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Callawayasaurus

Erinnya litegeeza: “Callaway's lizard”1
Yalyanga: EnnyamaPulesiyosawuluEntandikwa ya KuretasiMu butuufu si dayinoso

Callawayasaurus was a long-necked marine reptile that swam in the seas of what is now Colombia. It was not a dinosaur, but a plesiosaur with a small head and a very long neck. It used its four flippers to paddle through the water.1

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Yabeerawo
emyaka obukadde 121 okutuuka ku 120 emabega4
Entandikwa ya Kuretasi
Ebisigalira byazuulibwa mu
Colombia (Boyacá)2
Obuwanvu
7.4 okutuuka ku 8 m (24 okutuuka ku 26 ft)1
Sipiidi esinga
nga 24 km/h (15 mph)
Okuwuga, kuteebereza

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Tiriyasi
Jurasiki
Kuretasi
Emyaka obukadde 252 emabega20114566, asteroyidi

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Callawayasaurus obuwanvu nga 8 m (26 ft)Akagaali k'omukulu nga 1.8 m (5.9 ft)Emmotoka nga 4.5 m (15 ft)Enjovu, ekisolo ekisinga obunene ku lukalu leero nga 6.5 m (21 ft)
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1

Callawayasaurus had a skull only 35 centimetres (1 foot 2 inches) long, but its whole body was about 7 to 8 metres (24 to 26 feet) long.1

2

Its neck contained 56 vertebrae, which is a lot, but they were shorter than the neck bones of other elasmosaurids.1

3

The nostrils of Callawayasaurus were long and positioned above the upper jaw bone, which had 3 to 5 teeth.1

4

It lived during the Early Cretaceous period, about 125 to 112 million years ago.1

5

The first fossils were found in the Paja Formation near Villa de Leyva, Colombia.1

6

A second, nearly complete skeleton was slightly more robust than the first, which might mean males and females looked a bit different.1

7

Callawayasaurus was named after paleontologist Jack M. Callaway, who studied ancient marine reptiles.1

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Ekifaananyi kya Callawayasaurus ekyakolebwa AI, nga kiraga engeri gye yayinza okuba ng'afaanana, ekyakolebwa kompyuta okusinziira ku ebyo bannassaayansi bye bamanyi. Kuteebereza: ekisolo ekyennyini kiyinza okuba nga kyali kifaanana bulala, era tewali amanyi langi zaakyo ez'amazima.
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Ebibuuzo ebisinga okubuuzibwa ku Callawayasaurus

?Was Callawayasaurus a dinosaur?

No, it was a plesiosaur, a marine reptile that lived in the sea. It is not a dinosaur.1

?How big was Callawayasaurus?

It was about 7.4 to 8 metres (24 to 26 feet) long. Its skull was 35 centimetres (14 inches) long.1

?What did Callawayasaurus eat?

It was a carnivore that lived in the sea. It probably opened its mouth and raked the seafloor to catch small animals.34

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Erinnya lya ssaayansi
Callawayasaurus
Yatuumibwa
Carpenter 19994
Ekibinja
Pulesiyosawulu
Ekika / ekibinja
Elasmosauridae4
Engabanya
Plesiosauria > Elasmosauridae > Sauropterygia4
Emyaka gy'enjazi
emyaka obukadde 121 okutuuka ku 120 (Aptian)4
Ensi
Kolombiya4
Ebisigalira ebyazuulibwa
2 mu The Paleobiology Database4
Okuzuulibwa
The first fossil was described by Samuel Paul Welles in 1962, who called it Alzadasaurus colombiensis. In 1999, Kenneth Carpenter moved it to its own genus, Callawayasaurus.1
Kikyakubaganyizibwako ebirowoozo
Scientists are not sure if the slightly more robust skeleton is a different species or just a male or female of the same species.1

Ebituufu gye biva

  1. Callawayasaurus (en.wikipedia.org)
  2. PBDB Taxon (paleobiodb.org)
  3. Callawayasaurus (www2.sgc.gov.co)
  4. Callawayasaurus in The Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0): emyaka, ebifo, ensengeka z'enjazi, engabanya.

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