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Mollesaurus

Il num vul dir: “lizard from the Los Molles Formation”1

Mangiava: CharnIctiosaursGiurassic mesaunTecnicamain betg in dinosaur

Mollesaurus was a large, fast-swimming marine reptile that lived in the Jurassic seas. It looked a bit like a dolphin but was actually an ichthyosaur, not a dinosaur. With its big eyes and sharp teeth, it was a top hunter in the ocean.1 3

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 171 fin 169 milliuns onns3

Giurassic mesaun

Fossils chattads en

Neuquén Basin, northwestern Patagonia, Argentina1 2

Spertadad maximala

var 46 km/h (29 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)

Mollesaurus var 46 km/h (29 mph)

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

In gepard var 100 km/h (62 mph)

chaussas cool

Fatgs divertents

Mollesaurus is one of the oldest known ophthalmosaurid ichthyosaurs, living about 171 to 170 million years ago.1

Its name comes from the Los Molles Formation in Argentina, where its fossils were found.1

The only known fossil of Mollesaurus is a partial skeleton including part of the skull and most of the backbone.1

Mollesaurus was a thunnosaur, meaning it had a tuna-like body built for fast swimming.1

Some scientists once thought Mollesaurus was a species of Ophthalmosaurus, but newer studies show it is its own genus.1

Mollesaurus and another ichthyosaur called Chacaicosaurus were found at the same spot in Argentina.1

Maletg da Mollesaurus fatg cun IA — In maletg fatg cun IA che mussa co Mollesaurus 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: Mollesaurus
Numnà da: Fernandez 19993
Gruppa: Ictiosaurs
Famiglia / clada: Ophthalmosauridae3
Classificaziun: Ichthyosauria > Ichthyosauromorpha3
Vegliadetgna da la crappa: 171 fin 169 milliuns onns (Bajocian)3
Formaziuns da crap: Los Molles3
Pajais: Argentinia3
Chats da fossils: 2 en The Paleobiology Database3
Scuverta: Mollesaurus was named by paleontologist Marta S. Fernández in 1999 based on a partial skeleton found in the Los Molles Formation of Argentina.1 3
Anc discutà: Scientists are not sure exactly how big Mollesaurus grew, because only one partial skeleton has been found.1

Danunder che vegnan ils fatgs

Mollesaurus (en.wikipedia.org)
A new ichthyosaur from the Los Molles Formation (early Bajocian), Neuquen Basin, Argentina | Journal of Paleontology | GeoScienceWorld (pubs.geoscienceworld.org)
Mollesaurus in The Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0): vegliadetgna, lieus, formaziuns da crap, classificaziun.

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