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Scanisaurus

Il num vul dir: “Skåne lizard”1
Mangiava: CharnPlesiosaursCretacic tardivTecnicamain betg in dinosaur

Scanisaurus was a long-necked marine reptile that swam in the shallow seas of what is now Sweden and Russia. It was about as long as a small car and used its sharp teeth to catch small fish and squid-like animals called belemnites.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 onns2
Cretacic tardiv
Fossils chattads en
Kristianstad Basin in Skåne, Sweden, and near Orenburg, Russia1
Lunghezza
4 fin 5 m (13 fin 16 ft)1
Spertadad maximala
var 28 km/h (17 mph)
Nudar, stima

Cura viveva el?

Triassic
Giurassic
Cretacic
avant 252 milliuns onns20114566, l'asteroid

Quant grond era el?

Quant lung era el?

Scanisaurus var 5 m lung (16 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)
uschè lung sco 5 chauns dal nas a la cuauschè lung sco 28 bananas ina suenter l'autrapudess nudar la lunghezza d'ina gronda piscina (50 m) en 6,4 secundas

Quant grond era Scanisaurus cumpareglià cun TAI?

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

Quant spert era el?

chaussas cool

Fatgs divertents

1

Scanisaurus is known from only a single backbone (a vertebral centrum) found in Russia, plus many similar backbones and teeth from Sweden.1

2

It lived about 80 to 75 million years ago during the Campanian stage of the Late Cretaceous.1

3

Scanisaurus had a shorter neck than some other elasmosaurids like Elasmosaurus, and scientists sometimes call it a 'mesodiran' plesiosaur.1

4

In the Kristianstad Basin, Scanisaurus fossils are the most common plesiosaur remains found.1

5

A fountain with two Scanisaurus sculptures was built in the Swedish town of Bromölla in 1971.1

6

Scanisaurus shared its home with many other marine reptiles, including mosasaurs, sea turtles, and crocodile-like animals.1

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

?How big was Scanisaurus?

About 4 to 5 metres (13 to 16 feet) long, which is about the length of a small car.1

?What did Scanisaurus eat?

It ate small prey like small fish and belemnites (squid-like animals). Its sharp teeth were good for smashing or piercing them.1

?Is Scanisaurus a dinosaur?

No, it is not a dinosaur. It is a plesiosaur, a type of long-necked marine reptile that lived in the sea.1

Chatschader da mitus

Mitus: Scanisaurus is a dinosaur.

Vardad: Scanisaurus is not a dinosaur. It is a plesiosaur, a type of marine reptile that lived in the sea.1

Per experts da dinos

Num scientific
Scanisaurus
Numnà da
Persson 19602
Gruppa
Plesiosaurs
Famiglia / clada
Elasmosauridae2
Classificaziun
Plesiosauria > Elasmosauridae > Sauropterygia2
Vegliadetgna da la crappa
84 fin 72 milliuns onns (Campanian)2
Pajais
Svezia2
Chats da fossils
3 en The Paleobiology Database2
Scuverta
The first fossil, a single backbone, was named Cimoliasaurus nazarowi by Nikolay Bogolyubov in 1911 from Russia. In 1959, Swedish paleontologist Per-Ove Persson moved it to a new genus, Scanisaurus, based on fossils from Sweden.1
Anc discutà
Scientists debate whether Scanisaurus is a valid genus or a nomen dubium (doubtful name), because the fossils lack features that clearly separate it from other Late Cretaceous elasmosaurids.1

Danunder che vegnan ils fatgs

  1. Scanisaurus (en.wikipedia.org)
  2. Scanisaurus in The Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0): vegliadetgna, lieus, formaziuns da crap, classificaziun.

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