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Gronausaurus

Il num vul dir: “Gronau lizard”4

Mangiava: CharnPlesiosaursCretacic temprivTecnicamain betg in dinosaur

Gronausaurus was a long-necked marine reptile that swam in a huge freshwater lake in what is now Germany. It was not a dinosaur, but a plesiosaur that used its four flippers to paddle through the water. Scientists think it may actually be the same animal as another plesiosaur called Brancasaurus.1 4

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 139 fin 137 milliuns onns4

Cretacic tempriv

Fossils chattads en

Gronau, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany4 1

Lunghezza

fin 3,26 m (11 ft)1

Spertadad maximala

var 28 km/h (17 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 18 bananas ina suenter l'autrapudess nudar la lunghezza d'ina gronda piscina (50 m) en 6,4 secundas

Quant grond era Gronausaurus 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)

Gronausaurus var 28 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

Gronausaurus lived about 139 to 137 million years ago, during the Early Cretaceous period.4

Its fossils were found in a clay pit near the city of Gronau, Germany, in 1910. Workers dug them out with pickaxes and accidentally broke many bones.1

The only known skeleton is missing most of the skull bones, many neck vertebrae, and some limb bones.2

Gronausaurus had special cavities under the bones of its chest and back that helped stabilize its muscles when swimming.2

Many scientists now think Gronausaurus is actually the same species as Brancasaurus, just a fully grown adult.1

It lived in a large freshwater lake that sometimes became salty when the sea flooded in.1

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

?Was Gronausaurus a dinosaur?

No, Gronausaurus was not a dinosaur. It was a plesiosaur, a type of marine reptile that lived in water and used flippers to swim.1 3

?How big was Gronausaurus?

Gronausaurus was about 3.26 metres long as a subadult. That is roughly the length of a small car.3

?What did Gronausaurus eat?

Gronausaurus was a carnivore, meaning it ate meat. It likely caught fish and other small animals in its freshwater lake home.4

?Is Gronausaurus the same as Brancasaurus?

Many scientists now think Gronausaurus is actually the same species as Brancasaurus, just a fully grown adult. The two names might refer to the same animal.1 3

Chatschader da mitus

Mitus: Gronausaurus was a dinosaur.

Vardad: Gronausaurus was a plesiosaur, a marine reptile that is not a dinosaur. Plesiosaurs are a different group of reptiles that lived in the water.4

Per experts da dinos

Num scientific: Gronausaurus
Numnà da: Hampe 20134
Gruppa: Plesiosaurs
Famiglia / clada: Elasmosauridae4
Classificaziun: Plesiosauria > Elasmosauridae > Sauropterygia4
Vegliadetgna da la crappa: 139 fin 137 milliuns onns (Berriasian)4
Formaziuns da crap: Bückeberg4
Pajais: Germania4
Chats da fossils: 1 en The Paleobiology Database4
Scuverta: Gronausaurus was named by Oliver Hampe in 2013 based on a skeleton found in 1910 near Gronau, Germany. The skeleton was originally thought to belong to another plesiosaur, Brancasaurus.4 1
Anc discutà: Scientists are not sure if Gronausaurus is a separate species or just a grown-up Brancasaurus. The two are very similar, and the differences might be due to age.1

Danunder che vegnan ils fatgs

Brancasaurus (en.wikipedia.org)
Gronausaurus, new leptocleidid plesiosaur from Early Cretaceous of Germany.. (dml.reptilis.net)
Brancasaurus (Wikipedia) (Wikipedia)
Gronausaurus in The Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0): vegliadetgna, lieus, formaziuns da crap, classificaziun.

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