Hispaniasaurus

Il num vul dir: “lizard of Spain”1

Mangiava: CharnReptils da marTriassic mesaunTecnicamain betg in dinosaur

Hispaniasaurus was a strange marine reptile that lived in the shallow seas of Spain about 240 million years ago. It had a long, rectangular skull with no openings on top, and its teeth were big and strong.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 241 fin 237 milliuns onns3

Triassic mesaun

Fossils chattads en

Villora, Cuenca Province, Spain3 1

Spertadad maximala

var 23 km/h (14 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)

Hispaniasaurus var 23 km/h (14 mph)

In chaval che galoppescha var 65 km/h (40 mph)

In gepard var 100 km/h (62 mph)

chaussas cool

Fatgs divertents

Hispaniasaurus is known only from a partial skull, which is very small and rectangular in shape.2

The bones on top of its skull were highly vascularised, meaning they had lots of blood vessels. Scientists think this might have helped it feed in a special way.2

It lived during the Middle Triassic period, about 241 to 237 million years ago, in a shallow marine environment.3 2

The upper temporal openings on its skull might have been closed shut, which is unusual for reptiles.2

Hispaniasaurus belongs to a group called eosauropterygians, which includes nothosaurs and other ancient marine reptiles.3 2

Maletg da Hispaniasaurus fatg cun IA — In maletg fatg cun IA che mussa co Hispaniasaurus 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: Hispaniasaurus
Numnà da: Marquez-Aliaga et al. 20173
Gruppa: Reptils da mar
Famiglia / clada: Eosauropterygia3
Classificaziun: Sauropterygia3
Vegliadetgna da la crappa: 241 fin 237 milliuns onns (Ladinian)3
Formaziuns da crap: Cañete3
Pajais: Spagna3
Chats da fossils: 1 en The Paleobiology Database3
Scuverta: Hispaniasaurus was named in 2017 by Ana Marquez-Aliaga and her team. The only fossil found so far is a partial skull from the Cañete Formation in Spain.1 3
Anc discutà: Scientists are not sure whether the upper temporal openings on its skull were completely closed or located further back, because the fossil is incomplete.2

Danunder che vegnan ils fatgs

Hispaniasaurus (en.wikipedia.org)
An enigmatic marine reptile, Hispaniasaurus cranioelongatus (gen. et sp. nov.) with nothosauroid affinities from the Ladinian of the Iberian Range (Spain) (exa.ai)
Hispaniasaurus in The Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0): vegliadetgna, lieus, formaziuns da crap, classificaziun.

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