Macroplata
Macroplata was a plesiosaur, a marine reptile that lived in the sea during the Early Jurassic. It had a long neck and sharp teeth to catch fish. Its big shoulder bones helped it swim fast.1
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Datos curiosos
Macroplata had a long neck that was twice the length of its skull.1
Its shoulder bones were very large, giving it a powerful forward stroke for fast swimming.1
The only known fossil of Macroplata is a nearly complete skeleton found by workmen in a cement quarry.2
Macroplata had six teeth in each premaxilla, the front part of the upper jaw.2
It lived about 199 to 195 million years ago during the Early Jurassic.1

As preguntas máis frecuentes sobre Macroplata
?How big was Macroplata?
Macroplata was about 4.38 to 4.65 metres (14.4 to 15.3 feet) long and weighed about 604 kilograms (1,332 pounds).1
?What did Macroplata eat?
Macroplata probably ate fish, catching them with its sharp, needle-like teeth.1
?Was Macroplata a dinosaur?
No, Macroplata was a plesiosaur, a marine reptile that lived in the sea, not a dinosaur.1
?When did Macroplata live?
Macroplata lived during the Early Jurassic, about 199 to 195 million years ago.1
Para expertos en dinos
- Nome científico
- Macroplata
- Bautizado por
- Swinton 19303
- Grupo
- Plesiosauros
- Familia / clado
- Rhomaleosauridae3
- Clasificación
- Plesiosauria > Sauropterygia3
- Idade das rochas
- de 201 a 200 millóns de anos (Hettangian)3
- Formacións rochosas
- Blue Lias3
- Países
- Reino Unido3
- Rexistros fósiles
- 1 na Paleobiology Database3
- Descubrimento
- Macroplata was named by William Swinton in 1930 based on a nearly complete skeleton found in a cement quarry at Harbury, Warwickshire, UK.12
- Aínda en debate
- Scientists are still debating exactly how Macroplata is related to other plesiosaurs.2
De onde veñen os datos
- Macroplata (en.wikipedia.org)
- THE ANATOMY AND TAXONOMY OF MACROPLATA TENUICEPS (SAUROPTERYGIA, PLESIOSAURIA) FROM THE HETTANGIAN (LOWER JURASSIC) OF WARWICKSHIRE, UNITED KINGDOM (plesiosauria.com)
- Macroplata in The Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0): idade, lugares, formacións rochosas, clasificación.
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