Taniwhasaurus
Taniwhasaurus was a fierce marine lizard that swam in the oceans during the time of dinosaurs. It had a long, toothless snout like a spear and used it to hunt fish and other sea creatures. This mosasaur lived near New Zealand, Antarctica, Japan, and South Africa.12
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Сонирхолтой баримтууд
Taniwhasaurus belongs to a group called tylosaurines, which had a long, toothless tip on their upper jaw like a bony spear.1
The first fossils of Taniwhasaurus were found in the 1860s at Haumuri Bluff in New Zealand, and named by James Hector in 1874.1
One species, Taniwhasaurus antarcticus, was originally named Lakumasaurus after a sea spirit from the mythology of the Yahgan people of South America.1
A nearly complete skull of Taniwhasaurus antarcticus was discovered on James Ross Island in Antarctica in 2000, measuring 72 centimeters (28 inches) long.1
Taniwhasaurus lived between about 86 and 66 million years ago, during the Late Cretaceous period.2
The species Taniwhasaurus oweni was named in honor of the famous paleontologist Richard Owen, who first described marine reptiles from New Zealand.1
Taniwhasaurus fossils have been found in marine rocks that were once part of ancient seabeds, alongside ammonites, sharks, and other mosasaurs.1

Taniwhasaurus: хамгийн их асуудаг асуултууд
?How big was Taniwhasaurus?
It was a medium-sized mosasaur, reaching about 6.7 metres (22 feet) long.1
?Could Taniwhasaurus swim?
Yes. Its powerful paddles and flexible spine helped it swim, and its tail gave the main push forward.1
?What did Taniwhasaurus eat?
It hunted fish and other sea creatures. It may have used an electro-sensitive snout to find prey.1
?Is Taniwhasaurus a dinosaur?
No, it is a mosasaur, which is a group of extinct marine lizards that lived alongside dinosaurs.1
?When did Taniwhasaurus go extinct?
It lived during the Late Cretaceous period and died out about 66 million years ago.1
Домог няцаагч
Домог: Some people think Taniwhasaurus was a dinosaur.
Үнэн: Taniwhasaurus was a mosasaur, a type of marine lizard, not a dinosaur. Mosasaurs are reptiles that lived in the sea and are more closely related to modern snakes and monitor lizards.1
Үлэг гүрвэлийн мэргэжилтнүүдэд
- Шинжлэх ухааны нэр
- Taniwhasaurus
- Нэр өгсөн
- Hector 18743
- Бүлэг
- Мозазаврууд
- Овог / клад
- Mosasauridae3
- Ангилал
- Mosasauroidea3
- Чулуулгийн нас
- 86 / 66 сая жил (Coniacian / Maastrichtian)3
- Чулуулгийн формацууд
- Conway, Snow Hill Island, Conway Siltstone3
- Улсууд
- Шинэ Зеланд, Антарктид, Япон, Өмнөд Африк3
- Чулуужсан олдворын бүртгэл
- The Paleobiology Database дээр 113
- Нээлт
- The first fossils of Taniwhasaurus were found in the 1860s at Haumuri Bluff, New Zealand. Scottish naturalist James Hector named the genus in 1874, calling it Taniwhasaurus oweni after the Māori taniwha and honoring Richard Owen.1
- Маргаантай хэвээр
- Scientists are not sure if the species Taniwhasaurus mikasaensis from Japan is really a separate species, because its fossils are very incomplete.1
Баримтууд хаанаас ирдэг вэ
- Taniwhasaurus (en.wikipedia.org)
- PBDB Taxon (paleobiodb.org)
- Taniwhasaurus in The Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0): нас, газар, чулуулгийн формац, ангилал.
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