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Wapuskanectes

Il num vul dir: “whitecap swimmer”1

Mangiava: CharnPlesiosaursCretacic temprivTecnicamain betg in dinosaur

Wapuskanectes was an ancient marine reptile that swam in the seas of Alberta, Canada, about 112 million years ago. It was an early elasmosaur, a type of plesiosaur with a very long neck. This creature was a powerful swimmer and a meat-eater.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 113 fin 110 milliuns onns2

Cretacic tempriv

Fossils chattads en

Alberta, Canada1 2

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)

Wapuskanectes 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

Wapuskanectes is the oldest known elasmosaur from North America, living about 112 million years ago.1

Its name comes from the Cree word 'Wapuska', meaning a body of water with whitecaps, and the Greek word 'nectes', meaning swimmer.1

The species name, betsynichollsae, honors Dr. Elizabeth 'Betsy' Nicholls, a famous curator of marine reptiles.1

Some Wapuskanectes fossils were found with gastroliths, or stomach stones, which may have helped them digest food.1

The gastroliths were mostly black, polished chert pebbles, and the largest one weighed 14.5 grams.1

One fossil, TMP 2012.50.1, was discovered when a grader plowed through its neck, destroying the skull and most of the neck.1

Maletg da Wapuskanectes fatg cun IA — In maletg fatg cun IA che mussa co Wapuskanectes 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: Wapuskanectes
Numnà da: Druckenmiller and Russell 20062
Gruppa: Plesiosaurs
Famiglia / clada: Elasmosauridae2
Classificaziun: Plesiosauria > Elasmosauridae > Sauropterygia2
Vegliadetgna da la crappa: 113 fin 110 milliuns onns (Albian)2
Formaziuns da crap: Clearwater2
Pajais: Canada2
Chats da fossils: 1 en The Paleobiology Database2
Scuverta: Wapuskanectes was named by Patrick S. Druckenmiller and Anthony P. Russell in 2006. The first fossil was found in an open-pit oilsand mine near Fort McMurray, Alberta, Canada.1
Anc discutà: Scientists are still debating exactly how Wapuskanectes used its gastroliths, whether for grinding food or for ballast.1

Danunder che vegnan ils fatgs

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

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