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Rikisaurus

Dzina limatanthauza: “Riki's lizard”3
Ankadya: NyamaMamosasauriKumapeto kwa KretaseKwenikweni si dainoso

Rikisaurus was a marine lizard that swam in the warm seas near New Zealand about 80 million years ago. It was a mosasaur, a relative of today's monitor lizards, but with flippers instead of legs. This predator hunted fish and other sea creatures with its long, pointed snout and many small teeth.31

Mfundo yosangalatsa: chokwawa cha m'nyanja ichi chinkasambira pamene madainoso ankayenda pamtunda. Aliyense amazitcha madino, koma zinali nthambi ina ya zokwawa.
Ankakhala
zaka 84 mpaka 66 miliyoni zapitazo3
Kumapeto kwa Kretase
Mafosili apezeka ku
Mangahouanga Stream, Hawke's Bay, North Island, New Zealand31
Utali
2 mpaka 3 m (6.6 mpaka 9.8 ft)1
Liwiro lalikulu kwambiri
pafupifupi 33 km/h (21 mph)
Kusambira, kuyerekeza

Ankakhala liti?

Triasiki
Jurasiki
Kretase
Zaka 252 miliyoni zapitazo20114566, asteroidi

Anali wamkulu bwanji?

Anali wautali bwanji?

Rikisaurus utali wa pafupifupi 3 m (9.8 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 3 otsatizana mphuno ndi mchirawautali ngati nthochi 17 zotsatizanaakanatha kusambira utali wa dziwe lalikulu losambira (50 m) m'masekondi 5.5

Rikisaurus 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

Rikisaurus had a very long, slender snout that tapered to a point, and its upper jaw had 13 or 14 teeth on each side.1

2

Its teeth were small, with two ridges (bicarinate), and the enamel was smooth.1

3

The lower jaw had 15 or 16 teeth and deepened in the middle, giving it a semicircular bump (coronoid).1

4

Rikisaurus is known from only one fossil: a skull and four neck bones found in New Zealand.1

5

It lived between 83.6 and 66 million years ago, during the Campanian and Maastrichtian ages of the Late Cretaceous.1

6

Scientists think Rikisaurus was a small adult mosasaur, about the size of a modern dolphin.1

Chopangidwa ndi AIChithunzi cha Rikisaurus chopangidwa ndi AI
Chithunzi cha momwe Rikisaurus 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 Rikisaurus

?Is Rikisaurus a dinosaur?

No, it is a mosasaur, a marine reptile related to today's monitor lizards, not a dinosaur.23

?How big was Rikisaurus?

It was a small adult mosasaur, about the size of a modern dolphin, though exact length is not given in the sources.3

?What did Rikisaurus eat?

It was a carnivore that hunted fish and other sea creatures with its long, pointed snout and many small teeth.3

?Where was Rikisaurus found?

Its only known fossil, a skull and four neck bones, was found in the Mangahouanga Stream in New Zealand.3

Kwa akatswiri a madino

Dzina la sayansi
Rikisaurus
Anapatsidwa dzina ndi
Wiffen 19903
Gulu
Mamosasauri
Banja / kladi
Mosasauridae3
Magawidwe a sayansi
Mosasauroidea3
Zaka za miyala
zaka 84 mpaka 66 miliyoni (Campanian / Maastrichtian)3
Mapangidwe a miyala
Tahora3
Mayiko
New Zealand3
Zolemba za mafosili
1 mu The Paleobiology Database3
Kupezeka
Rikisaurus was named by paleontologist J. Wiffen in 1990, based on a skull and neck bones found in the Tahora Formation of New Zealand.31
Akukambiranabe
Scientists are not sure exactly how big Rikisaurus grew, because only one skull has been found.1

Kumene mfundo zimachokera

  1. PBDB Taxon (paleobiodb.org)
  2. Moanasaurus (Wikipedia) (Wikipedia)
  3. Rikisaurus in The Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0): zaka, malo, mapangidwe a miyala, magawidwe a sayansi.

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