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Microcleidus

Il num vul dir: “small collarbone”5

Mangiava: CharnPlesiosaursGiurassic temprivTecnicamain betg in dinosaur

Microcleidus was a long-necked marine reptile that swam in the warm Jurassic seas. It had a small head and a very long neck with 38 to 39 bones. It used its flippers to paddle through the water and catch fish.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 onns5

Giurassic tempriv

Fossils chattads en

England, Germany, France, and Luxembourg5

Lunghezza

4,27 fin 5,03 m (14 fin 17 ft)1

Paisa

120 kg fin 650 kg (265 fin 1 400 lb)3 4

Spertadad maximala

var 29 km/h (18 mph)

Nudar, stima

Cura viveva el?

Triassic

Giurassic

Cretacic

avant 252 milliuns onns20114566, l'asteroid

Quant grond era el?

Quant lung era el?

Quant grev era el?

uschè grev sco 32 chauns

uschè lung sco 5 chauns dal nas a la cuauschè lung sco 28 bananas ina suenter l'autrauschè grev sco 130 melunasuschè grev sco 34 uffants da scolettauschè grev sco 20 scolarspudess nudar la lunghezza d'ina gronda piscina (50 m) en 6,2 secundas

Quant grond era Microcleidus 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)

Microcleidus var 29 km/h (18 mph)

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

In gepard var 100 km/h (62 mph)

chaussas cool

Fatgs divertents

Microcleidus had a small head only about 23 centimetres (9 inches) long, even though its body could reach over 5 metres.1

Its neck contained 38 to 39 vertebrae, making it a very long-necked plesiosaur.1

Scientists have named at least five species of Microcleidus, including M. homalospondylus and M. macropterus.1

One species, Microcleidus tournemirensis, was once thought to belong to a different genus called Occitanosaurus.5

Microcleidus lived during the Toarcian age of the Jurassic Period, about 184 to 175 million years ago.2

Its fossils have been found in the Alum Shale of England and the Posidonia Shale of Germany.5

The first Microcleidus fossils were originally described as Plesiosaurus homalospondylus by Richard Owen in 1865.1

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

?How big was Microcleidus?

The largest species, Microcleidus homalospondylus, measured about 5.1 metres (17 feet) long and weighed around 650 kilograms (1,430 pounds). Other species were smaller, like M. tournemirensis at about 4 metres (13 feet) and 300 kilograms (660 pounds).3

?What did Microcleidus eat?

Microcleidus was a carnivore that likely ate fish and other small sea creatures. It used its long neck and small head to snap up prey while swimming.5

?Where did Microcleidus live?

Microcleidus lived in the warm Jurassic seas, and its fossils have been found in England, Germany, France, and Luxembourg. It swam in shallow waters about 184 to 175 million years ago.3 5

Per experts da dinos

Num scientific: Microcleidus
Numnà da: Watson 19095
Gruppa: Plesiosaurs
Famiglia / clada: Microcleididae5
Classificaziun: Plesiosauria > Sauropterygia5
Vegliadetgna da la crappa: 184 fin 175 milliuns onns (Toarcian)5
Formaziuns da crap: Alum Shale, Posidonia Shale5
Pajais: Reginavel Unì, Germania, Frantscha, Luxemburg5
Chats da fossils: 9 en The Paleobiology Database5
Era enconuschent sco: Occitanosaurus (nums pli vegls che valan ussa sco il medem animal)5
Scuverta: The name Microcleidus was given by D. M. S. Watson in 1909 for fossils that had earlier been called Plesiosaurus. The first species, M. homalospondylus, was originally described by Richard Owen in 1865.5 1
Anc discutà: Scientists are not sure whether some species, like Hydrorion brachypterygius, should really be placed in Microcleidus.1

Danunder che vegnan ils fatgs

Microcleidus, Plesiosaur Directory (plesiosauria.com)
PBDB Taxon (paleobiodb.org)
Microcleidus (en.wikipedia.org)
Microcleidus (en.wikipedia.org)
Microcleidus in The Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0): vegliadetgna, lieus, formaziuns da crap, classificaziun.

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