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Sulcusuchus

Nkombo elingi koloba: “trough crocodile”1

Alyaki: MosuniBaplezozoreKretase ya nsukaNa siansi, dinozore mpenza te

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

Likambo ya kosepelisa: reptile oyo ya mbu azalaki kobeta mai ntango badinozore bazalaki kotambola na mabele. Bato nyonso babengaka bango badino, kasi bazalaki libota mosusu ya bareptile.

Azalaki na bomoi

mbula milio 84 kino 66 eleki3

Kretase ya nsuka

Bafosile emonanaki na

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

Mbangu ya likolo

pene na 27 km/h (17 mph)

Kobeta mai, kokanisa

Azalaki na bomoi ntango nini?

Triasiki

Jurasiki

Kretase

Mbula milio 252 eleki20114566, asteroide

Azalaki na mbangu boni?

Moto oyo azali kotambola pene na 5 km/h (3 mph)

Mwana na velo pene na 12 km/h (7 mph)

Sulcusuchus pene na 27 km/h (17 mph)

Mpunda oyo azali kopota mbangu pene na 65 km/h (40 mph)

Nkoi ya mbangu pene na 100 km/h (62 mph)

makambo ya kitoko

Makambo ya kosepelisa

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

Elilingi ya Sulcusuchus esalemi na AI — Elilingi esalemi na AI oyo ezali kolakisa ndenge Sulcusuchus akokaki kozala. Ordinatere esalaki yango na makambo oyo bato ya siansi bayebi. Ezali kaka kokanisa: nyama ya solo akokaki kozala ndenge mosusu, mpe moto moko te ayebi balangi na ye ya solo.

otunaki

Mituna oyo batunaka mingi na ntina na 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

Mobuki masapo

Lisapo: Some people think Sulcusuchus was a dinosaur.

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

Mpo na bayebi ya badino

Nkombo ya siansi: Sulcusuchus
Nkombo epesamaki na: Gasparini and Spalletti 19903
Lisanga: Baplezozore
Libota / klade: Polycotylidae3
Klasifikasio: Plesiosauria > Sauropterygia3
Mbula ya mabanga: mbula milio 84 kino 66 (Campanian / Maastrichtian)3
Milongo ya mabanga: La Colonia, Los Alamitos3
Bikolo: Arzantine3
Bafosile oyo ekomami: 6 na The Paleobiology Database3
Ntango bamonaki yango: 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
Naino bazali kowelana: 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

Esika makambo euti

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): mbula, bisika, milongo ya mabanga, klasifikasio.

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