Augustasaurus
Augustasaurus was a marine reptile that lived in the ocean during the Middle Triassic, about 244 to 242 million years ago. It had a long neck, a small head, and fang-like teeth for catching fish and squid. It was an early relative of the famous plesiosaurs.1
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Augustasaurus is the only sauropterygian (a group of marine reptiles) found in the Favret Formation in Nevada.1
Its name comes from the Augusta Mountains in Nevada, where its fossils were discovered.1
Augustasaurus had a skull with tall, blade-like upper temporal arches, similar to its relative Pistosaurus.1
The first fossil of Augustasaurus was found in 1993 and was partly destroyed by weathering before scientists could study it.1
Scientists think Augustasaurus is an ancestor of plesiosaurs, the long-necked marine reptiles that lived later.1
Augustasaurus lived in a warm, shallow sea that was home to many ichthyosaurs, including the large predator Thalattoarchon.1

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?How big was Augustasaurus?
Augustasaurus was about 2.5 to 3 metres (8.2 to 9.8 feet) long and weighed around 100 kilograms (220 pounds).1
?What did Augustasaurus eat?
Augustasaurus ate fish and squid, using its long neck, small head, and fang-like teeth to catch them.1
?Was Augustasaurus a dinosaur?
No, Augustasaurus was not a dinosaur. It was a marine reptile called a sauropterygian, closely related to plesiosaurs.1
?When did Augustasaurus live?
Augustasaurus lived during the Middle Triassic, about 244 to 242 million years ago.1
Eri abakugu mu dayinoso
- Erinnya lya ssaayansi
- Augustasaurus
- Yatuumibwa
- Sander and et al 19972
- Ekibinja
- Ebyewalula eby'omu nnyanja
- Ekika / ekibinja
- Pistosauria2
- Engabanya
- Sauropterygia2
- Emyaka gy'enjazi
- emyaka obukadde 243 okutuuka ku 241 ()2
- Ensengeka z'enjazi
- Favret2
- Ensi
- Amerika2
- Ebisigalira ebyazuulibwa
- 1 mu The Paleobiology Database2
- Okuzuulibwa
- Augustasaurus was named in 1997 by paleontologists Paul Martin Sander, Olivier Rieppel, and Hugo Bucher. The first fossil, a partial skeleton, was found in 1993 in the Augusta Mountains of Nevada, USA.1
- Kikyakubaganyizibwako ebirowoozo
- Scientists are still debating whether Augustasaurus is more closely related to Pistosaurus or to the true plesiosaurs.1
Ebituufu gye biva
- Augustasaurus (en.wikipedia.org)
- Augustasaurus in The Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0): emyaka, ebifo, ensengeka z'enjazi, engabanya.
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