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Placochelys

Erinnya litegeeza: “plate turtle”1
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Placochelys was a marine reptile that looked a lot like a sea turtle, but it wasn't a turtle. It swam in warm seas during the Triassic Period, using its paddle-like limbs to glide through the water.1

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Yabeerawo
emyaka obukadde 237 okutuuka ku 72 emabega4
Enkomerero ya Tiriyasi okutuuka ku Enkomerero ya Kuretasi
Ebisigalira byazuulibwa mu
Germany, Austria, Hungary, and Italy1
Obuwanvu
0.9 m (3 ft)1
Sipiidi esinga
nga 6 km/h (4 mph)
Okuwuga, kuteebereza

Yabeerawo ddi?

Tiriyasi
Jurasiki
Kuretasi
Emyaka obukadde 252 emabega20114566, asteroyidi

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1

Placochelys had a flat, turtle-like shell made of knobbly plates, but it was not a turtle. It was a type of reptile called a placodont.1

2

Its skull was compact and triangular, with a beak and powerful jaw muscles for crushing food.1

3

Unlike modern sea turtles, Placochelys still had visible toes on its paddle-shaped limbs, and it had a short tail.1

4

Placochelys lived about 221 to 205 million years ago, during the Late Triassic Period.1

5

It had only two pairs of teeth on the roof of its mouth: a large pair at the back and a small pair near the front.1

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Ebibuuzo ebisinga okubuuzibwa ku Placochelys

?How big was Placochelys?

About 90 centimetres (3 feet) long.13

?What did Placochelys eat?

Shellfish and other hard-shelled prey. It used its broad, crushing teeth on the roof of its mouth to break them open.13

?Could Placochelys walk on land?

It may have occasionally ventured onto land, because its paddle-shaped limbs still had visible toes, unlike modern sea turtles.3

?When did Placochelys go extinct?

It lived during the Late Triassic Period, from about 221 to 205 million years ago, and died out by the end of the Triassic.1

Omumenyi w'enfumo

Enfumo: Placochelys was a sea turtle.

Amazima: Placochelys looked like a sea turtle, but it was a different kind of marine reptile called a placodont. It was not closely related to modern turtles.1

Eri abakugu mu dayinoso

Erinnya lya ssaayansi
Placochelys
Yatuumibwa
Jaekel 19024
Ekibinja
Ebyewalula eby'omu nnyanja
Ekika / ekibinja
Placochelyida4
Engabanya
Placodontia > Sauropterygia4
Emyaka gy'enjazi
emyaka obukadde 237 okutuuka ku 72 (Carnian / Campanian)4
Ensengeka z'enjazi
Gorno, Hauptdolomit, Veszprém Marl4
Ensi
Yitale, Awusitiriya, Hangare4
Ebisigalira ebyazuulibwa
5 mu The Paleobiology Database4
Okuzuulibwa
Placochelys was named by German paleontologist Otto Jaekel in 1902. The first fossils were found in Hungary.12
Kikyakubaganyizibwako ebirowoozo
Scientists are still debating how Placochelys is related to other placodonts. Some think it might be the same as another genus called Psephoderma.2

Ebituufu gye biva

  1. Placochelys (en.wikipedia.org)
  2. PBDB Taxon (paleobiodb.org)
  3. Placochelys (prehistoric-wildlife.com)
  4. Placochelys in The Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0): emyaka, ebifo, ensengeka z'enjazi, engabanya.

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