Wapuskanectes

Erinnya litegeeza: “whitecap swimmer”1

Yalyanga: EnnyamaPulesiyosawuluEntandikwa ya KuretasiMu butuufu si dayinoso

Wapuskanectes was an ancient marine reptile that swam in the seas of Alberta, Canada, about 112 million years ago. It was an early elasmosaur, a type of plesiosaur with a very long neck. This creature was a powerful swimmer and a meat-eater.1

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 113 okutuuka ku 110 emabega2

Entandikwa ya Kuretasi

Ebisigalira byazuulibwa mu

Alberta, Canada1 2

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)

Wapuskanectes 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

Wapuskanectes is the oldest known elasmosaur from North America, living about 112 million years ago.1

Its name comes from the Cree word 'Wapuska', meaning a body of water with whitecaps, and the Greek word 'nectes', meaning swimmer.1

The species name, betsynichollsae, honors Dr. Elizabeth 'Betsy' Nicholls, a famous curator of marine reptiles.1

Some Wapuskanectes fossils were found with gastroliths, or stomach stones, which may have helped them digest food.1

The gastroliths were mostly black, polished chert pebbles, and the largest one weighed 14.5 grams.1

One fossil, TMP 2012.50.1, was discovered when a grader plowed through its neck, destroying the skull and most of the neck.1

Ekifaananyi kya Wapuskanectes 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.

Eri abakugu mu dayinoso

Erinnya lya ssaayansi: Wapuskanectes
Yatuumibwa: Druckenmiller and Russell 20062
Ekibinja: Pulesiyosawulu
Ekika / ekibinja: Elasmosauridae2
Engabanya: Plesiosauria > Elasmosauridae > Sauropterygia2
Emyaka gy'enjazi: emyaka obukadde 113 okutuuka ku 110 (Albian)2
Ensengeka z'enjazi: Clearwater2
Ensi: Kanada2
Ebisigalira ebyazuulibwa: 1 mu The Paleobiology Database2
Okuzuulibwa: Wapuskanectes was named by Patrick S. Druckenmiller and Anthony P. Russell in 2006. The first fossil was found in an open-pit oilsand mine near Fort McMurray, Alberta, Canada.1
Kikyakubaganyizibwako ebirowoozo: Scientists are still debating exactly how Wapuskanectes used its gastroliths, whether for grinding food or for ballast.1

Ebituufu gye biva

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

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