Leivanectes

Erinnya litegeeza: “Leiva swimmer, named after Villa de Leiva in Colombia”1 2

Yalyanga: EnnyamaPulesiyosawuluEntandikwa ya KuretasiMu butuufu si dayinoso

Leivanectes was a long-necked marine reptile that swam in the warm seas of Colombia about 115 million years ago. It was a plesiosaur, not a dinosaur, and it used its strong flippers to paddle through the water. This ocean hunter had a special short jaw with big teeth for catching large fish.1 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 120 okutuuka ku 113 emabega3

Entandikwa ya Kuretasi

Ebisigalira byazuulibwa mu

Villa de Leiva, Boyacá, Colombia (Paja Formation)1 2

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)

Leivanectes 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

Leivanectes had fewer and larger teeth than any other known elasmosaurid plesiosaur. It only had 3 teeth in the front of its lower jaw, while a similar plesiosaur called Callawayasaurus had 5.2

This plesiosaur lived during the Aptian stage of the Early Cretaceous, between about 119 and 113 million years ago.1

Leivanectes was named in 2019 by a team of scientists from Argentina and Colombia, including María Páramo-Fonseca and José O'Gorman.1 2

Its short jaw and big teeth suggest Leivanectes ate larger prey than other long-necked elasmosaurids, which usually ate small fish.2

Leivanectes is only known from a partial skull and lower jaw, so scientists are not sure how big its body was.2

Ekifaananyi kya Leivanectes 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: Leivanectes
Yatuumibwa: Páramo-Fonseca et al. 20193
Ekibinja: Pulesiyosawulu
Ekika / ekibinja: Elasmosauridae3
Engabanya: Plesiosauria > Elasmosauridae > Sauropterygia3
Emyaka gy'enjazi: emyaka obukadde 120 okutuuka ku 113 (Aptian)3
Ensengeka z'enjazi: Paja3
Ensi: Kolombiya3
Ebisigalira ebyazuulibwa: 1 mu The Paleobiology Database3
Okuzuulibwa: Leivanectes was discovered in the Paja Formation of Villa de Leiva, Colombia, and named in 2019 by Páramo-Fonseca and colleagues. The species name bernardoi honors a local person named Bernardo.1 2
Kikyakubaganyizibwako ebirowoozo: Scientists are not sure how long Leivanectes' neck was, because only its skull has been found. It might have had a shorter neck than other elasmosaurids.2

Ebituufu gye biva

PBDB Taxon (paleobiodb.org)
A new late Aptian elasmosaurid from the Paja Formation, Villa de Leiva, Colombia (explore.openaire.eu)
Leivanectes in The Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0): emyaka, ebifo, ensengeka z'enjazi, engabanya.

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