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Carsosaurus

Il num vul dir: “Karst lizard”1

Mangiava: CharnMosasaursCretacic tardivTecnicamain betg in dinosaur

Carsosaurus was an ancient marine lizard that lived in the warm seas of what is now Slovenia. It had a long tail and could swim, but it also spent time on land. This reptile was an early relative of the huge mosasaurs that ruled the oceans later.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 100 fin 94 milliuns onns4

Cretacic tardiv

Fossils chattads en

Komen, Slovenia1 4

Lunghezza

1 fin 1,4 m (3,3 fin 4,6 ft)1

Spertadad maximala

var 17 km/h (11 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 giats da chasa dal nas a la cuauschè lung sco 8 bananas ina suenter l'autrapudess nudar la lunghezza d'ina gronda piscina (50 m) en 11 secundas

Quant grond era Carsosaurus 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)

Carsosaurus var 17 km/h (11 mph)

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

In gepard var 100 km/h (62 mph)

chaussas cool

Fatgs divertents

Carsosaurus is known from only one fossil, which is missing its skull and most of its tail.1

The fossil includes skin impressions that show rhombus-shaped scales with thickened edges.1

Scientists think Carsosaurus gave birth to live young, not eggs, because the fossil may contain embryos inside the mother.1

The preserved part of the skeleton is about 97.5 centimetres (3 feet 2 inches) long, but the whole animal may have been 1.3 to 1.4 metres (4.3 to 4.6 feet) long.1

Carsosaurus lived during the Late Cretaceous, about 100 to 94 million years ago.1 4

Its long tail may have been used as a rudder for swimming, for defense, or for grasping.1

Carsosaurus is part of the mosasaur superfamily, but it was more land-dwelling than its fully aquatic later relatives.1

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

?Was Carsosaurus a dinosaur?

No, Carsosaurus was not a dinosaur. It was a marine lizard in the mosasaur superfamily, more closely related to modern monitor lizards.1

?How big was Carsosaurus?

The preserved part of the skeleton is about 97.5 centimetres (38.4 inches) long, but the whole animal may have been 1.3 to 1.4 metres (4.3 to 4.6 feet) long.1

?Did Carsosaurus give birth to live young?

Yes, scientists think Carsosaurus gave birth to live young. The fossil may contain embryos inside the mother, and they would have been born tail-first to avoid drowning.1 3

Chatschader da mitus

Mitus: Carsosaurus was a dinosaur.

Vardad: Carsosaurus was a marine lizard, not a dinosaur. It belongs to the mosasaur group, which are reptiles but not dinosaurs.1

Per experts da dinos

Num scientific: Carsosaurus
Numnà da: Kornhuber 18934
Gruppa: Mosasaurs
Famiglia / clada: Aigialosauridae4
Classificaziun: Mosasauroidea4
Vegliadetgna da la crappa: 100 fin 94 milliuns onns (Cenomanian)4
Pajais: Slovenia4
Chats da fossils: 1 en The Paleobiology Database4
Scuverta: Carsosaurus was named by Austrian paleontologist Andreas Kornhuber in 1893. He described a single fossil from the Karst Plateau near Komen, Slovenia, which was kept at the Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Trieste.1 2
Anc discutà: Scientists are not sure if Carsosaurus is really a separate genus or if it should be called Aigialosaurus, because the skull is missing.1

Danunder che vegnan ils fatgs

Carsosaurus (en.wikipedia.org)
Dr. A. Kornhuber. (naturalhistory.si.edu)
Live birth in Cretaceous marine lizards (mosasauroids) (royalsocietypublishing.org)
Carsosaurus in The Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0): vegliadetgna, lieus, formaziuns da crap, classificaziun.

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