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Sachicasaurus

Il num vul dir: “Sáchica lizard”1
Mangiava: CharnPlesiosaursCretacic temprivTecnicamain betg in dinosaur

Sachicasaurus was a huge marine reptile that swam in the warm seas of what is now Colombia. It was a pliosaur, a type of short-necked plesiosaur, and one of the biggest predators of its time. With a skull longer than a person, it used its sharp teeth to catch fish and other sea creatures.21

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 126 fin 113 milliuns onns3
Cretacic tempriv
Fossils chattads en
Vereda Arrayan, Sáchica, Boyacá, Colombia1
Lunghezza
10 fin 10,35 m (33 fin 34 ft)2
Paisa
10,3 tonnas fin 12,8 tonnas (22 700 fin 28 200 lb)2
Spertadad maximala
var 19 km/h (12 mph)
Nudar, stima

Cura viveva el?

Triassic
Giurassic
Cretacic
avant 252 milliuns onns20114566, l'asteroid

Quant grond era el?

Quant lung era el?

Sachicasaurus var 10,35 m lung (34 ft)In velo da creschids var 1,8 m (5,9 ft)In auto var 4,5 m (15 ft)In elefant, il pli grond animal da terra dad oz var 6,5 m (21 ft)

Quant grev era el?

uschè grev sco 2 elefants
uschè lung sco 2,5 autos parcads in suenter l'auteruschè lung sco 58 bananas ina suenter l'autrauschè grev sco 9 autosuschè grev sco 2600 melunasuschè grev sco 16 classas da scola entirasuschè grev sco 28 urs polarspudess nudar la lunghezza d'ina gronda piscina (50 m) en 9,5 secundas

Quant grond era Sachicasaurus cumpareglià cun TAI?

Mo matematica en tes navigatur. Nagut na vegn arcunà u tramess.

Quant spert era el?

chaussas cool

Fatgs divertents

1

Sachicasaurus had a very short lower jaw joint, with only 17 to 18 teeth on each side, while other pliosaurs had 25 to 40.2

2

The only known skeleton is almost complete, but it is missing the tip of the tail and some fin bones.2

3

Its skull was more than 2 metres (6.6 feet) long, as big as a small car.1

4

Sachicasaurus lived about 130 to 120 million years ago, during the Early Cretaceous period.2

5

The fossil was found in an old gypsum quarry, and an ammonite shell was found in the rocks just above it, helping to date the animal.1

6

Sachicasaurus is closely related to another Colombian pliosaur, 'Kronosaurus' boyacensis, and may belong to the same group.1

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

?How big was Sachicasaurus?

About 10 to 10.35 metres (32.8 to 34.0 feet) long and weighed 10.3 to 12.8 metric tons (11.4 to 14.1 short tons).2

?What did Sachicasaurus eat?

It ate fish and other sea creatures, using its sharp teeth to catch them.2

?When did Sachicasaurus live?

It lived about 130 to 120 million years ago, during the Early Cretaceous period.2

?Where was Sachicasaurus found?

Its fossil was found in an old gypsum quarry near Sáchica, Boyacá, Colombia.21

?Is Sachicasaurus a dinosaur?

No, it is a pliosaur, a type of marine reptile called a plesiosaur, not a dinosaur.2

?How fast could Sachicasaurus swim?

Nobody knows for sure, but as a pliosaur with flippers, it was probably a fast swimmer.2

Per experts da dinos

Num scientific
Sachicasaurus
Numnà da
Páramo-Fonseca et al. 20183
Gruppa
Plesiosaurs
Famiglia / clada
Pliosauridae3
Classificaziun
Plesiosauria > Pliosauridae > Sauropterygia3
Vegliadetgna da la crappa
126 fin 113 milliuns onns (Barremian / Aptian)3
Formaziuns da crap
Paja3
Pajais
Columbia3
Chats da fossils
1 en The Paleobiology Database3
Scuverta
The fossil was found in 2013 by a team from the Universidad Nacional de Colombia and the oil company ECOPETROL. It was named Sachicasaurus vitae in 2018 by Páramo-Fonseca and colleagues.13
Anc discutà
Scientists are not sure if Sachicasaurus is a separate genus or if it should be placed in the same genus as 'Kronosaurus' boyacensis.1

Danunder che vegnan ils fatgs

  1. A new large Pliosaurid from the Barremian (Lower Cretaceous) of Sáchica, Boyacá, Colombia (dinodata.de)
  2. Sachicasaurus (en.wikipedia.org)
  3. Sachicasaurus in The Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0): vegliadetgna, lieus, formaziuns da crap, classificaziun.

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