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Zarafasaura

Dzina limatanthauza: “giraffe lizard of the sea”1
Ankadya: NyamaMaplesiosauriKumapeto kwa KretaseKwenikweni si dainoso

Zarafasaura was a plesiosaur, a marine reptile that swam in the warm seas of the Late Cretaceous. It was a small elasmosaur, about as long as a car, and it used its long neck to snap up fish and squid.1

Mfundo yosangalatsa: chokwawa cha m'nyanja ichi chinkasambira pamene madainoso ankayenda pamtunda. Aliyense amazitcha madino, koma zinali nthambi ina ya zokwawa.
Ankakhala
zaka 72 mpaka 66 miliyoni zapitazo3
Kumapeto kwa Kretase
Mafosili apezeka ku
Ouled Abdoun Basin, Morocco1
Utali
3 mpaka 4 m (9.8 mpaka 13 ft)1
Kulemera
90 kg mpaka 110 kg (198 mpaka 243 lb)1
Liwiro lalikulu kwambiri
pafupifupi 27 km/h (17 mph)
Kusambira, kuyerekeza

Ankakhala liti?

Triasiki
Jurasiki
Kretase
Zaka 252 miliyoni zapitazo20114566, asteroidi

Anali wamkulu bwanji?

Anali wautali bwanji?

Zarafasaura utali wa pafupifupi 4 m (13 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)

Ankalemera bwanji?

wolemera ngati agalu 6
wautali ngati agalu 4 otsatizana mphuno ndi mchirawautali ngati nthochi 22 zotsatizanawolemera ngati mavwende 22wolemera ngati ana a sukulu ya mkaka 6wolemera ngati ana a sukulu 3akanatha kusambira utali wa dziwe lalikulu losambira (50 m) m'masekondi 6.7

Zarafasaura 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

Zarafasaura means 'giraffe lizard' in Arabic, because local people thought the long-necked fossils looked like giraffes.1

2

It was a small plesiosaur, only about 3 to 4 metres long, much smaller than its giant cousins like Elasmosaurus.1

3

The first fossil of Zarafasaura was just a skull and jaw, found in phosphate mines in Morocco.1

4

In 2013, a more complete skeleton was discovered, showing its flippers and backbone for the first time.1

5

Zarafasaura lived about 72 to 66 million years ago, right at the end of the Age of Dinosaurs.2

6

A specimen of Zarafasaura was almost sold at auction in Paris for โ‚ฌ450,000, but the sale was stopped and it was sent back to Morocco.1

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

?Was Zarafasaura a dinosaur?

No, Zarafasaura was a plesiosaur, a marine reptile that lived in the sea, not a dinosaur.1

?How big was Zarafasaura?

About 3 to 4 metres long and weighed roughly 100 kilograms, about the size of a large dog.1

?What did Zarafasaura eat?

It likely ate fish and squid, using its long neck to snap them up in the warm Cretaceous seas.1

?Where was Zarafasaura found?

Its fossils were discovered in phosphate mines in the Ouled Abdoun Basin of Morocco, North Africa.1

Kwa akatswiri a madino

Dzina la sayansi
Zarafasaura
Anapatsidwa dzina ndi
Vincent et al. 20113
Gulu
Maplesiosauri
Banja / kladi
Elasmosauridae3
Magawidwe a sayansi
Plesiosauria > Elasmosauridae > Sauropterygia3
Zaka za miyala
zaka 72 mpaka 66 miliyoni (Maastrichtian)3
Mapangidwe a miyala
Couche III3
Mayiko
Moroko3
Zolemba za mafosili
1 mu The Paleobiology Database3
Kupezeka
Zarafasaura was named in 2011 by a team of scientists led by Peggy Vincent. The first fossil, a skull and jaw, was found in the phosphate mines of the Ouled Abdoun Basin in Morocco.1
Akukambiranabe
Scientists are still debating exactly how Zarafasaura is related to other plesiosaurs, and whether it had any special features in its flippers or body.1

Kumene mfundo zimachokera

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

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