Ophthalmosaurus
Ophthalmosaurus was a sleek, fast-swimming marine reptile with enormous eyes, almost as big as dinner plates. It lived in the warm seas of the Jurassic period and hunted small fish and squid. Even though it looked like a dolphin, it was actually an ichthyosaur, not a dinosaur.1
Ankakhala liti?
Anali wamkulu bwanji?
Anali wautali bwanji?
Ankalemera bwanji?
wautali ngati agalu 4 otsatizana mphuno ndi mchira๐wautali ngati nthochi 22 zotsatizana๐wolemera ngati mavwende 190๐งธwolemera ngati ana a sukulu ya mkaka 50๐wolemera ngati ana a sukulu 30๐ปโโ๏ธwolemera ngati zimbalangondo zoyera 2๐akanatha kusambira utali wa dziwe lalikulu losambira (50 m) m'masekondi 4Ophthalmosaurus anali wamkulu bwanji poyerekeza ndi IWEYO?
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Mfundo zosangalatsa
Ophthalmosaurus had eyes that measured about 22 to 23 centimetres (8.7 to 9.1 inches) across, which is bigger than a human head.1
It could dive to depths of 600 metres (2,000 feet) or more, reaching the twilight zone of the ocean, and stay underwater for about 20 minutes.1
Its tail ended in a two-lobed fin, with the lower half supported by the backbone and the upper half made only of soft tissue, helping it swim fast.1
Ophthalmosaurus had short, rounded limbs, with the front ones bigger than the back ones, which it used for steering rather than paddling.1
Fossils show it lived in shallow seas, like the Oxford Clay in England, which was only about 50 metres (160 feet) deep at the time.1
Some scientists think Ophthalmosaurus could swim at about 2 metres per second (6.6 feet per second) when chasing prey.1

Wothetsa nthano zabodza
Nthano: Ophthalmosaurus was a dinosaur that lived in the water.
Zoona: Ophthalmosaurus was an ichthyosaur, a marine reptile, not a dinosaur. Ichthyosaurs were a different group of reptiles that lived in the oceans.1
Kwa akatswiri a madino
- Dzina la sayansi
- Ophthalmosaurus
- Anapatsidwa dzina ndi
- Seeley 18742
- Gulu
- Maikitiosauri
- Banja / kladi
- Ophthalmosauridae2
- Magawidwe a sayansi
- Ichthyosauria > Ichthyosauromorpha2
- Zaka za miyala
- zaka 201 mpaka 133 miliyoni (Hettangian / Valanginian)2
- Mapangidwe a miyala
- Oxford Clay, Sundance, Vaca Muerta2
- Mayiko
- United Kingdom, Argentina, Amereka, Rasha, Falansa, Greenland2
- Zolemba za mafosili
- 27 mu The Paleobiology Database2
- Amadziwikanso kuti
- Ancanamunia, Yasykovia (mayina akale tsopano amawerengedwa ngati nyama yomweyi)2
- Kupezeka
- Ophthalmosaurus was first described by Harry Seeley in 1874, based on fossils from the Oxford Clay in England. He focused on the shape of the collarbone bones.12
- Akukambiranabe
- Scientists still debate whether some species, like Ophthalmosaurus natans from North America, are really separate species or just close relatives.1
Kumene mfundo zimachokera
- Ophthalmosaurus (en.wikipedia.org)
- Ophthalmosaurus in The Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0): zaka, malo, mapangidwe a miyala, magawidwe a sayansi.
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