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Pistosaurus

Erinnya litegeeza: “pistol lizard”1
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Pistosaurus was an ancient marine reptile that lived in the Triassic Period, about 247 to 237 million years ago. It looked a bit like a plesiosaur but had a stiff backbone and used its flippers to fly underwater. It is known as the oldest 'subaquatic flying' reptile on Earth.1

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Yabeerawo
emyaka obukadde 247 okutuuka ku 237 emabega2
Amakkati ga Tiriyasi
Ebisigalira byazuulibwa mu
Germany, Poland, and Italy21
Obuwanvu
3 m (9.8 ft)1
Sipiidi esinga
nga 23 km/h (14 mph)
Okuwuga, kuteebereza

Yabeerawo ddi?

Tiriyasi
Jurasiki
Kuretasi
Emyaka obukadde 252 emabega20114566, asteroyidi

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1

Pistosaurus is often mistaken for Nothosaurus or plesiosaurs, but it is a close relative of plesiosaurs from the Triassic.1

2

Its backbone was stiff like a plesiosaur's, so it used its paddle-like flippers to push itself through the water.1

3

The skull of Pistosaurus had a long, slender snout and small splint-like nasal bones that were not part of the nostril opening.1

4

Bone studies show that Pistosaurus had dense, heavy bones in its arms, which helped it sink and swim underwater.1

5

Scientists think Pistosaurus used a swimming style called 'subaquatic flying', where both left and right flippers beat together at the same time.1

6

Fossil evidence of decompression sickness (like the bends) in Pistosaurus forelimbs suggests it lived in open, cold marine waters.1

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Ebibuuzo ebisinga okubuuzibwa ku Pistosaurus

?How big was Pistosaurus?

About 3 metres (10 feet) long.1

?What did Pistosaurus eat?

It ate fish, catching them with its numerous sharp teeth.1

?Was Pistosaurus a dinosaur?

No, it was a marine reptile called a sauropterygian, closely related to plesiosaurs.1

?When did Pistosaurus live?

It lived during the Middle Triassic Period, about 247 to 237 million years ago.1

Omumenyi w'enfumo

Enfumo: Pistosaurus is a dinosaur.

Amazima: Pistosaurus is not a dinosaur. It is a marine reptile called a sauropterygian, closely related to plesiosaurs.1

Eri abakugu mu dayinoso

Erinnya lya ssaayansi
Pistosaurus
Yatuumibwa
Meyer 18392
Ekibinja
Ebyewalula eby'omu nnyanja
Ekika / ekibinja
Pistosauria2
Engabanya
Sauropterygia2
Emyaka gy'enjazi
emyaka obukadde 247 okutuuka ku 237 ()2
Ensengeka z'enjazi
Boruszowice, Marne della Val di Centa, Trochitenkalk2
Ensi
Bugirimaani, Polandi, Yitale2
Ebisigalira ebyazuulibwa
7 mu The Paleobiology Database2
Okuzuulibwa
Pistosaurus was named by German paleontologist Hermann von Meyer in 1839 based on skulls and a skeleton found in the Muschelkalk rocks of Bayreuth, Germany.21
Kikyakubaganyizibwako ebirowoozo
Scientists are still debating exactly how Pistosaurus swam and whether its flippers were used for underwater flying in the same way as plesiosaurs.1

Ebituufu gye biva

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

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