Kaadi ya dayinoso No. 1440 ku 2 027

Platecarpus

Erinnya litegeeza: “oar wrist”1

Yalyanga: EnnyamaMosasawuluEnkomerero ya KuretasiMu butuufu si dayinoso

Platecarpus was a fast-swimming marine lizard that lived in the sea during the time of the dinosaurs. It had a long tail with a shark-like fin and ate fish and squid. Platecarpus was not a dinosaur, but a mosasaur, a kind of giant sea lizard.1

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Yabeerawo

emyaka obukadde 100 okutuuka ku 66 emabega2

Enkomerero ya Kuretasi

Ebisigalira byazuulibwa mu

United States (especially Kansas, Mississippi, South Dakota, Texas, Wyoming), Canada, Sweden, Brazil, Australia, Russia, and other countries2 1

Obuwanvu

5.67 m (19 ft)1

Sipiidi esinga

nga 38 km/h (24 mph)

Okuwuga, kuteebereza

Yabeerawo ddi?

Tiriyasi

Jurasiki

Kuretasi

Emyaka obukadde 252 emabega20114566, asteroyidi

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Yali wa mbiro kwenkana wa?

Omuntu atambula nga 5 km/h (3 mph)

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

Platecarpus nga 38 km/h (24 mph)

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

Cheetah nga 100 km/h (62 mph)

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Ebyewuunyisa

Platecarpus had a short skull and fewer teeth than any other mosasaur, with only about 10 teeth in each lower jaw bone.1

A well-preserved fossil shows skin impressions, pigments near the nostrils, and even the shape of the tail fluke, which was like a shark's tail.1

Platecarpus swam by moving its tail side to side, but its deep tail fin made it a powerful, fast swimmer, not like an eel.1

Fossilized stomach contents show that Platecarpus ate fish and did not digest its food completely, passing bones and scales quickly.1

A 2026 study of tooth chemistry suggests that Platecarpus was warm-blooded, like modern sharks and whales.1

Platecarpus fossils are very common in the Smoky Hill Chalk of Kansas, which was once the bottom of a shallow sea.1

Ekifaananyi kya Platecarpus 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.

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Ebibuuzo ebisinga okubuuzibwa ku Platecarpus

?How big was Platecarpus?

About 5.7 metres (18.7 feet) long, based on a complete fossil. That is roughly the length of a small bus.1

?What did Platecarpus eat?

It ate medium-sized fish, and probably also squid and ammonites. Fossil stomach contents show it swallowed fish whole and digested them quickly.1

?When did Platecarpus live?

It lived about 84 to 81 million years ago, during the Late Cretaceous period. That was the time of the dinosaurs.1

?Is Platecarpus a dinosaur?

No, it is not a dinosaur. It is a mosasaur, a kind of giant marine lizard that lived in the sea.1

?Where have Platecarpus fossils been found?

Mostly in the United States, especially in Kansas. Fossils have also been found in Belgium, Australia, and Africa.1

Omumenyi w'enfumo

Enfumo: Many people think mosasaurs like Platecarpus swam like eels, wiggling their whole body.

Amazima: Platecarpus had a crescent-shaped tail fluke and swam more like a shark, using its tail for powerful thrusts.1

Eri abakugu mu dayinoso

Erinnya lya ssaayansi: Platecarpus
Yatuumibwa: Cope 18692
Ekibinja: Mosasawulu
Ekika / ekibinja: Mosasauridae2
Engabanya: Mosasauroidea2
Emyaka gy'enjazi: emyaka obukadde 100 okutuuka ku 66 (Cenomanian / Maastrichtian)2
Ensengeka z'enjazi: Pierre Shale, Niobrara, Molecap Greensand2
Ensi: Amerika, Kanada, Swiidi, Buraziiri, Awusitureeliya, Rwasha2
Ebisigalira ebyazuulibwa: 60 mu The Paleobiology Database2
Okuzuulibwa: Platecarpus was named by the famous paleontologist Edward Drinker Cope in 1869, based on fossils found in Mississippi, USA.1 2
Kikyakubaganyizibwako ebirowoozo: Scientists still debate whether some fossils belong to Platecarpus or to other closely related mosasaurs, and some species have been moved to different genera.1

Ebituufu gye biva

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

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