Plesiopleurodon
Plesiopleurodon was a marine reptile that swam in the warm seas of North America during the time of the dinosaurs. It had a short neck, a long snout, and a mouth full of sharp, pointy teeth. It used its four flippers to paddle through the water like a sea turtle.1
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Anali wamkulu bwanji?
Anali wautali bwanji?
wautali ngati agalu 4 otsatizana mphuno ndi mchira๐wautali ngati nthochi 22 zotsatizana๐akanatha kusambira utali wa dziwe lalikulu losambira (50 m) m'masekondi 6.2Plesiopleurodon anali wamkulu bwanji poyerekeza ndi IWEYO?
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Mfundo zosangalatsa
Plesiopleurodon is known from just one partial skeleton, including a complete skull that is 71.2 cm long.1
Its name means 'near side tooth' because its teeth look a lot like the teeth of the similar pliosaur Liopleurodon.1
Scientists first thought Plesiopleurodon was a pliosaur, but later studies showed it is actually a polycotylid, a type of short-necked plesiosaur.1
It lived around 100 to 94 million years ago, during the early part of the Late Cretaceous Period.2
Plesiopleurodon's front teeth were large and pointed forward, which helped it grab slippery prey.1

Mafunso ofunsidwa kwambiri okhudza Plesiopleurodon
?Was Plesiopleurodon a dinosaur?
No, it was a marine reptile called a plesiosaur, not a dinosaur. It lived in the sea during the time of the dinosaurs.13
?How big was Plesiopleurodon?
Scientists are not sure of its total length because only one partial skeleton has been found. Its skull is 71.2 cm long.14
Wothetsa nthano zabodza
Nthano: Plesiopleurodon was a dinosaur.
Zoona: Plesiopleurodon was a plesiosaur, a marine reptile that lived in the sea. It was not a dinosaur, even though it lived at the same time.1
Kwa akatswiri a madino
- Dzina la sayansi
- Plesiopleurodon
- Anapatsidwa dzina ndi
- Carpenter 19964
- Gulu
- Maplesiosauri
- Banja / kladi
- Polycotylidae4
- Magawidwe a sayansi
- Plesiosauria > Sauropterygia4
- Zaka za miyala
- zaka 100 mpaka 94 miliyoni (Cenomanian)4
- Mapangidwe a miyala
- 'Hailey Shales'4
- Mayiko
- Amereka4
- Zolemba za mafosili
- 1 mu The Paleobiology Database4
- Kupezeka
- Plesiopleurodon was named by paleontologist Kenneth Carpenter in 1996. He based it on a skull, neck bones, and shoulder bones found in Wyoming, USA.41
- Akukambiranabe
- Scientists are still not sure whether the only known fossil of Plesiopleurodon came from the Belle Fourche Shale or the Hailey Shales Formation, because the original records disagree.1
Kumene mfundo zimachokera
- Plesiopleurodon (en.wikipedia.org)
- PBDB Taxon (paleobiodb.org)
- Plesiopleurodon: Overview, Size, Habitat, & Other Facts - Dinosaur Dictionary (dinosaurdictionary.com)
- Plesiopleurodon in The Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0): zaka, malo, mapangidwe a miyala, magawidwe a sayansi.
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