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Discosaurus

Il num vul dir: “disc lizard”1

Mangiava: CharnPlesiosaursCretacic tardivTecnicamain betg in dinosaur

Discosaurus was a big, long-necked marine reptile that swam in the warm seas of Alabama and Mississippi about 85 million years ago. It was a plesiosaur, not a dinosaur, and it used its four flippers to paddle through the water like a sea monster.1 2

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 86 fin 84 milliuns onns4

Cretacic tardiv

Fossils chattads en

Alabama and Mississippi, USA1 2

Spertadad maximala

var 27 km/h (17 mph)

Nudar, stima

Cura viveva el?

Triassic

Giurassic

Cretacic

avant 252 milliuns onns20114566, l'asteroid

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)

Discosaurus var 27 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

Discosaurus was first named in 1851 by the famous paleontologist Joseph Leidy, based on a single vertebra found in Alabama.1 3

The name Discosaurus means 'disc lizard', because its vertebrae look like flat discs.1

Only one species of Discosaurus is known, called Discosaurus vetustus.1

Discosaurus lived during the Santonian stage of the Late Cretaceous, about 85.7 to 83.6 million years ago.2

The holotype of Discosaurus consists of eleven vertebrae, which were discovered by Joseph Jones in Alabama and Mississippi.1

Some scientists think Discosaurus might actually be the same animal as Elasmosaurus or Cimoliasaurus, but others disagree.1

Discosaurus was a plesiosaur, a group of marine reptiles that had long necks and four flippers.1

Maletg da Discosaurus fatg cun IA — In maletg fatg cun IA che mussa co Discosaurus 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.

Per experts da dinos

Num scientific: Discosaurus
Numnà da: Leidy 18514
Gruppa: Plesiosaurs
Famiglia / clada: Pliosauridae4
Classificaziun: Plesiosauria > Pliosauridae > Sauropterygia4
Vegliadetgna da la crappa: 86 fin 84 milliuns onns (Santonian)4
Formaziuns da crap: Eutaw4
Pajais: USA4
Chats da fossils: 1 en The Paleobiology Database4
Scuverta: Discosaurus was named and described by Joseph Leidy in 1851, based on a single vertebra found by Joseph Jones in Alabama.1 3
Anc discutà: Scientists are not sure if Discosaurus is a valid genus or if it should be considered the same as Elasmosaurus or Cimoliasaurus.1

Danunder che vegnan ils fatgs

Discosaurus (en.wikipedia.org)
PBDB Taxon (paleobiodb.org)
Cimoliasaurus (oceansofkansas.com)
Discosaurus in The Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0): vegliadetgna, lieus, formaziuns da crap, classificaziun.

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