Tethysaurus
Tethysaurus was a marine lizard that swam in warm seas about 90 million years ago. It was not a dinosaur, but a fierce predator that hunted fish and other sea creatures.1
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Tethysaurus was a medium-sized mosasaur, less than 3 meters (9.8 feet) long.1
Its name comes from Tethys, the Greek goddess of the sea, and honors Hungarian paleontologist Baron Ferenc Nopcsa.1
Tethysaurus had a skull with a broad, rounded snout and two pairs of teeth in the premaxilla.2
It had 19 to 20 teeth in each upper jaw bone (maxilla) and at least 19 teeth in each lower jaw bone (dentary).2
Scientists think Tethysaurus was an early relative of later, bigger mosasaurs like Mosasaurus.1
Its fossils were found in limestone nodules that formed in a shallow, warm sea.2

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?Was Tethysaurus a dinosaur?
No, Tethysaurus was a marine lizard called a mosasaur, not a dinosaur.1
?How big was Tethysaurus?
Tethysaurus was under 3 metres (9.8 feet) long, about as long as a small car.1
?What did Tethysaurus eat?
Tethysaurus was a predator that hunted fish and other sea creatures.1
?When did Tethysaurus live?
Tethysaurus lived during the Late Cretaceous period, about 93 to 89 million years ago.3
Dino adituentzat
- Izen zientifikoa
- Tethysaurus
- Izendatzailea:
- Bardet et al. 20033
- Taldea
- Mosasauroak
- Familia / klada
- Tethysaurinae3
- Sailkapena
- Mosasauroidea3
- Arroken adina
- 94 eta 90 milioi urte artean (Turonian)3
- Arroka-formazioak
- Akrabou3
- Herrialdeak
- Maroko3
- Fosil-erregistroak
- 1 The Paleobiology Database datu-basean3
- Aurkikuntza
- Tethysaurus was named in 2003 by Nathalie Bardet, Xabier Pereda Suberbiola, and Nour-Eddine Jalil, based on a nearly complete skull and other bones found near Goulmima, Morocco.2
- Oraindik eztabaidagai
- Scientists are still debating exactly how Tethysaurus is related to other mosasaurs and whether it belongs in the family Mosasauridae or is a more primitive cousin.1
Datuak nondik datozen
- Tethysaurus (en.wikipedia.org)
- doi:10.1016/j.crpv.2003.09.006 (sciencepress.mnhn.fr)
- Tethysaurus in The Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0): adina, tokiak, arroka-formazioak, sailkapena.
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