Zarafasaura
Zarafasaura was a plesiosaur, a marine reptile that swam in the warm seas of the Late Cretaceous. It was a small elasmosaur, about as long as a car, and it used its long neck to snap up fish and squid.1
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Zarafasaura means 'giraffe lizard' in Arabic, because local people thought the long-necked fossils looked like giraffes.1
It was a small plesiosaur, only about 3 to 4 metres long, much smaller than its giant cousins like Elasmosaurus.1
The first fossil of Zarafasaura was just a skull and jaw, found in phosphate mines in Morocco.1
In 2013, a more complete skeleton was discovered, showing its flippers and backbone for the first time.1
Zarafasaura lived about 72 to 66 million years ago, right at the end of the Age of Dinosaurs.2
A specimen of Zarafasaura was almost sold at auction in Paris for €450,000, but the sale was stopped and it was sent back to Morocco.1

Ebibuuzo ebisinga okubuuzibwa ku Zarafasaura
?Was Zarafasaura a dinosaur?
No, Zarafasaura was a plesiosaur, a marine reptile that lived in the sea, not a dinosaur.1
?How big was Zarafasaura?
About 3 to 4 metres long and weighed roughly 100 kilograms, about the size of a large dog.1
?What did Zarafasaura eat?
It likely ate fish and squid, using its long neck to snap them up in the warm Cretaceous seas.1
?Where was Zarafasaura found?
Its fossils were discovered in phosphate mines in the Ouled Abdoun Basin of Morocco, North Africa.1
Eri abakugu mu dayinoso
- Erinnya lya ssaayansi
- Zarafasaura
- Yatuumibwa
- Vincent et al. 20113
- Ekibinja
- Pulesiyosawulu
- Ekika / ekibinja
- Elasmosauridae3
- Engabanya
- Plesiosauria > Elasmosauridae > Sauropterygia3
- Emyaka gy'enjazi
- emyaka obukadde 72 okutuuka ku 66 (Maastrichtian)3
- Ensengeka z'enjazi
- Couche III3
- Ensi
- Moroko3
- Ebisigalira ebyazuulibwa
- 1 mu The Paleobiology Database3
- Okuzuulibwa
- Zarafasaura was named in 2011 by a team of scientists led by Peggy Vincent. The first fossil, a skull and jaw, was found in the phosphate mines of the Ouled Abdoun Basin in Morocco.1
- Kikyakubaganyizibwako ebirowoozo
- Scientists are still debating exactly how Zarafasaura is related to other plesiosaurs, and whether it had any special features in its flippers or body.1
Ebituufu gye biva
- Zarafasaura (en.wikipedia.org)
- PBDB Taxon (paleobiodb.org)
- Zarafasaura in The Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0): emyaka, ebifo, ensengeka z'enjazi, engabanya.
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