Partanosaurus

Theodor Skuphos ne ya ba Partanosaurus suna a shekarar 1893, bisa ga ƴan ƙasusuwan baya da ƙirji na dabba ɗaya.21

Shekaru da yawa, masana kimiyya sun yi tunanin cewa Partanosaurus wataƙila iri ɗaya ne da wani dabba mai rarrafe na cikin teku da ake kira Simosaurus, amma wani bincike na shekarar 2019 ya ce burbushin bai isa a tabbatar da hakan ba.1

Partanosaurus ya rayu ne a zamanin Ladinian na tsakiyar Triassic, tsakanin shekaru miliyan 241 zuwa 237 da suka wuce.2

Burbushin Partanosaurus da aka sani kawai ya fito ne daga Partnach Formation a duwatsun Alps na Austria.2

Ana ɗaukar Partanosaurus a matsayin nomen dubium, wanda ke nufin sunansa yana da shakku saboda burbushin ba su da yawa kuma ba su da alamomi na musamman.1

Partanosaurus yana cikin rukunin dabbobi masu rarrafe na cikin teku da ake kira sauropterygians, wanda ya haɗa da plesiosaurs masu dogon wuya da nothosaurs masu gajeren wuya.2