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Umoonasaurus

Dzina limatanthauza: “lizard of the Coober Pedy area, named after the local Antakirinja word 'Umoona'”1
Ankadya: NyamaMaplesiosauriKumayambiriro kwa KretaseKwenikweni si dainoso

Umoonasaurus was a small, crested marine reptile that swam in cold seas near Antarctica about 115 million years ago. It had three bony crests on its head, like a tiny underwater dinosaur, but it was actually a plesiosaur, not a dinosaur. Its fossils are famous because they are preserved in beautiful blue opal.12

Mfundo yosangalatsa: chokwawa cha m'nyanja ichi chinkasambira pamene madainoso ankayenda pamtunda. Aliyense amazitcha madino, koma zinali nthambi ina ya zokwawa.
Ankakhala
zaka 121 mpaka 100 miliyoni zapitazo5
Kumayambiriro kwa Kretase
Mafosili apezeka ku
South Australia, in opal mines near Coober Pedy, Andamooka, and other areas1
Utali
2.5 m (8.2 ft)12
Liwiro lalikulu kwambiri
pafupifupi 26 km/h (16 mph)
Kusambira, kuyerekeza

Ankakhala liti?

Triasiki
Jurasiki
Kretase
Zaka 252 miliyoni zapitazo20114566, asteroidi

Anali wamkulu bwanji?

Anali wautali bwanji?

Umoonasaurus utali wa pafupifupi 2.5 m (8.2 ft)Galu pafupifupi 1 m (3.3 ft)Njinga ya munthu wamkulu pafupifupi 1.8 m (5.9 ft)Galimoto pafupifupi 4.5 m (15 ft)
wautali ngati agalu 2.5 otsatizana mphuno ndi mchirawautali ngati nthochi 14 zotsatizanaakanatha kusambira utali wa dziwe lalikulu losambira (50 m) m'masekondi 6.9

Umoonasaurus 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

Umoonasaurus is known from several partial skeletons, and one of them is the most complete opalized vertebrate fossil ever found.1

2

It had three thin, blade-like crests on its skull: one along the top of its snout and a pair above its eyes. These crests may have been used for display, like a peacock's tail.1

3

Umoonasaurus lived in a cold, high-latitude inland sea near the South Pole, where water temperatures were near freezing.12

4

It was a small plesiosaur, only about 2.5 metres (8 feet) long as an adult. A juvenile specimen was less than 1 metre long.1

5

Umoonasaurus is the most primitive and also the last surviving member of its group, the rhomaleosaurids. It lived about 115 million years ago.12

6

Its tail ended in a 'pygostyle-like' structure made of fused vertebrae, similar to the tail tip of some modern birds.1

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

?What did Umoonasaurus eat?

Umoonasaurus ate small fish. Preserved gut contents show it ate small teleost fish.1

?Why did Umoonasaurus have crests?

Scientists think the three crests on its skull were used for display, like a peacock's tail, to help recognise each other or attract mates. They were too fragile for fighting.1

?Was Umoonasaurus a dinosaur?

No, Umoonasaurus was a plesiosaur, a type of marine reptile with four flippers. It was not a dinosaur.341

Kwa akatswiri a madino

Dzina la sayansi
Umoonasaurus
Anapatsidwa dzina ndi
Kear et al. 20065
Gulu
Maplesiosauri
Banja / kladi
Leptocleididae5
Magawidwe a sayansi
Plesiosauria > Sauropterygia5
Zaka za miyala
zaka 121 mpaka 100 miliyoni (Aptian / Albian)5
Mapangidwe a miyala
Bulldog Shale5
Mayiko
Australia5
Zolemba za mafosili
4 mu The Paleobiology Database5
Kupezeka
Umoonasaurus was named in 2006 by Benjamin Kear and colleagues. The holotype skeleton, nicknamed 'Eric', was bought by public donations and is preserved in opal from the Zorba Extension Opal Field near Coober Pedy, Australia.1
Akukambiranabe
Scientists are not sure what the three crests on its head were used for. They were too fragile for fighting, so they might have been for display or recognizing other Umoonasaurus.1

Kumene mfundo zimachokera

  1. An archaic crested plesiosaur in opal from the Lower Cretaceous high-latitude deposits of Australia (pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov)
  2. An archaic crested plesiosaur in opal from the Lower Cretaceous high-latitude deposits of Australia (royalsocietypublishing.org)
  3. Umoonasaurus (en.wikipedia.org)
  4. Umoonasaurus demoscyllus - The Australian Museum (australian.museum)
  5. Umoonasaurus in The Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0): zaka, malo, mapangidwe a miyala, magawidwe a sayansi.

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