Eurhinosaurus
Eurhinosaurus was a fast-swimming marine reptile that looked a bit like a dolphin with a swordfish snout. It lived in the warm seas of the Early Jurassic, about 183 to 175 million years ago, and used its long, toothy upper jaw to stab small fish and squid.12
Cando viviu?
Como era de grande?
Canto medía de longo?
tan longo coma 6 cans do fociño á cola🍌tan longo coma 36 plátanos postos un tras outro🏊podería nadar o longo dunha piscina grande (50 m) en 4,2 segundosComo era de grande Eurhinosaurus comparado CONTIGO?
Só son contas no teu navegador. Non se garda nin se envía nada.
Que velocidade alcanzaba?
Datos curiosos
Eurhinosaurus had a huge overbite: its upper jaw was much longer than its lower jaw, like a swordfish.1
It belonged to a group called leptonectid ichthyosaurs, which were fast and had long, slender snouts.2
The first Eurhinosaurus fossil from Switzerland was found in 1981 by a woman named Carol Spörli in a clay pit near Staffelegg.2
Eurhinosaurus lived during the Toarcian age of the Early Jurassic, about 183 to 175 million years ago.1
Scientists think Eurhinosaurus used its long, toothy upper jaw like a spear to injure or stab small, soft prey.1
Eurhinosaurus was one of the most widespread ichthyosaurs of its time, found across many parts of Western Europe.2

As preguntas máis frecuentes sobre Eurhinosaurus
?How big was Eurhinosaurus?
About 7 metres (23 feet) long, based on a fossil of an adult individual.1
?What did Eurhinosaurus eat?
It ate small, soft prey like small fish and squid-like cephalopods, using its long, toothy upper jaw to stab them.1
?Could Eurhinosaurus swim fast?
Yes, it was a high-speed swimmer, using its tail fluke to push itself forward through the water.1
?Where did Eurhinosaurus live?
It lived in the open ocean of Western Europe, including what is now England, Germany, France, and Switzerland.1
Para expertos en dinos
- Nome científico
- Eurhinosaurus
- Bautizado por
- Abel 19093
- Grupo
- Ictiosauros
- Familia / clado
- Neoichthyosauria3
- Clasificación
- Ichthyosauria > Ichthyosauromorpha3
- Idade das rochas
- de 201 a 183 millóns de anos (Hettangian / Toarcian)3
- Formacións rochosas
- Staffelegg3
- Países
- Suíza, Francia, Reino Unido3
- Rexistros fósiles
- 3 na Paleobiology Database3
- Descubrimento
- Eurhinosaurus was named by Austrian paleontologist Othenio Abel in 1909. The first fossils were found in England and later in other parts of Western Europe.13
- Aínda en debate
- Scientists are not sure exactly how Eurhinosaurus used its long upper jaw, but they think it may have stabbed prey like a modern swordfish.1
De onde veñen os datos
- Eurhinosaurus (en.wikipedia.org)
- First record of the leptonectid ichthyosaur Eurhinosaurus longirostris from the Early Jurassic of Switzerland and its stratigraphic framework | Swiss Journal of Geosciences | Springer Nature Link (link.springer.com)
- Eurhinosaurus in The Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0): idade, lugares, formacións rochosas, clasificación.
Cada dato desta páxina ten un número que leva á súa fonte. Se nos equivocamos nalgo, sentímolo, somos fans dos dinos, non unha revista científica. Escríbenos a [email protected] e arranxámolo.
Rex ten fame! Dino Wiki é o proxecto dun pai para o seu fillo, que adora os dinosauros, gratis, sen anuncios e sen rastrexadores. Os adultos poden darlle un petisco a Rex para mantelo en liña.Dálle de comer a Rex