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Brancasaurus

Il num vul dir: “Branca's lizard”1

Mangiava: CharnPlesiosaursCretacic temprivTecnicamain betg in dinosaur

Brancasaurus was a plesiosaur, a long-necked marine reptile that lived in a freshwater lake. It had a small head and a long tail, and swam with four flippers like paddles.1

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 139 fin 137 milliuns onns5

Cretacic tempriv

Fossils chattads en

North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany1 5

Lunghezza

3,26 m (11 ft)1

Spertadad maximala

var 28 km/h (17 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 3 chauns dal nas a la cuauschè lung sco 18 bananas ina suenter l'autrapudess nudar la lunghezza d'ina gronda piscina (50 m) en 6,4 secundas

Quant grond era Brancasaurus 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)

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

Brancasaurus var 28 km/h (17 mph)

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

In gepard var 100 km/h (62 mph)

chaussas cool

Fatgs divertents

Brancasaurus lived in a huge freshwater lake, not the ocean. The lake was sometimes connected to the sea.1

Its neck bones had tall, shark-fin-shaped spines on top, which is unusual for plesiosaurs.1

The first fossil was found by workers digging clay with pickaxes in 1910. They accidentally broke the hip bone into 176 pieces.1

Brancasaurus was about 3.26 metres (10.7 feet) long as a subadult. Adults may have been a bit bigger.1

Another plesiosaur named Gronausaurus wegneri is now thought to be the same as Brancasaurus, just a different growth stage.1 2

Brancasaurus shared its lake with sharks, crocodiles, turtles, and many kinds of fish.1

Maletg da Brancasaurus fatg cun IA — In maletg fatg cun IA che mussa co Brancasaurus 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 Brancasaurus

?Was Brancasaurus a dinosaur?

No, Brancasaurus was a plesiosaur, a type of marine reptile that lived in the time of the dinosaurs, but it was not a dinosaur itself.1 3

?How big was Brancasaurus?

The most complete fossil, a subadult, was about 3.26 metres (10.7 feet) long. Adults may have been a bit bigger.1 4 3

?What did Brancasaurus eat?

Brancasaurus likely hunted fish near the surface of the water, such as Caturus, Lepidotes, and Callopterus.1 3

?Where did Brancasaurus live?

Brancasaurus lived in a large freshwater lake in what is now Germany, during the Early Cretaceous period. The lake was sometimes connected to the sea.1 4 3

Per experts da dinos

Num scientific: Brancasaurus
Numnà da: Wegner 19145
Gruppa: Plesiosaurs
Famiglia / clada: Leptocleididae5
Classificaziun: Plesiosauria > Sauropterygia5
Vegliadetgna da la crappa: 139 fin 137 milliuns onns (Berriasian)5
Formaziuns da crap: Bückeberg5
Pajais: Germania5
Chats da fossils: 1 en The Paleobiology Database5
Scuverta: Brancasaurus was named by Theodor Wegner in 1914. He named it after the paleontologist Wilhelm von Branca. The first skeleton was found in a clay pit near Gronau, Germany in 1910.1
Anc discutà: Scientists are not sure whether Brancasaurus belongs to the elasmosaurid family or the leptocleidid family. Different studies give different answers.1 2

Danunder che vegnan ils fatgs

Brancasaurus (en.wikipedia.org)
Reappraisal of Europe's most complete Early Cretaceous plesiosaurian: Brancasaurus brancai Wegner, 1914 from the "Wealden facies" of Germany (pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov)
Brancasaurus Facts for Kids (kids.kiddle.co)
Reappraisal of Europe’s most complete Early Cretaceous plesiosaurian: Brancasaurus brancai Wegner, 1914 from the “Wealden facies” of Germany [PeerJ] (peerj.com)
Brancasaurus in The Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0): vegliadetgna, lieus, formaziuns da crap, classificaziun.

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