Franconiasaurus

Erinnya litegeeza: “Franconia lizard, named after the Franconia region in Bavaria, Germany, where it was found”1

Yalyanga: EnnyamaPulesiyosawuluEntandikwa ya JurasikiMu butuufu si dayinoso

Franconiasaurus was a marine reptile that swam in the seas of what is now Germany about 175 million years ago. It had a mix of features from early and later plesiosaurs, making it a special link in their family tree.2

Ekyewuunyisa: ekyewalula kino eky'omu nnyanja kyawuganga nga dayinoso zitambula ku lukalu. Buli muntu abiyita dayinoso, naye byali ttabi ddala ery'ebyewalula.

Yabeerawo

emyaka obukadde 180 okutuuka ku 175 emabega4

Entandikwa ya Jurasiki

Ebisigalira byazuulibwa mu

Bavaria, Germany, specifically in the Mistelgau fossil pit in the Bayreuth District1

Sipiidi esinga

nga 27 km/h (17 mph)

Okuwuga, kuteebereza

Yabeerawo ddi?

Tiriyasi

Jurasiki

Kuretasi

Emyaka obukadde 252 emabega20114566, asteroyidi

Yali wa mbiro kwenkana wa?

Omuntu atambula nga 5 km/h (3 mph)

Omwana ku kagaali nga 12 km/h (7 mph)

Franconiasaurus nga 27 km/h (17 mph)

Embalaasi edduka ennyo nga 65 km/h (40 mph)

Cheetah nga 100 km/h (62 mph)

ebintu ebinyuvu

Ebyewuunyisa

Franconiasaurus lived about 175 million years ago, during a time called the late Toarcian stage of the Jurassic period.2

Its name 'brevispinus' means 'short spine', because the neural spines on its neck and back bones were low.1

Two nearly complete, three-dimensionally preserved skeletons were found, which is very rare for plesiosaurs.1

Franconiasaurus is considered a 'transitional' plesiosaur, meaning it had features of both early and later plesiosaurs, helping scientists understand how they evolved.2

It was a close relative of a group called Cryptoclidia, which includes many later plesiosaurs that lived in oceans around the world.2

The fossils were found in the Jurensismergel Formation, which is a layer of rock from the Jurassic period.1

Ekifaananyi kya Franconiasaurus 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.

Eri abakugu mu dayinoso

Erinnya lya ssaayansi: Franconiasaurus
Yatuumibwa: Sachs et al. 20244
Ekibinja: Pulesiyosawulu
Ekika / ekibinja: Plesiosauroidea4
Engabanya: Plesiosauria > Sauropterygia4
Emyaka gy'enjazi: emyaka obukadde 180 okutuuka ku 175 (Toarcian)4
Ensengeka z'enjazi: Jurensismergel4
Ensi: Bugirimaani4
Ebisigalira ebyazuulibwa: 1 mu The Paleobiology Database4
Okuzuulibwa: Franconiasaurus was named by Sachs and colleagues in 2024. The fossils were dug up between 2005 and 2018 by a team from the Urwelt-Museum Oberfranken in a clay pit in Mistelgau, Germany.1
Kikyakubaganyizibwako ebirowoozo: Scientists are still studying the detailed anatomy of Franconiasaurus, and a full description is planned for a future project.1

Ebituufu gye biva

Exquisite skeletons of a new transitional plesiosaur fill gap in the evolutionary history of plesiosauroids (dinodata.de)
Exquisite skeletons of a new transitional plesiosaur fill gap in the evolutionary history of plesiosauroids, Sachs Vertebrate Palaeontology Research (sachspal.de)
PBDB Taxon (paleobiodb.org)
Franconiasaurus in The Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0): emyaka, ebifo, ensengeka z'enjazi, engabanya.

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