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Sinopliosaurus

Il num vul dir: “Chinese pliosaur”4

Mangiava: CharnPlesiosaursGiurassic tempriv fin Cretacic temprivTecnicamain betg in dinosaur

Sinopliosaurus was a big marine reptile that swam in the seas during the Jurassic period. It was a plesiosaur, not a dinosaur, and it used its flippers to glide through the water. It was a fierce hunter with sharp teeth.4

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 143 milliuns onns4

Giurassic tempriv fin Cretacic tempriv

Fossils chattads en

Fossils were found in Sichuan and Xinjiang, China.1

Spertadad maximala

var 27 km/h (17 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)

Sinopliosaurus var 27 km/h (17 mph)

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

In gepard var 100 km/h (62 mph)

chaussas cool

Fatgs divertents

Sinopliosaurus lived from about 184 to 143 million years ago, during the Jurassic period.1

Its teeth were small, curved, and had grooves along the crown.1

The backbone bones were flat at both ends, which is a special feature.1

It was a fast swimmer that lived near the surface of the sea.4

The type specimen includes a tooth and three vertebrae, found in 1939.2

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

?Was Sinopliosaurus a dinosaur?

No, it was a plesiosaur, a type of marine reptile that lived in the sea. It is not a dinosaur.3 4

?How big was Sinopliosaurus?

Nobody knows for sure, because only a few bones have been found. Pliosaurids (its family) ranged from about 3 metres to 12 metres long.4

?What did Sinopliosaurus eat?

It was a carnivore, meaning it ate meat. It had sharp, grooved teeth for catching prey.4

?When did Sinopliosaurus live?

It lived during the Jurassic period, from about 184 to 143 million years ago. Some remains may be from the Early Cretaceous, around 100 million years ago.4 3

Per experts da dinos

Num scientific: Sinopliosaurus
Numnà da: Young 19444
Gruppa: Plesiosaurs
Famiglia / clada: Pliosauridae4
Classificaziun: Plesiosauria > Pliosauridae > Sauropterygia4
Vegliadetgna da la crappa: 184 fin 143 milliuns onns (Toarcian / Tithonian)4
Formaziuns da crap: Ziliujing, Lianmuqin4
Pajais: China4
Chats da fossils: 4 en The Paleobiology Database4
Scuverta: Sinopliosaurus was named by Chinese scientist Yang Zhongjian (C.C. Young) in 1944. The first fossils were found by H.H. Yao in 1939 in Sichuan, China.2
Anc discutà: Some scientists think Sinopliosaurus weiyuanensis might not be a valid species, because the fossils are too few and incomplete.1

Danunder che vegnan ils fatgs

paleobiodb.org (paleobiodb.org)
PBDB Collection (paleobiodb.org)
Sinopliosaurus (Wikipedia) (Wikipedia)
Sinopliosaurus in The Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0): vegliadetgna, lieus, formaziuns da crap, classificaziun.

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