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Nichollsia

Erinnya litegeeza: “Nicholls' lizard, named after paleontologist Betsy Nicholls”1
Yalyanga: EnnyamaPulesiyosawuluEntandikwa ya KuretasiMu butuufu si dayinoso

Nichollssaura was a small, fast-swimming marine reptile that lived in the sea that once covered Alberta, Canada. It was a plesiosaur, not a dinosaur, and had a long neck and four flippers for paddling through the water. This creature helps scientists fill in a big 40-million-year gap in the plesiosaur fossil record of North America.1

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Yabeerawo
emyaka obukadde 113 okutuuka ku 100 emabega2
Entandikwa ya Kuretasi
Obuwanvu
2.6 okutuuka ku 2.9 m (8.5 okutuuka ku 9.5 ft)1
Obuzito
135 kg (298 lb)1
Sipiidi esinga
nga 28 km/h (17 mph)
Okuwuga, kuteebereza

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Tiriyasi
Jurasiki
Kuretasi
Emyaka obukadde 252 emabega20114566, asteroyidi

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Nichollsia obuwanvu nga 2.9 m (9.5 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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obuzito ng'obw'embwa 7
obuwanvu ng'embwa 3, ennyindo ku mukiraobuwanvu ng'amenvu 16 nga gaddiriŋŋanaobuzito ng'obwa wotamerooni 27obuzito ng'obw'abaana 7 ab'omu nnasaleobuzito ng'obw'abaana b'essomero 4yandiwuze obuwanvu bw'ekidiba ekinene (50 m) mu sikonda 6.4

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Ebyewuunyisa

1

The fossil was discovered accidentally by giant electric shovel operators in an oilsand mine. The shovel cut off some bones, but the rest of the skeleton was almost complete.1

2

This plesiosaur was named after Dr. Betsy Nicholls, a famous paleontologist. The first name Nichollsia was already used for a type of isopod, so scientists changed it to Nichollssaura.1

3

Nichollssaura had 165 gastroliths (stomach stones) inside it. The stones were smooth and round, probably swallowed to help grind food.1

4

The stomach stones came from rocks that were 8 to 10 million years older than the plesiosaur itself. This suggests Nichollssaura may have swum west to collect pebbles from ancient beaches.1

5

It lived about 110 million years ago in the Boreal Sea, a warm shallow sea that covered parts of North America.1

6

The holotype specimen is on display at the Royal Tyrrell Museum in Alberta, Canada.1

Kyakolebwa AIEkifaananyi kya Nichollsia ekyakolebwa AI
Ekifaananyi kya Nichollsia 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
Nichollsia
Yatuumibwa
Druckenmiller and Russell 20082
Ekibinja
Pulesiyosawulu
Ekika / ekibinja
Leptocleididae2
Engabanya
Plesiosauria > Sauropterygia2
Emyaka gy'enjazi
emyaka obukadde 113 okutuuka ku 100 (Albian)2
Ebisigalira ebyazuulibwa
1 mu The Paleobiology Database2
Okuzuulibwa
The specimen was found in 1994 by shovel operators Greg Fisher and Lorne Cundal at a Syncrude oilsand mine in Alberta. It was named Nichollsia borealis by Druckenmiller and Russell in 2008, but the name was changed to Nichollssaura in 2009 because Nichollsia was already taken.12

Ebituufu gye biva

  1. Nichollssaura (en.wikipedia.org)
  2. Nichollsia in The Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0): emyaka, ebifo, ensengeka z'enjazi, engabanya.

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