Opallionectes

Erinnya litegeeza: “opal swimmer from Andamooka”1

Yalyanga: EnnyamaPulesiyosawuluEntandikwa ya KuretasiMu butuufu si dayinoso

Opallionectes was a plesiosaur, a long-necked marine reptile that swam in the seas near Australia. It had needle-sharp teeth and ate fish and squid. Its bones were turned into opal, a shiny gemstone!1

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

Lunatic Hill opal field, Andamooka, South Australia1 2

Obuwanvu

5 m (16 ft)1

Sipiidi esinga

nga 28 km/h (17 mph)

Okuwuga, kuteebereza

Yabeerawo ddi?

Tiriyasi

Jurasiki

Kuretasi

Emyaka obukadde 252 emabega20114566, asteroyidi

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Opallionectes yali munene atya bw'ogeraageranya ku GGWE?

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Omuntu atambula nga 5 km/h (3 mph)

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

Opallionectes nga 28 km/h (17 mph)

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

Cheetah nga 100 km/h (62 mph)

ebintu ebinyuvu

Ebyewuunyisa

Opallionectes lived about 115 million years ago in a cold, possibly freezing sea.1

Its skeleton was found in an opal mine and parts of it turned into opal, a precious gemstone.1

It had fine, needle-like teeth that were flattened side to side, similar to ancient nothosaurs.1

Opallionectes is considered a missing link between older plesiosaurs from 165 million years ago and those from 66 million years ago.1

Scientists think it might have migrated to warmer waters or had a high metabolism to survive the cold.1

Ekifaananyi kya Opallionectes 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: Opallionectes
Yatuumibwa: Kear 20063
Ekibinja: Pulesiyosawulu
Ekika / ekibinja: Plesiosauroidea3
Engabanya: Plesiosauria > Sauropterygia3
Emyaka gy'enjazi: emyaka obukadde 120 okutuuka ku 113 (Aptian)3
Ensengeka z'enjazi: Bulldog Shale3
Ensi: Awusitureeliya3
Ebisigalira ebyazuulibwa: 1 mu The Paleobiology Database3
Okuzuulibwa: The species Opallionectes andamookaensis was named by Benjamin P. Kear in 2006, based on a partial opalized skeleton found in an opal mine at Andamooka, South Australia.1 3
Kikyakubaganyizibwako ebirowoozo: Scientists are not sure exactly how Opallionectes adapted to the cold waters it lived in, whether by migrating or by having a higher body temperature.1

Ebituufu gye biva

Opallionectes (en.wikipedia.org)
PBDB Taxon (paleobiodb.org)
Opallionectes in The Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0): emyaka, ebifo, ensengeka z'enjazi, engabanya.

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