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Eonatator

Il num vul dir: “dawn swimmer”1
Mangiava: CharnMosasaursCretacic tardivTecnicamain betg in dinosaur

Eonatator was a small, speedy marine lizard that swam in warm Cretaceous seas. It was an early relative of the giant mosasaurs, but much smaller and more agile.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 86 fin 72 milliuns onns3
Cretacic tardiv
Fossils chattads en
Kansas and Alabama, USA; southern Sweden; and Coello, Colombia1
Lunghezza
2,6 m (8,5 ft)1
Spertadad maximala
var 30 km/h (19 mph)
Nudar, stima

Cura viveva el?

Triassic
Giurassic
Cretacic
avant 252 milliuns onns20114566, l'asteroid

Quant grond era el?

Quant lung era el?

Eonatator var 2,6 m lung (8,5 ft)In velo da creschids var 1,8 m (5,9 ft)In auto var 4,5 m (15 ft)In elefant, il pli grond animal da terra dad oz var 6,5 m (21 ft)
uschè lung sco 2,5 chauns dal nas a la cuauschè lung sco 14 bananas ina suenter l'autrapudess nudar la lunghezza d'ina gronda piscina (50 m) en 6 secundas

Quant grond era Eonatator cumpareglià cun TAI?

Mo matematica en tes navigatur. Nagut na vegn arcunà u tramess.

Quant spert era el?

chaussas cool

Fatgs divertents

1

Eonatator's tail made up about 40% of its head and body length, helping it swim fast.1

2

The first Eonatator fossil was found in the Niobrara Chalk of Kansas in 1918 by Charles Hazelius Sternberg and his son Levi.1

3

Eonatator was originally thought to be a species of Clidastes or Halisaurus, but scientists gave it its own genus in 2005.1

4

A second species, Eonatator coellensis, was discovered in Colombia and named after the town of Coello.1

5

Eonatator had a smooth, triangular bone on top of its skull with a round hole called the parietal foramen.1

6

Like many mosasaurs, Eonatator gave birth to live young instead of laying eggs.2

Fatg cun IAMaletg da Eonatator fatg cun IA
In maletg fatg cun IA che mussa co Eonatator 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 Eonatator

?How big was Eonatator?

Eonatator was a small mosasaur. The type specimen of Eonatator sternbergii was about 2.6 metres (8.5 ft) long, and a specimen of Eonatator coellensis measured 2.8 metres (9.2 ft) long as preserved, missing part of its tail.1

?What did Eonatator eat?

The sources do not say exactly what Eonatator ate. As a small marine lizard and a mosasaur, it likely ate fish and other small sea creatures, but no specific diet is given.1

?Where was Eonatator found?

Eonatator fossils have been found in North America (Kansas and Alabama), Colombia, and Sweden. The first fossil was discovered in the Niobrara Chalk of Kansas in 1918.1

?Is Eonatator a dinosaur?

No, Eonatator is not a dinosaur. It is a marine lizard belonging to the mosasaur family.1

Per experts da dinos

Num scientific
Eonatator
Numnà da
Bardet et al. 20053
Gruppa
Mosasaurs
Famiglia / clada
Mosasauridae3
Classificaziun
Mosasauroidea3
Vegliadetgna da la crappa
86 fin 72 milliuns onns (Santonian / Campanian)3
Formaziuns da crap
Niobrara, Nivel de Lutitas y Arenas3
Pajais
Svezia, USA, Columbia3
Chats da fossils
9 en The Paleobiology Database3
Scuverta
The first Eonatator fossil, a nearly complete skeleton, was found in Kansas in 1918 by Charles Hazelius Sternberg and his son Levi. It was named Eonatator sternbergii by Nathalie Bardet and colleagues in 2005.1
Anc discutà
Some scientists think Eonatator might actually belong to the genus Halisaurus, but most now accept it as a separate genus.1

Danunder che vegnan ils fatgs

  1. Eonatator (en.wikipedia.org)
  2. PBDB Taxon (paleobiodb.org)
  3. Eonatator in The Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0): vegliadetgna, lieus, formaziuns da crap, classificaziun.

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Era dal medem temp: Cretacic tardiv

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