Brevicaudosaurus

Il num vul dir: “short-tailed lizard”1

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Brevicaudosaurus was a small marine reptile that lived in the sea during the Triassic Period. It had a very short, flat tail and a broad, flat body, so it probably swam slowly and hunted near the seafloor.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 241 fin 227 milliuns onns3

Triassic mesaun fin Triassic tardiv

Fossils chattads en

Fuyuan, Yunnan Province, China1 3

Lunghezza

0,588 m (1,9 ft)1

Spertadad maximala

var 5 km/h (3 mph)

Nudar, stima

Cura viveva el?

Triassic

Giurassic

Cretacic

avant 252 milliuns onns20114566, l'asteroid

Quant grond era el?

Quant lung era el?

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Quant grond era Brevicaudosaurus cumpareglià cun TAI?

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Quant spert era el?

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

Brevicaudosaurus var 5 km/h (3 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)

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Fatgs divertents

Brevicaudosaurus means 'short-tailed lizard' because its tail was unusually short and flattened compared to other marine reptiles like it.1

A baby Brevicaudosaurus was only about one-third the length of an adult, and its teeth were small and smooth instead of fang-like.1 2

Adult Brevicaudosaurus had fang-shaped teeth in the front of the upper jaw, which helped them grab big prey.1 2

Scientists think Brevicaudosaurus lived on the seafloor and ate animals that lived there, because its flat body and short tail made it a slow swimmer.1

The first Brevicaudosaurus fossil was described in 2020, and a baby skeleton was found later in 2025.1 2

Brevicaudosaurus lived about 240 million years ago, during the Middle Triassic, in the ocean that covered what is now southern China.1 3

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Per experts da dinos

Num scientific: Brevicaudosaurus
Numnà da: Shang et al. 20203
Gruppa: Reptils da mar
Famiglia / clada: Nothosauridae3
Classificaziun: Sauropterygia3
Vegliadetgna da la crappa: 241 fin 227 milliuns onns (Ladinian / Carnian)3
Pajais: China3
Chats da fossils: 2 en The Paleobiology Database3
Scuverta: Brevicaudosaurus was named in 2020 by scientists Shang, Wu, and Li based on a fossil found in Fuyuan, Yunnan Province, China.1 3
Anc discutà: Scientists are not sure exactly where Brevicaudosaurus fits on the family tree of marine reptiles. Some studies place it close to nothosaurs, while others put it outside that group.1

Danunder che vegnan ils fatgs

Brevicaudosaurus (en.wikipedia.org)
Open Research Online (oro.open.ac.uk)
Brevicaudosaurus in The Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0): vegliadetgna, lieus, formaziuns da crap, classificaziun.

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