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Tuarangisaurus

Il num vul dir: “ancient lizard”1

Mangiava: CharnPlesiosaursCretacic tardivTecnicamain betg in dinosaur

Tuarangisaurus was a long-necked marine reptile that swam in the seas around New Zealand 83 to 66 million years ago. It was not a dinosaur, but a plesiosaur, and it used its four flippers to paddle through the water. With a skull full of sharp teeth, it was a fierce hunter of fish and other sea creatures.5 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 66 milliuns onns5

Cretacic tardiv

Fossils chattads en

New Zealand (Hawke's Bay), Argentina (Chubut), and Angola5 2

Lunghezza

8 m (26 ft)3

Spertadad maximala

var 24 km/h (15 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 8 chauns dal nas a la cuauschè lung sco 44 bananas ina suenter l'autrapudess nudar la lunghezza d'ina gronda piscina (50 m) en 7,5 secundas

Quant grond era Tuarangisaurus 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)

Tuarangisaurus var 24 km/h (15 mph)

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

In gepard var 100 km/h (62 mph)

chaussas cool

Fatgs divertents

Tuarangisaurus had a skull that was 37 centimetres (about 15 inches) long, with fused premaxillary bones and a low ridge on top.2

It had five large teeth in the upper jaw (premaxilla) and about 15 smaller teeth in the maxilla, plus 19 to 20 teeth in the lower jaw.2

The name Tuarangisaurus means 'ancient lizard' in the Māori language, reflecting its New Zealand discovery.1

Fossils of Tuarangisaurus have been found in marine rocks that were once part of a shallow sea, showing it lived in coastal waters.2

Scientists think Tuarangisaurus gave birth to live young, like other plesiosaurs, because it could not crawl onto land to lay eggs.2

The first fossils of Tuarangisaurus were found in the Mangahouanga Stream on the North Island of New Zealand, and included both adult and juvenile skull material.1

Tuarangisaurus is part of a group called elasmosaurids, which were plesiosaurs with very long necks.5

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

?How big was Tuarangisaurus?

Tuarangisaurus was a medium sized plesiosaur, measuring over 8 metres long, about the length of a school bus.4 3

?When did Tuarangisaurus live?

Tuarangisaurus lived during the Late Cretaceous period, about 78 million years ago, in the seas around New Zealand.4

?Was Tuarangisaurus a dinosaur?

No, Tuarangisaurus was not a dinosaur. It was a plesiosaur, a type of marine reptile with a very long neck, related to other elasmosaurids like Elasmosaurus.4

?What did Tuarangisaurus eat?

Tuarangisaurus was a hunter with sharp teeth, and it likely ate fish and other sea creatures, as mentioned in the page intro.3

Per experts da dinos

Num scientific: Tuarangisaurus
Numnà da: Wiffen and Moisley 19865
Gruppa: Plesiosaurs
Famiglia / clada: Elasmosauridae5
Classificaziun: Plesiosauria > Elasmosauridae > Sauropterygia5
Vegliadetgna da la crappa: 84 fin 66 milliuns onns (Campanian / Maastrichtian)5
Formaziuns da crap: Tahora, Mocuio, Conway5
Pajais: Nova Zelanda, Angola, Argentinia5
Chats da fossils: 7 en The Paleobiology Database5
Scuverta: Tuarangisaurus was named in 1986 by Joan Wiffen and W. L. Moisley based on fossils found in the Mangahouanga Stream, North Island, New Zealand. The type species is Tuarangisaurus keyesi.5 1
Anc discutà: Scientists are still debating exactly how Tuarangisaurus is related to other elasmosaurids, and whether fossils from Argentina and Angola belong to the same species.5 2

Danunder che vegnan ils fatgs

Late Cretaceous reptiles (Families Elasmosauridae and Pliosauridae) from the Mangahouanga Stream, North Island, New Zealand (tandfonline.com)
PBDB Taxon (paleobiodb.org)
Tuarangisaurus (Wikipedia) (Wikipedia)
Tuarangisaurus Facts for Kids (kids.kiddle.co)
Tuarangisaurus in The Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0): vegliadetgna, lieus, formaziuns da crap, classificaziun.

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