Macroplata
Macroplata was a plesiosaur, a marine reptile that lived in the sea during the Early Jurassic. It had a long neck and sharp teeth to catch fish. Its big shoulder bones helped it swim fast.1
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Macroplata had a long neck that was twice the length of its skull.1
Its shoulder bones were very large, giving it a powerful forward stroke for fast swimming.1
The only known fossil of Macroplata is a nearly complete skeleton found by workmen in a cement quarry.2
Macroplata had six teeth in each premaxilla, the front part of the upper jaw.2
It lived about 199 to 195 million years ago during the Early Jurassic.1

Ebibuuzo ebisinga okubuuzibwa ku Macroplata
?How big was Macroplata?
Macroplata was about 4.38 to 4.65 metres (14.4 to 15.3 feet) long and weighed about 604 kilograms (1,332 pounds).1
?What did Macroplata eat?
Macroplata probably ate fish, catching them with its sharp, needle-like teeth.1
?Was Macroplata a dinosaur?
No, Macroplata was a plesiosaur, a marine reptile that lived in the sea, not a dinosaur.1
?When did Macroplata live?
Macroplata lived during the Early Jurassic, about 199 to 195 million years ago.1
Eri abakugu mu dayinoso
- Erinnya lya ssaayansi
- Macroplata
- Yatuumibwa
- Swinton 19303
- Ekibinja
- Pulesiyosawulu
- Ekika / ekibinja
- Rhomaleosauridae3
- Engabanya
- Plesiosauria > Sauropterygia3
- Emyaka gy'enjazi
- emyaka obukadde 201 okutuuka ku 200 (Hettangian)3
- Ensengeka z'enjazi
- Blue Lias3
- Ensi
- Bungereza3
- Ebisigalira ebyazuulibwa
- 1 mu The Paleobiology Database3
- Okuzuulibwa
- Macroplata was named by William Swinton in 1930 based on a nearly complete skeleton found in a cement quarry at Harbury, Warwickshire, UK.12
- Kikyakubaganyizibwako ebirowoozo
- Scientists are still debating exactly how Macroplata is related to other plesiosaurs.2
Ebituufu gye biva
- Macroplata (en.wikipedia.org)
- THE ANATOMY AND TAXONOMY OF MACROPLATA TENUICEPS (SAUROPTERYGIA, PLESIOSAURIA) FROM THE HETTANGIAN (LOWER JURASSIC) OF WARWICKSHIRE, UNITED KINGDOM (plesiosauria.com)
- Macroplata in The Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0): emyaka, ebifo, ensengeka z'enjazi, engabanya.
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