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Rhaeticosaurus

Il num vul dir: “Rhaetian lizard”1
Mangiava: CharnPlesiosaursTriassic tardivTecnicamain betg in dinosaur

Rhaeticosaurus was a small, early plesiosaur that swam in the seas of the Late Triassic. It had four flippers shaped like wings and a long neck, and it used its flippers to fly through the water. This marine reptile is one of the oldest plesiosaurs ever found.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 206 fin 201 milliuns onns4
Triassic tardiv
Fossils chattads en
Bonenburg clay pit in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany21
Lunghezza
2,37 m (7,8 ft)2
Spertadad maximala
var 26 km/h (16 mph)
Nudar, stima

Cura viveva el?

Triassic
Giurassic
Cretacic
avant 252 milliuns onns20114566, l'asteroid

Quant grond era el?

Quant lung era el?

Rhaeticosaurus var 2,37 m lung (7,8 ft)In chaun var 1 m (3,3 ft)In velo da creschids var 1,8 m (5,9 ft)In auto var 4,5 m (15 ft)
uschè lung sco 5 giats da chasa dal nas a la cuauschè lung sco 13 bananas ina suenter l'autrapudess nudar la lunghezza d'ina gronda piscina (50 m) en 6,9 secundas

Quant grond era Rhaeticosaurus cumpareglià cun TAI?

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Quant spert era el?

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Fatgs divertents

1

Rhaeticosaurus is the first plesiosaur skeleton ever found from the Triassic period, showing that plesiosaurs were already around before the Jurassic.2

2

Its name means 'Rhaetian lizard' because it lived during the Rhaetian age, the last stage of the Triassic.1

3

Rhaeticosaurus had very short lower arm and leg bones compared to its upper limb bones, with a humerus-to-radius ratio of 3.8 and a femur-to-tibia ratio of 4.3.2

4

The holotype skeleton was discovered in 2013 by Michael Mertens, a private collector who reported it to authorities.1

5

Rhaeticosaurus was a basal member of the Pliosauridae, a group of plesiosaurs with large heads and short necks.2

6

Its teeth had sharp ridges on the enamel, a feature that helped scientists identify it as a plesiosaur.2

Fatg cun IAMaletg da Rhaeticosaurus fatg cun IA
In maletg fatg cun IA che mussa co Rhaeticosaurus 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 Rhaeticosaurus

?How big was Rhaeticosaurus?

Rhaeticosaurus grew up to about 2.37 metres (7.8 feet) long when fully grown, based on the holotype skeleton.12

?Was Rhaeticosaurus a dinosaur?

No, Rhaeticosaurus was a plesiosaur, a marine reptile, not a dinosaur. It lived in the sea and used its four flippers to swim.12

?When did Rhaeticosaurus live?

Rhaeticosaurus lived during the Rhaetian age of the Late Triassic, about 208 to 201 million years ago. It is one of the oldest plesiosaurs ever found.12

Per experts da dinos

Num scientific
Rhaeticosaurus
Numnà da
Wintrich et al. 20174
Gruppa
Plesiosaurs
Famiglia / clada
Plesiosauria4
Classificaziun
Plesiosauria > Sauropterygia4
Vegliadetgna da la crappa
206 fin 201 milliuns onns (Rhaetian)4
Formaziuns da crap
Exter4
Pajais
Germania4
Chats da fossils
1 en The Paleobiology Database4
Scuverta
Rhaeticosaurus was named in 2017 by Wintrich and colleagues based on a partial skeleton found in 2013 in a clay pit in Germany. The fossil was discovered by Michael Mertens and later prepared for study.13
Anc discutà
Scientists are still debating exactly how many neck vertebrae Rhaeticosaurus had, but they estimate at least 37.2

Danunder che vegnan ils fatgs

  1. Rhaeticosaurus (en.wikipedia.org)
  2. A Triassic plesiosaurian skeleton and bone histology inform on evolution of a unique body plan (pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov)
  3. PBDB Taxon (paleobiodb.org)
  4. Rhaeticosaurus in The Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0): vegliadetgna, lieus, formaziuns da crap, classificaziun.

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