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Hauffiosaurus

Il num vul dir: “Hauff's lizard, after the Hauff family who ran the museum where the fossil is kept”1
Mangiava: CharnPlesiosaursGiurassic temprivTecnicamain betg in dinosaur

Hauffiosaurus was a medium-sized plesiosaur that swam in the warm, shallow seas of the Early Jurassic. It had a very long, thin snout and slender teeth, perfect for catching slippery fish. Its fossils have been found in Germany and England.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 184 fin 175 milliuns onns3
Giurassic tempriv
Fossils chattads en
Holzmaden, Germany, and Yorkshire, England12
Lunghezza
3,4 fin 4,83 m (11 fin 16 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?

Hauffiosaurus var 4,83 m lung (16 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 5 chauns dal nas a la cuauschè lung sco 27 bananas ina suenter l'autrapudess nudar la lunghezza d'ina gronda piscina (50 m) en 6,4 secundas

Quant grond era Hauffiosaurus cumpareglià cun TAI?

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Quant spert era el?

chaussas cool

Fatgs divertents

1

Hauffiosaurus zanoni is known from a nearly complete skeleton that was discovered in the early 1800s, but it was not properly described until 2001.1

2

The name Hauffiosaurus honors the Hauff family, who run the Urwelt-Museum Hauff in Holzmaden, Germany, where the type specimen is displayed.1

3

This plesiosaur had a very long, thin snout, a shape that scientists think is a sign it ate mostly fish.1

4

Its teeth were slender and had fine ridges running lengthwise, which helped it grip slippery fish.1

5

Three species are known: H. zanoni, H. tomistomimus, and H. longirostris. The last two were named in 2011.1

6

The largest species, H. tomistomimus and H. longirostris, grew to about 4.83 metres (15.8 feet) long.1

Fatg cun IAMaletg da Hauffiosaurus fatg cun IA
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Las dumondas las pli frequentas davart Hauffiosaurus

?How big was Hauffiosaurus?

It depended on the species. Hauffiosaurus zanoni measured about 3.4 metres (11.2 ft) long, while H. tomistomimus and H. longirostris grew to about 4.83 metres (15.8 ft) long.1

?What did Hauffiosaurus eat?

It ate fish. Its long, thin snout and slender teeth with fine ridges were perfect for catching and gripping slippery fish.1

?Is Hauffiosaurus a dinosaur?

No, it is not a dinosaur. Hauffiosaurus was a plesiosaur, a type of marine reptile that lived in the sea during the time of dinosaurs.1

?When did Hauffiosaurus live?

It lived during the Early Jurassic Period, about 183 to 180 million years ago.1

Per experts da dinos

Num scientific
Hauffiosaurus
Numnà da
O'Keefe 20013
Gruppa
Plesiosaurs
Famiglia / clada
Pliosauridae3
Classificaziun
Plesiosauria > Pliosauridae > Sauropterygia3
Vegliadetgna da la crappa
184 fin 175 milliuns onns (Toarcian)3
Formaziuns da crap
Whitby Mudstone, Alum Shale, Posidonia Shale3
Pajais
Reginavel Unì, Germania3
Chats da fossils
4 en The Paleobiology Database3
Scuverta
The first specimen of Hauffiosaurus was found in the early 1800s in Holzmaden, Germany, but it was not recognized as a new genus until Frank Robin O'Keefe named it in 2001. The type species is H. zanoni, named after Robert Thomas Zanon, who first realized it was something special.1
Anc discutà
Scientists are not sure exactly where Hauffiosaurus fits in the plesiosaur family tree. Some think it is a pliosauroid, but its exact position is still debated.1

Danunder che vegnan ils fatgs

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

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