Glyphoderma

Il num vul dir: “sculptured skin”1

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Glyphoderma was a strange, armored reptile that swam in the seas of China during the Middle Triassic. It had a hard shell made of hundreds of bony plates, like a turtle, but it was actually a placodont, a cousin of the long-necked plesiosaurs.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 237 milliuns onns3

Triassic mesaun

Fossils chattads en

Fuyuan, Yunnan Province, China3 1

Lunghezza

0,873 m (2,9 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?

uschè lung sco 1,5 giats da chasa dal nas a la cuauschè lung sco 5 bananas ina suenter l'autrapudess nudar la lunghezza d'ina gronda piscina (50 m) en 36 secundas

Quant grond era Glyphoderma 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)

Glyphoderma 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)

chaussas cool

Fatgs divertents

Glyphoderma's shell was made of more than 400 separate bony plates, called osteoderms, that fit together like a puzzle.1

It had three large, cone-shaped bumps fused to the back of its skull, which no other placodont had.1 2

Glyphoderma is the only known placodont from the Ladinian age of the Middle Triassic in its family, Placochelyidae.2

Its name means 'sculptured skin' because of the deep grooves and ridges on its shell plates.1

The first fossil of Glyphoderma was found in a thick block of limestone, so scientists cannot see its belly very well.1

Glyphoderma had a very strong skull because most of its skull bones were fused together.1

Maletg da Glyphoderma fatg cun IA — In maletg fatg cun IA che mussa co Glyphoderma 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: Glyphoderma
Numnà da: Zhao et al. 20083
Gruppa: Reptils da mar
Famiglia / clada: Placochelyidae3
Classificaziun: Placodontia > Sauropterygia3
Vegliadetgna da la crappa: 241 fin 237 milliuns onns (Ladinian)3
Formaziuns da crap: Falang3
Pajais: China3
Chats da fossils: 1 en The Paleobiology Database3
Scuverta: Glyphoderma was named in 2008 by Zhao Lijun and colleagues based on a nearly complete skeleton found in Fuyuan, Yunnan, China. The species name G. kangi honors Mr. Kang Ximin.3 1
Anc discutà: Scientists are still debating exactly how Glyphoderma swam and moved, because its flattened body and heavy shell were very different from other marine reptiles.1

Danunder che vegnan ils fatgs

Glyphoderma (en.wikipedia.org)
A NEW ARMORED PLACODONT FROM THE MIDDLE TRIASSIC OF YUNNAN PROVINCE, SOUTHWESTERN CHINA (vertpala.ac.cn)
Glyphoderma in The Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0): vegliadetgna, lieus, formaziuns da crap, classificaziun.

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