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Thalassiodracon

Il num vul dir: “sea dragon”1
Mangiava: CharnPlesiosaursGiurassic temprivTecnicamain betg in dinosaur

Thalassiodracon was a small, fast-swimming marine reptile that lived in the seas around what is now England. It had a short neck, big eyes, and long teeth, and it hunted fish and squid-like animals.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 201 fin 184 milliuns onns2
Giurassic tempriv
Fossils chattads en
Somerset, England, United Kingdom1
Lunghezza
1,5 m (4,9 ft)1
Spertadad maximala
var 18 km/h (11 mph)
Nudar, stima

Cura viveva el?

Triassic
Giurassic
Cretacic
avant 252 milliuns onns20114566, l'asteroid

Quant grond era el?

Quant lung era el?

Thalassiodracon var 1,5 m lung (4,9 ft)In giat da chasa var 0,5 m (1,6 ft)In chaun var 1 m (3,3 ft)In velo da creschids var 1,8 m (5,9 ft)
uschè lung sco 3 giats da chasa dal nas a la cuauschè lung sco 8 bananas ina suenter l'autrapudess nudar la lunghezza d'ina gronda piscina (50 m) en 10 secundas

Quant grond era Thalassiodracon cumpareglià cun TAI?

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

Quant spert era el?

chaussas cool

Fatgs divertents

1

Thalassiodracon had a skull only 17 cm (6.7 in) long, but its neck was 75.5 cm (2 ft 5.7 in) long.1

2

Its eyes were large and had flat scleral rings, which helped it see in dark, deep water.1

3

Thalassiodracon was warm-blooded, like modern mammals, and had a high metabolism for an active lifestyle.1

4

It gave birth to live young, not eggs, just like many modern sharks and some reptiles.1

5

The teeth of Thalassiodracon were constantly replaced in a wave pattern, with every third tooth being replaced at a time.1

6

Its forelimbs were shorter than its hindlimbs, which scientists think helped it chase prey with speed and strength.1

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

?How big was Thalassiodracon?

About 1.5 metres (4.9 ft) long. That is roughly the length of a small dolphin.1

?When did Thalassiodracon live?

It lived during the Late Triassic and Early Jurassic periods, about 201 to 196 million years ago.1

?Is Thalassiodracon a dinosaur?

No, it is a plesiosaur, which is a marine reptile. It lived in the sea and was not a dinosaur.1

Chatschader da mitus

Mitus: Thalassiodracon was a dinosaur.

Vardad: Thalassiodracon was a plesiosaur, a marine reptile that lived in the sea, not a dinosaur.1

Per experts da dinos

Num scientific
Thalassiodracon
Numnà da
Storrs and Taylor 19962
Gruppa
Plesiosaurs
Famiglia / clada
Pliosauridae2
Classificaziun
Plesiosauria > Pliosauridae > Sauropterygia2
Vegliadetgna da la crappa
201 fin 184 milliuns onns (Hettangian / Pliensbachian)2
Formaziuns da crap
Blue Lias, White Lias2
Pajais
Reginavel Unì2
Chats da fossils
8 en The Paleobiology Database2
Scuverta
The first fossils were found by Thomas Hawkins in Somerset, England in the early 1830s. Richard Owen named it Plesiosaurus hawkinsii in 1838, and it was given its own genus Thalassiodracon by Storrs and Taylor in 1996.1
Anc discutà
Scientists are still debating whether Thalassiodracon was an ancestor of the short-necked pliosaurs or a more primitive plesiosaur.1

Danunder che vegnan ils fatgs

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

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