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Californosaurus

Il num vul dir: “California lizard”1

Mangiava: CharnIctiosaursTriassic tardivTecnicamain betg in dinosaur

Californosaurus was a medium-sized marine reptile that swam in the seas during the Triassic Period. It had a long snout, a tail that bent downward, and flippers with round, widely spaced finger bones. It probably gave birth in the water and never came onto land.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 237 fin 227 milliuns onns5

Triassic tardiv

Fossils chattads en

California, USA, and also the Muschelkalk of Germany1 2

Lunghezza

3 m (9,8 ft)1

Spertadad maximala

var 48 km/h (30 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 17 bananas ina suenter l'autrapudess nudar la lunghezza d'ina gronda piscina (50 m) en 3,8 secundas

Quant grond era Californosaurus 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)

Californosaurus var 48 km/h (30 mph)

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

In gepard var 100 km/h (62 mph)

chaussas cool

Fatgs divertents

Californosaurus was first described in 1902 as a species of Shastasaurus, but later got its own genus name in 1934.1

Its head was small compared to its body, similar to early ichthyosaurs like Mixosaurus and Cymbospondylus.1

The tail bent sharply downward and had a small vertical fluke, which helped it swim.1

It may have had a small dorsal fin on its back.1

The finger bones (phalanges) were circular and widely spaced, giving the flipper a round shape.1

It lived during the Carnian age of the Late Triassic, about 237 to 227 million years ago.2

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

?How big was Californosaurus?

About 3 metres (9.8 feet) long.1 3

?What did Californosaurus eat?

It ate fish and other small marine creatures.1 4

?Was Californosaurus a dinosaur?

No, it was an ichthyosaur, an extinct marine reptile, not a dinosaur.1 4

Per experts da dinos

Num scientific: Californosaurus
Numnà da: Kuhn 19345
Gruppa: Ictiosaurs
Famiglia / clada: Californosauridae5
Classificaziun: Ichthyosauria > Ichthyosauromorpha5
Vegliadetgna da la crappa: 237 fin 227 milliuns onns (Carnian)5
Formaziuns da crap: Hosselkus, Hosselkus Limestone5
Pajais: USA5
Chats da fossils: 2 en The Paleobiology Database5
Era enconuschent sco: Delphinosaurus (nums pli vegls che valan ussa sco il medem animal)5
Scuverta: John Campbell Merriam named it in 1902 as Shastasaurus perrini, honoring Professor James Perrin Smith who found the fossil. In 1934, Oscar Kuhn gave it the new genus name Californosaurus.1
Anc discutà: Scientists are not sure if it had a dorsal fin, but it may have had a small one.1

Danunder che vegnan ils fatgs

Californosaurus (en.wikipedia.org)
PBDB Taxon (paleobiodb.org)
PaleoCodex :: Californosaurus (paleocodex.com)
simple.wikipedia.org (simple.wikipedia.org)
Californosaurus in The Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0): vegliadetgna, lieus, formaziuns da crap, classificaziun.

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