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Discosaurus

Dzina limatanthauza: “disc lizard”1
Ankadya: NyamaMaplesiosauriKumapeto kwa KretaseKwenikweni si dainoso

Discosaurus was a big, long-necked marine reptile that swam in the warm seas of Alabama and Mississippi about 85 million years ago. It was a plesiosaur, not a dinosaur, and it used its four flippers to paddle through the water like a sea monster.12

Mfundo yosangalatsa: chokwawa cha m'nyanja ichi chinkasambira pamene madainoso ankayenda pamtunda. Aliyense amazitcha madino, koma zinali nthambi ina ya zokwawa.
Ankakhala
zaka 86 mpaka 84 miliyoni zapitazo4
Kumapeto kwa Kretase
Mafosili apezeka ku
Alabama and Mississippi, USA12
Liwiro lalikulu kwambiri
pafupifupi 27 km/h (17 mph)
Kusambira, kuyerekeza

Ankakhala liti?

Triasiki
Jurasiki
Kretase
Zaka 252 miliyoni zapitazo20114566, asteroidi

Anali ndi liwiro lotani?

zinthu zosangalatsa

Mfundo zosangalatsa

1

Discosaurus was first named in 1851 by the famous paleontologist Joseph Leidy, based on a single vertebra found in Alabama.13

2

The name Discosaurus means 'disc lizard', because its vertebrae look like flat discs.1

3

Only one species of Discosaurus is known, called Discosaurus vetustus.1

4

Discosaurus lived during the Santonian stage of the Late Cretaceous, about 85.7 to 83.6 million years ago.2

5

The holotype of Discosaurus consists of eleven vertebrae, which were discovered by Joseph Jones in Alabama and Mississippi.1

6

Some scientists think Discosaurus might actually be the same animal as Elasmosaurus or Cimoliasaurus, but others disagree.1

7

Discosaurus was a plesiosaur, a group of marine reptiles that had long necks and four flippers.1

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

Kwa akatswiri a madino

Dzina la sayansi
Discosaurus
Anapatsidwa dzina ndi
Leidy 18514
Gulu
Maplesiosauri
Banja / kladi
Pliosauridae4
Magawidwe a sayansi
Plesiosauria > Pliosauridae > Sauropterygia4
Zaka za miyala
zaka 86 mpaka 84 miliyoni (Santonian)4
Mapangidwe a miyala
Eutaw4
Mayiko
Amereka4
Zolemba za mafosili
1 mu The Paleobiology Database4
Kupezeka
Discosaurus was named and described by Joseph Leidy in 1851, based on a single vertebra found by Joseph Jones in Alabama.13
Akukambiranabe
Scientists are not sure if Discosaurus is a valid genus or if it should be considered the same as Elasmosaurus or Cimoliasaurus.1

Kumene mfundo zimachokera

  1. Discosaurus (en.wikipedia.org)
  2. PBDB Taxon (paleobiodb.org)
  3. Cimoliasaurus (oceansofkansas.com)
  4. Discosaurus in The Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0): zaka, malo, mapangidwe a miyala, magawidwe a sayansi.

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