Sulcusuchus

Erinnya litegeeza: “trough crocodile”1

Yalyanga: EnnyamaPulesiyosawuluEnkomerero ya KuretasiMu butuufu si dayinoso

Sulcusuchus was a marine reptile that lived in the seas of ancient Argentina. It had deep grooves in its snout and jaw that might have helped it sense food hiding in the mud, like a dolphin does.2

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 84 okutuuka ku 66 emabega3

Enkomerero ya Kuretasi

Ebisigalira byazuulibwa mu

Patagonia, Argentina (La Colonia and Los Alamitos formations)3 1

Sipiidi esinga

nga 27 km/h (17 mph)

Okuwuga, kuteebereza

Yabeerawo ddi?

Tiriyasi

Jurasiki

Kuretasi

Emyaka obukadde 252 emabega20114566, asteroyidi

Yali wa mbiro kwenkana wa?

Omuntu atambula nga 5 km/h (3 mph)

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

Sulcusuchus nga 27 km/h (17 mph)

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

Cheetah nga 100 km/h (62 mph)

ebintu ebinyuvu

Ebyewuunyisa

Sulcusuchus was first thought to be a crocodile, but scientists later realized it was a plesiosaur, a type of marine reptile.1

Its name means 'trough crocodile' because of the deep, groove-like channels on its jaw bones.1

The grooves on its snout and jaw may have held special organs that could detect electricity or movement, helping it find prey in murky water.2

One fossil of Sulcusuchus contained 95 gastroliths, or stomach stones, which may have helped it digest food or control its buoyancy.1

Sulcusuchus lived during the very end of the Age of Dinosaurs, about 69 to 66 million years ago.1

It is the only polycotylid plesiosaur from the Southern Hemisphere whose skull and lower jaw are known.2

Ekifaananyi kya Sulcusuchus 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.

wabuuza

Ebibuuzo ebisinga okubuuzibwa ku Sulcusuchus

?Was Sulcusuchus a dinosaur?

No, Sulcusuchus was a plesiosaur, a type of marine reptile, not a dinosaur. It lived in the seas of ancient Argentina.1 3

?How big was Sulcusuchus?

Scientists don't know its full size, but one fossil jaw fragment is about half a meter long. That suggests the whole animal was several meters long, but no exact estimate is given.1

?What did Sulcusuchus eat?

It was a carnivore, likely eating fish and other small sea animals. The grooves in its snout may have helped it sense prey hiding in the mud, like a dolphin.1 2

Omumenyi w'enfumo

Enfumo: Some people think Sulcusuchus was a dinosaur.

Amazima: Sulcusuchus was a plesiosaur, a marine reptile that lived in the ocean, not a dinosaur.1

Eri abakugu mu dayinoso

Erinnya lya ssaayansi: Sulcusuchus
Yatuumibwa: Gasparini and Spalletti 19903
Ekibinja: Pulesiyosawulu
Ekika / ekibinja: Polycotylidae3
Engabanya: Plesiosauria > Sauropterygia3
Emyaka gy'enjazi: emyaka obukadde 84 okutuuka ku 66 (Campanian / Maastrichtian)3
Ensengeka z'enjazi: La Colonia, Los Alamitos3
Ensi: Arigentina3
Ebisigalira ebyazuulibwa: 6 mu The Paleobiology Database3
Okuzuulibwa: Sulcusuchus was named in 1990 by Zulma Gasparini and Luis Spalletti. The first fossil was a piece of lower jaw found in the Coli Toro Formation of Argentina.1 3
Kikyakubaganyizibwako ebirowoozo: Scientists are not sure what the deep grooves in its snout and jaw were for. They might have held glands or electro-sensing organs, but no one knows for sure.2

Ebituufu gye biva

Sulcusuchus (en.wikipedia.org)
Revision of Sulcusuchus erraini (Sauropterygia, Polycotylidae) from the Upper Cretaceous of Patagonia, Argentina (tandfonline.com)
Sulcusuchus in The Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0): emyaka, ebifo, ensengeka z'enjazi, engabanya.

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