Xiphodracon

Erinnya litegeeza: “sword-like dragon”1

Yalyanga: EnnyamaIkisiyosawuluEntandikwa ya JurasikiMu butuufu si dayinoso

Xiphodracon was a marine reptile that swam in the Jurassic seas. It had a very long, narrow snout like a sword and big eyes. It is one of the most complete ichthyosaurs ever found from its time.1

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Yabeerawo

emyaka obukadde 193 okutuuka ku 184 emabega4

Entandikwa ya Jurasiki

Ebisigalira byazuulibwa mu

Dorset coast, United Kingdom (England)2 1

Obuwanvu

3 m (9.8 ft)1

Sipiidi esinga

nga 48 km/h (30 mph)

Okuwuga, kuteebereza

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Tiriyasi

Jurasiki

Kuretasi

Emyaka obukadde 252 emabega20114566, asteroyidi

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Omuntu atambula nga 5 km/h (3 mph)

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

Xiphodracon nga 48 km/h (30 mph)

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

Cheetah nga 100 km/h (62 mph)

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Ebyewuunyisa

Xiphodracon had a skull 64.2 cm (25.3 inches) long, with a very narrow and pointed snout.1

Its eyes were large and almost filled by a ring of about 17 bony plates called a scleral ring.1

The only known Xiphodracon fossil shows signs of injuries: a broken collarbone, bad teeth, and bone damage from diving problems.1

This individual probably died after being bitten on the head by a larger predator, possibly a Temnodontosaurus up to 9 metres (30 feet) long.1

Xiphodracon is the most complete ichthyosaur skeleton ever found from the Pliensbachian age, about 185 million years ago.1

It is closely related to Hauffiopteryx, and together they form a group called Hauffiopterygia.3

Ekifaananyi kya Xiphodracon 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: Xiphodracon
Yatuumibwa: Lomax et al. 20254
Ekibinja: Ikisiyosawulu
Ekika / ekibinja: Leptonectidae4
Engabanya: Ichthyosauria > Ichthyosauromorpha4
Emyaka gy'enjazi: emyaka obukadde 193 okutuuka ku 184 (Pliensbachian)4
Ensengeka z'enjazi: Charmouth Mudstone4
Ensi: Bungereza4
Ebisigalira ebyazuulibwa: 1 mu The Paleobiology Database4
Okuzuulibwa: The fossil was found by Chris Moore in 2001 near Golden Cap on the Jurassic Coast of England. It was named Xiphodracon goldencapensis by Dean Lomax, Judy Massare, and Erin Maxwell in 2025.1
Kikyakubaganyizibwako ebirowoozo: Scientists are still debating exactly how Xiphodracon is related to other ichthyosaurs, and whether it represents a new group that appeared during the Pliensbachian.3

Ebituufu gye biva

Xiphodracon (en.wikipedia.org)
PBDB Taxon (paleobiodb.org)
A new long and narrow‐snouted ichthyosaur illuminates a complex faunal turnover during an undersampled Early Jurassic (Pliensbachian) interval - University of Bristol (research-information.bris.ac.uk)
Xiphodracon in The Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0): emyaka, ebifo, ensengeka z'enjazi, engabanya.

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