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Aigialosaurus

Il num vul dir: “goat lizard”1

Mangiava: CharnMosasaursCretacic tardivTecnicamain betg in dinosaur

Aigialosaurus was an early marine lizard that lived about 100 million years ago. It was small, only about as long as a cat, and it is one of the oldest known relatives of the giant mosasaurs. This little reptile swam in warm seas near what is now Croatia.1 3

Fatg divertent: quest reptil da mar nudava, entant ch'ils dinosaurs chaminavan sin terra. Tuts als numnan dinos, ma els eran in'autra rama dals reptils.

Viveva

avant 100 fin 94 milliuns onns3

Cretacic tardiv

Fossils chattads en

Hvar Island, Croatia1 3

Lunghezza

0,65 m (2,1 ft)1

Spertadad maximala

var 7 km/h (4 mph)

Nudar, stima

Cura viveva el?

Triassic

Giurassic

Cretacic

avant 252 milliuns onns20114566, l'asteroid

Quant grond era el?

Quant lung era el?

uschè lung sco 4 bananas ina suenter l'autrapudess nudar la lunghezza d'ina gronda piscina (50 m) en 26 secundas

Quant grond era Aigialosaurus cumpareglià cun TAI?

Mo matematica en tes navigatur. Nagut na vegn arcunà u tramess.

Quant spert era el?

Ina persuna che va a pe var 5 km/h (3 mph)

Aigialosaurus var 7 km/h (4 mph)

In uffant sin il velo var 12 km/h (7 mph)

In chaval che galoppescha var 65 km/h (40 mph)

In gepard var 100 km/h (62 mph)

chaussas cool

Fatgs divertents

Aigialosaurus is the oldest known member of the group that led to giant mosasaurs, which were top predators in the Late Cretaceous seas.1

The only complete skeleton of Aigialosaurus dalmaticus is 65 cm (2.13 ft) long, making it much smaller than its later relatives.1

Its hip bone had a unique shape: a long ilium with well-developed front and back processes, which helped scientists understand how mosasaur hips evolved.2

Aigialosaurus lived during the Cenomanian age, about 99.7 to 94.3 million years ago, in a warm, shallow sea.1 3

The type specimen was found between Starigrad and Vrboska on Hvar Island, Croatia, in marine limestone.3

Some scientists once thought another fossil, Opetiosaurus, was a second species of Aigialosaurus, but recent studies disagree.1

Maletg da Aigialosaurus fatg cun IA — In maletg fatg cun IA che mussa co Aigialosaurus pudess avair guardà ora, fatg d'in computer tenor quai che la scienza sa. I sa tracta d'ina supposiziun: l'animal vair ha forsa guardà ora auter, e sias colurs vairas èn nunenconuschentas.

tias dumondas

Las dumondas las pli frequentas davart Aigialosaurus

?Was Aigialosaurus a dinosaur?

No, it was a marine lizard, not a dinosaur. It belonged to a group called mosasauroids that are more closely related to snakes.1

?How big was Aigialosaurus?

It was small, about 65 cm long, which is roughly the size of a cat.1

?What did Aigialosaurus eat?

Scientists are not sure, but because it was a small marine lizard living in warm seas, it probably ate small fish and other tiny sea creatures.1

?When did Aigialosaurus live?

It lived during the Cenomanian age of the Late Cretaceous, about 99.7 to 94.3 million years ago.1

Per experts da dinos

Num scientific: Aigialosaurus
Numnà da: Kramberger 18923
Gruppa: Mosasaurs
Famiglia / clada: Aigialosauridae3
Classificaziun: Mosasauroidea3
Vegliadetgna da la crappa: 100 fin 94 milliuns onns (Cenomanian)3
Formaziuns da crap: Starigrad Limestone3
Pajais: Croazia3
Chats da fossils: 3 en The Paleobiology Database3
Era enconuschent sco: Aigialosaurus (nums pli vegls che valan ussa sco il medem animal)3
Scuverta: Aigialosaurus was named by Croatian paleontologist Kramberger in 1892, based on a nearly complete skeleton found on Hvar Island, Croatia.1 3
Anc discutà: Scientists are still debating whether Aigialosaurus was fully marine or lived partly on land, because its skeleton shows features of both lifestyles.1

Danunder che vegnan ils fatgs

Aigialosaurus (en.wikipedia.org)
Redescription of Aigialosaurus dalmaticus Kramberger, 1892, a Cenomanian mosasauroid lizard from Hvar Island, Croatia (cdnsciencepub.com)
Aigialosaurus in The Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0): vegliadetgna, lieus, formaziuns da crap, classificaziun.

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