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Tuarangisaurus

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

Tuarangisaurus was a long-necked marine reptile that swam in the seas around New Zealand 83 to 66 million years ago. It was not a dinosaur, but a plesiosaur, and it used its four flippers to paddle through the water. With a skull full of sharp teeth, it was a fierce hunter of fish and other sea creatures.51

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 zapitazo5
Kumapeto kwa Kretase
Mafosili apezeka ku
New Zealand (Hawke's Bay), Argentina (Chubut), and Angola52
Utali
8 m (26 ft)3
Liwiro lalikulu kwambiri
pafupifupi 24 km/h (15 mph)
Kusambira, kuyerekeza

Ankakhala liti?

Triasiki
Jurasiki
Kretase
Zaka 252 miliyoni zapitazo20114566, asteroidi

Anali wamkulu bwanji?

Anali wautali bwanji?

Tuarangisaurus utali wa pafupifupi 8 m (26 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 8 otsatizana mphuno ndi mchirawautali ngati nthochi 44 zotsatizanaakanatha kusambira utali wa dziwe lalikulu losambira (50 m) m'masekondi 7.5

Tuarangisaurus 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

Tuarangisaurus had a skull that was 37 centimetres (about 15 inches) long, with fused premaxillary bones and a low ridge on top.2

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It had five large teeth in the upper jaw (premaxilla) and about 15 smaller teeth in the maxilla, plus 19 to 20 teeth in the lower jaw.2

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The name Tuarangisaurus means 'ancient lizard' in the Māori language, reflecting its New Zealand discovery.1

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Fossils of Tuarangisaurus have been found in marine rocks that were once part of a shallow sea, showing it lived in coastal waters.2

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Scientists think Tuarangisaurus gave birth to live young, like other plesiosaurs, because it could not crawl onto land to lay eggs.2

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The first fossils of Tuarangisaurus were found in the Mangahouanga Stream on the North Island of New Zealand, and included both adult and juvenile skull material.1

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Tuarangisaurus is part of a group called elasmosaurids, which were plesiosaurs with very long necks.5

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

?How big was Tuarangisaurus?

Tuarangisaurus was a medium sized plesiosaur, measuring over 8 metres long, about the length of a school bus.43

?When did Tuarangisaurus live?

Tuarangisaurus lived during the Late Cretaceous period, about 78 million years ago, in the seas around New Zealand.4

?Was Tuarangisaurus a dinosaur?

No, Tuarangisaurus was not a dinosaur. It was a plesiosaur, a type of marine reptile with a very long neck, related to other elasmosaurids like Elasmosaurus.4

?What did Tuarangisaurus eat?

Tuarangisaurus was a hunter with sharp teeth, and it likely ate fish and other sea creatures, as mentioned in the page intro.3

Kwa akatswiri a madino

Dzina la sayansi
Tuarangisaurus
Anapatsidwa dzina ndi
Wiffen and Moisley 19865
Gulu
Maplesiosauri
Banja / kladi
Elasmosauridae5
Magawidwe a sayansi
Plesiosauria > Elasmosauridae > Sauropterygia5
Zaka za miyala
zaka 84 mpaka 66 miliyoni (Campanian / Maastrichtian)5
Mapangidwe a miyala
Tahora, Mocuio, Conway5
Mayiko
New Zealand, Angola, Argentina5
Zolemba za mafosili
7 mu The Paleobiology Database5
Kupezeka
Tuarangisaurus was named in 1986 by Joan Wiffen and W. L. Moisley based on fossils found in the Mangahouanga Stream, North Island, New Zealand. The type species is Tuarangisaurus keyesi.51
Akukambiranabe
Scientists are still debating exactly how Tuarangisaurus is related to other elasmosaurids, and whether fossils from Argentina and Angola belong to the same species.52

Kumene mfundo zimachokera

  1. Late Cretaceous reptiles (Families Elasmosauridae and Pliosauridae) from the Mangahouanga Stream, North Island, New Zealand (tandfonline.com)
  2. PBDB Taxon (paleobiodb.org)
  3. Tuarangisaurus (Wikipedia) (Wikipedia)
  4. Tuarangisaurus Facts for Kids (kids.kiddle.co)
  5. Tuarangisaurus in The Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0): zaka, malo, mapangidwe a miyala, magawidwe a sayansi.

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