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Tethysaurus

Il num vul dir: “Tethys' lizard of Nopcsa”1

Mangiava: CharnMosasaursCretacic tardivTecnicamain betg in dinosaur

Tethysaurus was a marine lizard that swam in warm seas about 90 million years ago. It was not a dinosaur, but a fierce predator that hunted fish and other sea creatures.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 94 fin 90 milliuns onns3

Cretacic tardiv

Fossils chattads en

Goulmima region, Errachidia Province, southern Morocco1 2

Lunghezza

2,5 fin 3 m (8,2 fin 9,8 ft)1

Spertadad maximala

var 33 km/h (21 mph)

Nudar, stima

Cura viveva el?

Triassic

Giurassic

Cretacic

avant 252 milliuns onns20114566, l'asteroid

Quant grond era el?

Quant lung era el?

uschè lung sco 3 chauns dal nas a la cuauschè lung sco 17 bananas ina suenter l'autrapudess nudar la lunghezza d'ina gronda piscina (50 m) en 5,5 secundas

Quant grond era Tethysaurus cumpareglià cun TAI?

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

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)

Tethysaurus var 33 km/h (21 mph)

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

In gepard var 100 km/h (62 mph)

chaussas cool

Fatgs divertents

Tethysaurus was a medium-sized mosasaur, less than 3 meters (9.8 feet) long.1

Its name comes from Tethys, the Greek goddess of the sea, and honors Hungarian paleontologist Baron Ferenc Nopcsa.1

Tethysaurus had a skull with a broad, rounded snout and two pairs of teeth in the premaxilla.2

It had 19 to 20 teeth in each upper jaw bone (maxilla) and at least 19 teeth in each lower jaw bone (dentary).2

Scientists think Tethysaurus was an early relative of later, bigger mosasaurs like Mosasaurus.1

Its fossils were found in limestone nodules that formed in a shallow, warm sea.2

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

?Was Tethysaurus a dinosaur?

No, Tethysaurus was a marine lizard called a mosasaur, not a dinosaur.1

?How big was Tethysaurus?

Tethysaurus was under 3 metres (9.8 feet) long, about as long as a small car.1

?What did Tethysaurus eat?

Tethysaurus was a predator that hunted fish and other sea creatures.1

?When did Tethysaurus live?

Tethysaurus lived during the Late Cretaceous period, about 93 to 89 million years ago.3

Per experts da dinos

Num scientific: Tethysaurus
Numnà da: Bardet et al. 20033
Gruppa: Mosasaurs
Famiglia / clada: Tethysaurinae3
Classificaziun: Mosasauroidea3
Vegliadetgna da la crappa: 94 fin 90 milliuns onns (Turonian)3
Formaziuns da crap: Akrabou3
Pajais: Marocco3
Chats da fossils: 1 en The Paleobiology Database3
Scuverta: Tethysaurus was named in 2003 by Nathalie Bardet, Xabier Pereda Suberbiola, and Nour-Eddine Jalil, based on a nearly complete skull and other bones found near Goulmima, Morocco.2
Anc discutà: Scientists are still debating exactly how Tethysaurus is related to other mosasaurs and whether it belongs in the family Mosasauridae or is a more primitive cousin.1

Danunder che vegnan ils fatgs

Tethysaurus (en.wikipedia.org)
doi:10.1016/j.crpv.2003.09.006 (sciencepress.mnhn.fr)
Tethysaurus in The Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0): vegliadetgna, lieus, formaziuns da crap, classificaziun.

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