Attenborosaurus
Attenborosaurus was a plesiosaur, a marine reptile that lived in the sea, not a dinosaur. It had a long neck, a round body, and four flippers to paddle through warm, tropical waters. This animal is named after the famous broadcaster Sir David Attenborough.2
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Datos curiosos
The original fossil was destroyed in 1940 during World War II when a bomb hit the Bristol City Museum and Art Gallery.12
A plaster cast of the skeleton was made before the war, and it is now the main specimen at the Natural History Museum in London.12
Attenborosaurus lived about 190 million years ago during the Early Jurassic period.2
It was first thought to be a species of Plesiosaurus, but in 1993 paleontologist Robert Bakker gave it its own genus.12
Skin impressions found with the bones suggest it had smooth, membranous skin without large scales, which helped it swim faster.1
The species name conybeari honors geologist William Conybeare.1

As preguntas máis frecuentes sobre Attenborosaurus
?How big was Attenborosaurus?
About 4.3 metres (14 feet) long.1
?What did Attenborosaurus eat?
It ate fish, like most other plesiosaurs.1
?Was Attenborosaurus a dinosaur?
No, it was a marine reptile called a plesiosaur, not a dinosaur.2
?Why is it called Attenborosaurus?
It is named after Sir David Attenborough, the famous broadcaster.12
?When did Attenborosaurus live?
It lived about 190 million years ago, during the Early Jurassic period.2
Para expertos en dinos
- Nome científico
- Attenborosaurus
- Bautizado por
- Bakker 19933
- Grupo
- Plesiosauros
- Familia / clado
- Pliosauridae3
- Clasificación
- Plesiosauria > Pliosauridae > Sauropterygia3
- Idade das rochas
- de 200 a 193 millóns de anos (Sinemurian)3
- Formacións rochosas
- Charmouth Mudstone3
- Países
- Reino Unido3
- Rexistros fósiles
- 2 na Paleobiology Database3
- Descubrimento
- The first fossils were found in Charmouth, Dorset, England in 1880. William Johnson Sollas described them in 1881, naming the animal Plesiosaurus conybeari. In 1993, Robert Bakker renamed it Attenborosaurus after Sir David Attenborough.12
De onde veñen os datos
- Attenborosaurus (en.wikipedia.org)
- Attenborosaurus: a celebrity reptile | Natural History Museum (nhm.ac.uk)
- Attenborosaurus in The Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0): idade, lugares, formacións rochosas, clasificación.
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