four flippers, and it hunted fish and other sea creatures. This animal lived near the end of the age of dinosaurs, about 80 million years ago.13

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Bizi izan zen
Duela 84 eta 72 milioi urte artean3
Goi Kretazeoa
Fosilak hemen aurkitu dira:
Saskatchewan, Canada, in the Bearpaw Formation near Notukeu Creek in Ponteix13
Luzera
7 eta 9 m artean (23 eta 30 ft artean)1
Abiadura maximoa
23 km/h inguru (14 mph)
Igeri egitea, kalkulua

Noiz bizi izan zen?

Triasikoa
Jurasikoa
Kretazeoa
Duela 252 milioi urte20114566, asteroidea

Zein handia zen?

Zein luzea zen?

Terminonatator 9 m inguru luze (30 ft)Heldu baten bizikleta 1,8 m inguru (5,9 ft)Auto bat 4,5 m inguru (15 ft)Elefante bat, gaur egungo lehorreko animaliarik handiena 6,5 m inguru (21 ft)
ilaran aparkatutako 2 auto bezain luzebata bestearen atzean jarritako 50 banana bezain luzeigerileku handi baten luzera (50 m) 7,8 segundotan egin zezakeen igerian

Zein handia zen Terminonatator ZUREKIN alderatuta?

Zure nabigatzaileko kalkulu hutsak. Ez da ezer gordetzen ez inora bidaltzen.

Zein azkarra zen?

gauza bikainak

Datu dibertigarriak

1

Terminonatator is one of the youngest plesiosaurs known from the Western Interior Seaway, a sea that split North America in two during the dinosaur age.1

2

The only fossil found is a skull and partial skeleton of a young adult. The skull is about 27 cm (10.6 in) long and had a short snout compared to other elasmosaurids.1

3

Over 150 pebbles were found inside its rib cage. These gastroliths helped it digest food, just like some modern birds and crocodiles.1

4

Its thigh bone was longer than its upper arm bone, which is unusual for an elasmosaurid. The right thigh bone had broken and healed while the animal was alive.1

5

The name Terminonatator means 'last swimmer' because it lived so late in the Cretaceous period, near the end of the age of dinosaurs.1

6

It had only nine teeth in the tip of its upper jaw, while most other plesiosaurs had ten. This might just be a difference between individuals.1

AAk eginaTerminonatator: AAk egindako irudia
Terminonatator nolakoa izan zitekeen erakusten duen AAk egindako irudia, ordenagailu batek zientzialariek dakitenetik sortua. Asmakizun bat da: benetako animalia desberdina izan zitekeen, eta inork ez daki zein ziren bere benetako koloreak.
zure galderak

Terminonatator: gehien egindako galderak

?How big was Terminonatator?

About 7 metres (23 feet) long, and up to 9 metres (30 feet) if it had an extremely long neck like Elasmosaurus.1

?What did Terminonatator eat?

It ate fish. Its small head and long, thin teeth were good for catching fish, and it probably used its long neck to help capture schooling fish.2

?When did Terminonatator live?

It lived about 70 million years ago, near the end of the Cretaceous period, in a shallow sea that covered Saskatchewan, Canada.2

?Why did Terminonatator swallow stones?

It swallowed stones called gastroliths, which may have helped it digest food or control its buoyancy in the water.2

Dino adituentzat

Izen zientifikoa
Terminonatator
Izendatzailea:
Sato 20033
Taldea
Plesiosauroak
Familia / klada
Elasmosauridae3
Sailkapena
Plesiosauria > Elasmosauridae > Sauropterygia3
Arroken adina
84 eta 72 milioi urte artean (Campanian)3
Arroka-formazioak
Bearpaw Shale3
Herrialdeak
Kanada3
Fosil-erregistroak
1 The Paleobiology Database datu-basean3
Aurkikuntza
Tamaki Sato named and described Terminonatator in 2003, based on a skull and partial skeleton found high in the Bearpaw Formation near Ponteix, Saskatchewan, Canada. The species name ponteixensis honors the town of Ponteix.13
Oraindik eztabaidagai
Scientists are not sure exactly how long its neck was. If it had as many neck vertebrae as Elasmosaurus (72), it could have been up to 9 m (30 ft) long.1

Datuak nondik datozen

  1. Terminonatator (en.wikipedia.org)
  2. โ€œMoโ€ Ponteix Long-necked Plesiosaur (royalsaskmuseum.ca)
  3. Terminonatator in The Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0): adina, tokiak, arroka-formazioak, sailkapena.

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