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Acostasaurus

Dzina limatanthauza: “Acosta's lizard”1
Ankadya: NyamaMaplesiosauriKumayambiriro kwa KretaseKwenikweni si dainoso

Acostasaurus was a fierce marine reptile that swam in the warm seas of Colombia about 125 million years ago. It had a big head, sharp teeth, and flippers to paddle through the water. Even though it was not a dinosaur, it was a top predator in its ocean home.1

Mfundo yosangalatsa: chokwawa cha m'nyanja ichi chinkasambira pamene madainoso ankayenda pamtunda. Aliyense amazitcha madino, koma zinali nthambi ina ya zokwawa.
Ankakhala
zaka 126 mpaka 121 miliyoni zapitazo4
Kumayambiriro kwa Kretase
Mafosili apezeka ku
Paja Formation, Villa de Leyva, central Colombia13
Utali
mpaka 4 m (13 ft)1
Liwiro lalikulu kwambiri
pafupifupi 29 km/h (18 mph)
Kusambira, kuyerekeza

Ankakhala liti?

Triasiki
Jurasiki
Kretase
Zaka 252 miliyoni zapitazo20114566, asteroidi

Anali wamkulu bwanji?

Anali wautali bwanji?

Acostasaurus utali wa pafupifupi 4 m (13 ft)Njinga ya munthu wamkulu pafupifupi 1.8 m (5.9 ft)Galimoto pafupifupi 4.5 m (15 ft)Njovu, nyama yaikulu kwambiri pamtunda masiku ano pafupifupi 6.5 m (21 ft)
wautali ngati agalu 4 otsatizana mphuno ndi mchirawautali ngati nthochi 22 zotsatizanaakanatha kusambira utali wa dziwe lalikulu losambira (50 m) m'masekondi 6.2

Acostasaurus anali wamkulu bwanji poyerekeza ndi IWEYO?

Ndi masamu chabe mu msakatuli wako. Palibe chimene chimasungidwa kapena kutumizidwa kwina kulikonse.

Anali ndi liwiro lotani?

zinthu zosangalatsa

Mfundo zosangalatsa

1

Acostasaurus had very large eye sockets and big scleral rings, which helped it see in deep or murky water.1

2

Its skull was short and wide in the front, unlike many other pliosaurs that had long snouts.1

3

The only known fossil is a nearly complete skull and parts of the body, including a whole hind flipper and many vertebrae.1

4

Acostasaurus lived during the Early Cretaceous, a time when few plesiosaur fossils are known, called the 'Lower Cretaceous Gap'.3

5

It had a short lower jaw joint area with only five and a half pairs of tooth sockets, which is unusual for a pliosaur.1

6

The specimen was a subadult, because some bones in its skull were not fully grown together.1

Chopangidwa ndi AIChithunzi cha Acostasaurus chopangidwa ndi AI
Chithunzi cha momwe Acostasaurus mwina ankaonekera, chopangidwa ndi kompyuta kuchokera pa zomwe asayansi amadziwa. Ndi kungoyerekeza: nyama yeniyeniyo mwina inkaoneka mosiyana, ndipo palibe amene akudziwa mitundu yake yeniyeni.
mwafunsa

Mafunso ofunsidwa kwambiri okhudza Acostasaurus

?How big was Acostasaurus?

It was over 4 metres (13 feet) long. That is about as long as a small car.1

?Was Acostasaurus a dinosaur?

No, it was a marine reptile called a pliosaur, not a dinosaur. It lived in the ocean.1

?What did Acostasaurus eat?

It was a predator that ate other sea creatures. Its sharp teeth helped it catch prey.1

Kwa akatswiri a madino

Dzina la sayansi
Acostasaurus
Anapatsidwa dzina ndi
Gomez-Perez and Noe 20114
Gulu
Maplesiosauri
Banja / kladi
Pliosauridae4
Magawidwe a sayansi
Plesiosauria > Pliosauridae > Sauropterygia4
Zaka za miyala
zaka 126 mpaka 121 miliyoni (Barremian)4
Mapangidwe a miyala
Paja4
Mayiko
Kolombiya4
Zolemba za mafosili
1 mu The Paleobiology Database4
Kupezeka
Acostasaurus was named by Marcela Gómez Pérez and Leslie F. Noè in 2011, based on a fossil found in the Paja Formation of Colombia. The species name is Acostasaurus pavachoquensis.12
Akukambiranabe
Scientists are not sure whether Acostasaurus belongs to the brachauchenine group of pliosaurs, because its teeth are different from theirs.1

Kumene mfundo zimachokera

  1. Acostasaurus (en.wikipedia.org)
  2. PBDB Taxon (paleobiodb.org)
  3. Cranial anatomy of a new pliosaurid Acostasaurus pavachoquensis from the Lower Cretaceous of Colombia, South America - Palaeontographica Abteilung A Band 310 Lieferung 1-2, Schweizerbart science publishers (schweizerbart.de)
  4. Acostasaurus in The Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0): zaka, malo, mapangidwe a miyala, magawidwe a sayansi.

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