Taniwhasaurus
Taniwhasaurus was a fierce marine lizard that swam in the oceans during the time of dinosaurs. It had a long, toothless snout like a spear and used it to hunt fish and other sea creatures. This mosasaur lived near New Zealand, Antarctica, Japan, and South Africa.12
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Кызыктуу фактылар
Taniwhasaurus belongs to a group called tylosaurines, which had a long, toothless tip on their upper jaw like a bony spear.1
The first fossils of Taniwhasaurus were found in the 1860s at Haumuri Bluff in New Zealand, and named by James Hector in 1874.1
One species, Taniwhasaurus antarcticus, was originally named Lakumasaurus after a sea spirit from the mythology of the Yahgan people of South America.1
A nearly complete skull of Taniwhasaurus antarcticus was discovered on James Ross Island in Antarctica in 2000, measuring 72 centimeters (28 inches) long.1
Taniwhasaurus lived between about 86 and 66 million years ago, during the Late Cretaceous period.2
The species Taniwhasaurus oweni was named in honor of the famous paleontologist Richard Owen, who first described marine reptiles from New Zealand.1
Taniwhasaurus fossils have been found in marine rocks that were once part of ancient seabeds, alongside ammonites, sharks, and other mosasaurs.1

Эң көп берилген суроолор: Taniwhasaurus
?How big was Taniwhasaurus?
It was a medium-sized mosasaur, reaching about 6.7 metres (22 feet) long.1
?Could Taniwhasaurus swim?
Yes. Its powerful paddles and flexible spine helped it swim, and its tail gave the main push forward.1
?What did Taniwhasaurus eat?
It hunted fish and other sea creatures. It may have used an electro-sensitive snout to find prey.1
?Is Taniwhasaurus a dinosaur?
No, it is a mosasaur, which is a group of extinct marine lizards that lived alongside dinosaurs.1
?When did Taniwhasaurus go extinct?
It lived during the Late Cretaceous period and died out about 66 million years ago.1
Мифти талкалоочу
Миф: Some people think Taniwhasaurus was a dinosaur.
Чындык: Taniwhasaurus was a mosasaur, a type of marine lizard, not a dinosaur. Mosasaurs are reptiles that lived in the sea and are more closely related to modern snakes and monitor lizards.1
Динозавр эксперттери үчүн
- Илимий аты
- Taniwhasaurus
- Ат койгон
- Hector 18743
- Топ
- Мозазаврлар
- Үй-бүлө / клада
- Mosasauridae3
- Классификация
- Mosasauroidea3
- Тоо тектеринин жашы
- 86 … 66 миллион жыл (Coniacian / Maastrichtian)3
- Тоо тектеринин катмарлары
- Conway, Snow Hill Island, Conway Siltstone3
- Өлкөлөр
- Жаңы Зеландия, Антарктида, Япония, Түштүк Африка3
- Таш калдык табылгалары
- The Paleobiology Database боюнча 11 жазуу3
- Табылышы
- The first fossils of Taniwhasaurus were found in the 1860s at Haumuri Bluff, New Zealand. Scottish naturalist James Hector named the genus in 1874, calling it Taniwhasaurus oweni after the Māori taniwha and honoring Richard Owen.1
- Дагы эле талаштуу
- Scientists are not sure if the species Taniwhasaurus mikasaensis from Japan is really a separate species, because its fossils are very incomplete.1
Фактылар кайдан алынат
- Taniwhasaurus (en.wikipedia.org)
- PBDB Taxon (paleobiodb.org)
- Taniwhasaurus in The Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0): жашы, жерлери, тоо тектеринин катмарлары, классификациясы.
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