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Toretocnemus

Il num vul dir: “perforated tibia”1

Mangiava: CharnIctiosaursTriassic tardivTecnicamain betg in dinosaur

Toretocnemus was a small, fast-swimming marine reptile that lived in the Late Triassic oceans. It had a long snout, big eyes, and flippers like a dolphin, and it 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 237 fin 227 milliuns onns3

Triassic tardiv

Fossils chattads en

California, USA, and Sonora, Mexico1 3

Lunghezza

1 fin 2 m (3,3 fin 6,6 ft)1

Spertadad maximala

var 41 km/h (25 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 4 giats da chasa dal nas a la cuauschè lung sco 11 bananas ina suenter l'autrapudess nudar la lunghezza d'ina gronda piscina (50 m) en 4,4 secundas

Quant grond era Toretocnemus 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)

Toretocnemus var 41 km/h (25 mph)

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

In gepard var 100 km/h (62 mph)

chaussas cool

Fatgs divertents

Toretocnemus means 'perforated tibia' because its shin bone had a hole in it.1

It was first described in 1903 by paleontologist John Campbell Merriam from fossils found in California.1 3

Two species are known: T. californicus and T. zitteli, named after the German paleontologist Karl Alfred von Zittel.1

Toretocnemus was a small ichthyosaur, probably no longer than 2 meters (6.6 feet), and some were only about 1 meter (3.3 feet) long.1

Its fossils have been found in the Hosselkus Limestone in California and the Antimonio Formation in Mexico.1 3

The first fossils were collected by Annie Montague Alexander along the Pit River in Shasta County, California.1

Toretocnemus had three fingers on each flipper, which is unusual for ichthyosaurs.2

Maletg da Toretocnemus fatg cun IA — In maletg fatg cun IA che mussa co Toretocnemus 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.

Per experts da dinos

Num scientific: Toretocnemus
Numnà da: Merriam 19033
Gruppa: Ictiosaurs
Famiglia / clada: Toretocnemidae3
Classificaziun: Ichthyosauria > Ichthyosauromorpha3
Vegliadetgna da la crappa: 237 fin 227 milliuns onns (Carnian)3
Formaziuns da crap: Antimonio, Hosselkus3
Pajais: Mexico, USA3
Chats da fossils: 4 en The Paleobiology Database3
Era enconuschent sco: Leptocheirus, Merriamia, Rhachitrema (nums pli vegls che valan ussa sco il medem animal)3
Scuverta: John Campbell Merriam named Toretocnemus in 1903 from fossils found in the Hosselkus Limestone of Shasta County, California, collected by Annie Montague Alexander.1 3
Anc discutà: Scientists are not sure if Toretocnemus was a strong open-ocean swimmer or stayed near coasts, because its fossils are only found in a small area.1

Danunder che vegnan ils fatgs

Toretocnemus (en.wikipedia.org)
PBDB Taxon (paleobiodb.org)
Toretocnemus in The Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0): vegliadetgna, lieus, formaziuns da crap, classificaziun.

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