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Tylosaurus

Izenaren esanahia: “knob lizard”1
Jaten zuen: HaragiaMosasauroakGoi KretazeoaTeknikoki ez da dinosauroa

Tylosaurus was a giant marine lizard that swam in the oceans during the Late Cretaceous. It was not a dinosaur, but a mosasaur, a fierce predator with a long snout and paddle-like flippers. It could grow over 13 meters long, as big as a school bus!1

Datu dibertigarria: itsas narrasti hau igerian zebilen dinosauroak lehorrean ibiltzen ziren bitartean. Denek dino deitzen diete, baina narrastien beste adar bat ziren.
Bizi izan zen
Duela 94 eta 66 milioi urte artean3
Goi Kretazeoa
Fosilak hemen aurkitu dira:
North America (USA, Canada), Europe (Belgium, France, Germany, Sweden), Africa (Angola), and the Middle East (Jordan)13
Luzera
13 m arte (43 ft)1
Pisua
200 kg eta 1,1 tona artean (441 eta 2ย 400 lb artean)1
Abiadura maximoa
38 km/h inguru (24 mph)
Igeri egitea, kalkulua

Noiz bizi izan zen?

Triasikoa
Jurasikoa
Kretazeoa
Duela 252 milioi urte20114566, asteroidea

Zein handia zen?

Zein luzea zen?

Tylosaurus 13 m inguru luze (43 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)

Zein astuna zen?

55 txakur bezain astun
ilaran aparkatutako 3 auto bezain luzebata bestearen atzean jarritako 72 banana bezain luze220 angurria bezain astunhaur-eskolako 58 haur bezain astun34 eskolaume bezain astun2,5 hartz zuri bezain astunigerileku handi baten luzera (50 m) 4,7 segundotan egin zezakeen igerian

Zein handia zen Tylosaurus ZUREKIN alderatuta?

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

Zein azkarra zen?

gauza bikainak

Datu dibertigarriak

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Tylosaurus had a long, bony snout that stuck out like a prow, which is why one species is named proriger, meaning 'prow-bearing'.1

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Fossils show Tylosaurus fought each other, with bite marks on skulls and other bones.1

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One Tylosaurus skeleton had the remains of a 2-meter-long mosasaur, a diving bird, a fish, and a shark all in its stomach at once.1

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Tylosaurus had an endothermic (warm-blooded) metabolism, unlike most modern lizards and snakes.1

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It gave birth to live young, not eggs, based on its close relatives.3

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Tylosaurus lived from about 93.9 to 66 million years ago, during the Late Cretaceous.3

AAk eginaTylosaurus: AAk egindako irudia
Tylosaurus 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

Tylosaurus: gehien egindako galderak

?Was Tylosaurus a dinosaur?

No, Tylosaurus was not a dinosaur. It was a mosasaur, a giant marine lizard that lived in the oceans during the Late Cretaceous.1

?How big was Tylosaurus?

The largest species, Tylosaurus rex, could grow over 13 metres (43 feet) long, about the length of a school bus.12

?What did Tylosaurus eat?

Tylosaurus was an apex predator that ate fish, sea turtles, birds, plesiosaurs, other mosasaurs, sharks, and even giant squid and ammonites.1

?Did Tylosaurus have any predators?

No, Tylosaurus was an apex predator, meaning it had no natural predators. It was one of the largest marine carnivores of its time.1

?Could Tylosaurus swim?

Yes, Tylosaurus was a fully aquatic marine reptile. It had a streamlined body, flippers, and a tail fin for swimming, similar to modern whales.1

?When did Tylosaurus go extinct?

Tylosaurus lived from about 92 to 66 million years ago, going extinct at the end of the Cretaceous period.1

?Did Tylosaurus lay eggs?

No, Tylosaurus likely gave birth to live young, not eggs. This is based on evidence from its close relatives, which have been found with babies inside them.1

?Why did Tylosaurus have a long snout?

The long, bony snout (rostrum) of Tylosaurus may have been used as a ramming weapon or to sense prey. It also gives the animal its name, which means 'knob lizard'.1

Mito-hauslea

Mitoa: Tylosaurus was a dinosaur.

Egia: Tylosaurus was a mosasaur, a marine reptile more closely related to modern monitor lizards and snakes than to dinosaurs.1

Dino adituentzat

Izen zientifikoa
Tylosaurus
Izendatzailea:
Marsh 18723
Taldea
Mosasauroak
Familia / klada
Mosasauridae3
Sailkapena
Mosasauroidea3
Arroken adina
94 eta 66 milioi urte artean (Turonian / Maastrichtian)3
Arroka-formazioak
Niobrara, Pierre Shale, Tar Heel3
Herrialdeak
AEB, Suedia, Kanada, Angola, Belgika, Alemania3
Fosil-erregistroak
67 The Paleobiology Database datu-basean3
Aurkikuntza
The first species, T. proriger, was described in 1869 by Edward Drinker Cope, and the genus Tylosaurus was named in 1872 by Othniel Charles Marsh. The type specimen was found in Kansas, USA, in the late 1860s.1
Oraindik eztabaidagai
Scientists still debate how many species of Tylosaurus existed and how they are related to each other.1

Datuak nondik datozen

  1. Tylosaurus (en.wikipedia.org)
  2. Giant Mosasaur Species from Texas Named T. rex | AMNH (amnh.org)
  3. Tylosaurus in The Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0): adina, tokiak, arroka-formazioak, sailkapena.

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