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Xiphodracon

Il num vul dir: “sword-like dragon”1

Mangiava: CharnIctiosaursGiurassic temprivTecnicamain betg in dinosaur

Xiphodracon was a marine reptile that swam in the Jurassic seas. It had a very long, narrow snout like a sword and big eyes. It is one of the most complete ichthyosaurs ever found from its time.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 193 fin 184 milliuns onns4

Giurassic tempriv

Fossils chattads en

Dorset coast, United Kingdom (England)2 1

Lunghezza

3 m (9,8 ft)1

Spertadad maximala

var 48 km/h (30 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 3,8 secundas

Quant grond era Xiphodracon 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)

Xiphodracon var 48 km/h (30 mph)

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

In gepard var 100 km/h (62 mph)

chaussas cool

Fatgs divertents

Xiphodracon had a skull 64.2 cm (25.3 inches) long, with a very narrow and pointed snout.1

Its eyes were large and almost filled by a ring of about 17 bony plates called a scleral ring.1

The only known Xiphodracon fossil shows signs of injuries: a broken collarbone, bad teeth, and bone damage from diving problems.1

This individual probably died after being bitten on the head by a larger predator, possibly a Temnodontosaurus up to 9 metres (30 feet) long.1

Xiphodracon is the most complete ichthyosaur skeleton ever found from the Pliensbachian age, about 185 million years ago.1

It is closely related to Hauffiopteryx, and together they form a group called Hauffiopterygia.3

Maletg da Xiphodracon fatg cun IA — In maletg fatg cun IA che mussa co Xiphodracon 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: Xiphodracon
Numnà da: Lomax et al. 20254
Gruppa: Ictiosaurs
Famiglia / clada: Leptonectidae4
Classificaziun: Ichthyosauria > Ichthyosauromorpha4
Vegliadetgna da la crappa: 193 fin 184 milliuns onns (Pliensbachian)4
Formaziuns da crap: Charmouth Mudstone4
Pajais: Reginavel Unì4
Chats da fossils: 1 en The Paleobiology Database4
Scuverta: The fossil was found by Chris Moore in 2001 near Golden Cap on the Jurassic Coast of England. It was named Xiphodracon goldencapensis by Dean Lomax, Judy Massare, and Erin Maxwell in 2025.1
Anc discutà: Scientists are still debating exactly how Xiphodracon is related to other ichthyosaurs, and whether it represents a new group that appeared during the Pliensbachian.3

Danunder che vegnan ils fatgs

Xiphodracon (en.wikipedia.org)
PBDB Taxon (paleobiodb.org)
A new long and narrow‐snouted ichthyosaur illuminates a complex faunal turnover during an undersampled Early Jurassic (Pliensbachian) interval - University of Bristol (research-information.bris.ac.uk)
Xiphodracon in The Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0): vegliadetgna, lieus, formaziuns da crap, classificaziun.

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