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Guanlingsaurus

O nome significa: “Guanling lizard, after Guanling County in China where it was found”1
Comía: CarneIctiosaurosTriásico SuperiorTecnicamente non é un dinosauro

Guanlingsaurus was a giant marine reptile that lived in the Late Triassic, about 235 to 227 million years ago. It had a very short, toothless snout and sucked in fish and squid like a vacuum cleaner. It could grow as long as a school bus!12

Dato curioso: este réptil mariño nadaba mentres os dinosauros camiñaban por terra. Todo o mundo lles chama dinos, pero eran outra rama dos réptiles.
Viviu
hai entre 237 e 227 millóns de anos6
Triásico Superior
Fósiles atopados en
Guanling County, Guizhou Province, China (Falang Formation, also called Xiaowa Formation)1
Lonxitude
ata 8,3 m (27 ft)1
Velocidade máxima
uns 46 km/h (29 mph)
Nadar, estimación

Cando viviu?

Triásico
Xurásico
Cretáceo
Hai 252 millóns de anos20114566, o asteroide

Como era de grande?

Canto medía de longo?

Guanlingsaurus uns 8,3 m de longo (27 ft)Unha bici de adulto uns 1,8 m (5,9 ft)Un coche uns 4,5 m (15 ft)Un elefante, o animal terrestre máis grande de hoxe uns 6,5 m (21 ft)
tan longo coma 8 cans do fociño á colatan longo coma 46 plátanos postos un tras outropodería nadar o longo dunha piscina grande (50 m) en 3,9 segundos

Como era de grande Guanlingsaurus comparado CONTIGO?

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Que velocidade alcanzaba?

cousas xeniais

Datos curiosos

1

Guanlingsaurus had a very short, toothless snout, which is very different from most other ichthyosaurs that had long jaws full of teeth.1

2

Its skull was tiny compared to its body, making up only about 8 to 9 percent of its total length.1

3

It had an extremely high number of vertebrae: 86 in the neck and trunk and more than 110 in the tail.2

4

Guanlingsaurus lived during the Carnian age of the Late Triassic, about 235 to 227 million years ago.3

5

A complete juvenile skeleton was found in 2013, which helped scientists confirm that Guanlingsaurus was a distinct genus from Shastasaurus.1

Feito con IAImaxe de Guanlingsaurus feita con IA
Unha imaxe feita con IA de como podería ser Guanlingsaurus, creada por un ordenador a partir do que saben os científicos. É unha suposición: o animal real podía ser diferente, e ninguén sabe as súas cores de verdade.
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As preguntas máis frecuentes sobre Guanlingsaurus

?Was Guanlingsaurus a dinosaur?

No. Guanlingsaurus was an ichthyosaur, a marine reptile that lived in the sea, not a dinosaur.1

?How did Guanlingsaurus feed?

It likely sucked in fish and squid like a vacuum cleaner, but some scientists think its hyoid bones were too weak for strong suction feeding.45

?Where was Guanlingsaurus found?

In Guanling County, Guizhou Province, China, in rocks from the Late Triassic.1

?How long was the juvenile Guanlingsaurus?

About 3.74 metres (12.3 feet) long.1

Cazamitos

Mito: Many people think Guanlingsaurus had teeth like other ichthyosaurs.

Verdade: Guanlingsaurus was completely toothless, even as a juvenile, and had no dental groove in its jaws.1

Para expertos en dinos

Nome científico
Guanlingsaurus
Bautizado por
Yin et al. 20006
Grupo
Ictiosauros
Familia / clado
Shastasauridae6
Clasificación
Ichthyosauria > Ichthyosauromorpha6
Idade das rochas
de 237 a 227 millóns de anos (Carnian)6
Formacións rochosas
Xiaowa, Wayao6
Países
China6
Rexistros fósiles
2 na Paleobiology Database6
Descubrimento
Guanlingsaurus was first named in 2000 by Yin and colleagues based on an incomplete adult skeleton from Guanling County, China. More complete skeletons, including a juvenile, were described in 2011 and 2013.1
Aínda en debate
Scientists still debate whether Guanlingsaurus should be its own genus or a species of Shastasaurus. It was moved to Shastasaurus in 2011 but later reinstated as a separate genus in 2013.1

De onde veñen os datos

  1. Guanlingsaurus (en.wikipedia.org)
  2. Short-snouted toothless ichthyosaur from China suggests Late Triassic diversification of suction feeding ichthyosaurs - PubMed (pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov)
  3. PBDB Taxon (paleobiodb.org)
  4. pone.0019480 1..10 (journals.plos.org)
  5. Guanlingsaurus (Ichthyosauria) juvenile from Triassic of China (dml.reptilis.net)
  6. Guanlingsaurus in The Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0): idade, lugares, formacións rochosas, clasificación.

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