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Latoplatecarpus

Il num vul dir: “wide flat wrist”1

Mangiava: CharnMosasaursCretacic tardivTecnicamain betg in dinosaur

Latoplatecarpus was a huge marine lizard that swam in the seas during the time of the dinosaurs. It was not a dinosaur, but a fierce predator with a long body and powerful jaws. It could grow over 8 metres long, as long as a school bus!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 84 fin 72 milliuns onns4

Cretacic tardiv

Fossils chattads en

Fossils have been found in Manitoba, Canada, and also in the northern Gulf of Mexico and Russia.1 4

Lunghezza

fin 8 m (26 ft)1

Spertadad maximala

var 36 km/h (22 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 8 chauns dal nas a la cuauschè lung sco 44 bananas ina suenter l'autrapudess nudar la lunghezza d'ina gronda piscina (50 m) en 5 secundas

Quant grond era Latoplatecarpus 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)

Latoplatecarpus var 36 km/h (22 mph)

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

In gepard var 100 km/h (62 mph)

chaussas cool

Fatgs divertents

Latoplatecarpus was one of the largest plioplatecarpine mosasaurs, with one species reaching over 8 metres (26 feet) long.1

Its skull was nearly complete in the first fossil found, including the lower jaw and many teeth.1

The name Latoplatecarpus means 'wide flat wrist', because of the shape of its wrist bones.1

It lived about 80.5 million years ago, during the Campanian stage of the Late Cretaceous.1

Scientists think its ear bones were tilted forward in life, which may have helped it hear underwater.2

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

?What did Latoplatecarpus eat?

It was a carnivore that likely ate fish and possibly cephalopods, using its short snout and powerful body to catch smaller prey.3

?Where did Latoplatecarpus live?

It lived in the Late Cretaceous seas of North America, including the Western Interior Seaway, and a single specimen was found in Russia.1

?How fast could Latoplatecarpus swim?

Scientists think it was fast and agile in the water, thanks to its wide front flippers that helped it steer and keep level.3

Chatschader da mitus

Mitus: Some people think Latoplatecarpus was a dinosaur because it lived with dinosaurs.

Vardad: Latoplatecarpus was a mosasaur, a marine reptile, not a dinosaur. Dinosaurs lived on land, while mosasaurs swam in the sea.1

Per experts da dinos

Num scientific: Latoplatecarpus
Numnà da: Konishi and Caldwell 20114
Gruppa: Mosasaurs
Famiglia / clada: Mosasauridae4
Classificaziun: Mosasauroidea4
Vegliadetgna da la crappa: 84 fin 72 milliuns onns (Campanian)4
Formaziuns da crap: Pierre Shale4
Pajais: Canada4
Chats da fossils: 4 en The Paleobiology Database4
Scuverta: Latoplatecarpus was named by Takuya Konishi and Michael Caldwell in 2011. The first fossil, a nearly complete skull and partial skeleton, was found in Manitoba, Canada.1
Anc discutà: Scientists are not sure if the species L. nichollsae really belongs to Latoplatecarpus or to another mosasaur called Plioplatecarpus.1

Danunder che vegnan ils fatgs

Latoplatecarpus (en.wikipedia.org)
Two new plioplatecarpine (Squamata, Mosasauridae) genera from the Upper Cretaceous of North America, and a global phylogenetic analysis of plioplatecarpines: Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology: Vol 31, No 4 (tandfonline.com)
Latoplatecarpus (prehistoric-wildlife.com)
Latoplatecarpus in The Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0): vegliadetgna, lieus, formaziuns da crap, classificaziun.

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