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Vegasaurus

Erinnya litegeeza: “Vega lizard”1
Yalyanga: EnnyamaPulesiyosawuluEnkomerero ya KuretasiMu butuufu si dayinoso

Vegasaurus was a long-necked marine reptile that swam in the cold seas near Antarctica about 72 million years ago. It was not a dinosaur, but a plesiosaur, and it used its four flippers to paddle through the water. This ancient creature is one of the few Late Cretaceous plesiosaurs from the Southern Hemisphere whose skeleton is well known.21

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Yabeerawo
emyaka obukadde 72 okutuuka ku 66 emabega3
Enkomerero ya Kuretasi
Ebisigalira byazuulibwa mu
Vega Island, Antarctica21
Obuwanvu
6.15 okutuuka ku 6.5 m (20 okutuuka ku 21 ft)1
Obuzito
839 kg (1,800 lb)1
Sipiidi esinga
nga 27 km/h (17 mph)
Okuwuga, kuteebereza

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Tiriyasi
Jurasiki
Kuretasi
Emyaka obukadde 252 emabega20114566, asteroyidi

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Vegasaurus obuwanvu nga 6.5 m (21 ft)Akagaali k'omukulu nga 1.8 m (5.9 ft)Emmotoka nga 4.5 m (15 ft)Enjovu, ekisolo ekisinga obunene ku lukalu leero nga 6.5 m (21 ft)

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1

Vegasaurus had 54 neck vertebrae, which is more than most other plesiosaurs.1

2

The only known fossil of Vegasaurus was found in 1989 by a team of scientists on Vega Island, Antarctica.1

3

This plesiosaur had gastroliths, or stomach stones, which may have helped it digest food or control its buoyancy.1

4

Vegasaurus is named after Vega Island, where it was discovered, and the Greek word for lizard, 'sauros'.1

5

Its humerus (upper arm bone) had a forward-facing knee and a backward projection with an extra joint surface, a feature only shared with a few other plesiosaurs.1

6

Vegasaurus is closely related to other plesiosaurs from the Weddell Sea region, like Aristonectes and Kaiwhekea.21

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Ebibuuzo ebisinga okubuuzibwa ku Vegasaurus

?How big was Vegasaurus?

About 6.15 to 6.5 metres long and weighed around 839 kilograms.1

?What did Vegasaurus eat?

Scientists are not sure exactly what it ate, but it had gastroliths (stomach stones) that may have helped grind up food like fish or squid.1

?Where was Vegasaurus found?

Its only fossil was found on Vega Island, near the Antarctic Peninsula, in 1989.1

Eri abakugu mu dayinoso

Erinnya lya ssaayansi
Vegasaurus
Yatuumibwa
O'Gorman et al. 20153
Ekibinja
Pulesiyosawulu
Ekika / ekibinja
Elasmosauridae3
Engabanya
Plesiosauria > Elasmosauridae > Sauropterygia3
Emyaka gy'enjazi
emyaka obukadde 72 okutuuka ku 66 (Maastrichtian)3
Ensengeka z'enjazi
Snow Hill Island3
Ensi
Antaakitika3
Ebisigalira ebyazuulibwa
1 mu The Paleobiology Database3
Okuzuulibwa
Vegasaurus was named in 2015 by José P. O'Gorman and colleagues. The only fossil was found in 1989 on Vega Island, Antarctica, and was collected during three Antarctic summer expeditions in 1993, 1999, and 2005.1
Kikyakubaganyizibwako ebirowoozo
Scientists are still debating exactly how Vegasaurus is related to other plesiosaurs, especially the aristonectines.21

Ebituufu gye biva

  1. Vegasaurus (en.wikipedia.org)
  2. Vegasaurus molyi, gen. et sp. nov. (Plesiosauria, Elasmosauridae), from the Cape Lamb Member (lower maastrichtian) of the Snow Hill Island Formation, Vega Island, Antarctica, and remarks on Wedellian Elasmosauridae: Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology: Vol 35 , No 3 - Get Access (tandfonline.com)
  3. Vegasaurus in The Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0): emyaka, ebifo, ensengeka z'enjazi, engabanya.

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