Paraplacodus
Paraplacodus was a small marine reptile that lived in the sea during the Middle Triassic, about 247 to 237 million years ago. It looked a bit like a scaly newt and used its special teeth to crunch shellfish on the seabed.23
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Paraplacodus had three pairs of protruding teeth in the top jaw and two rows in the front, perfect for grabbing shellfish.2
Its thick ribs formed a box-like ribcage with an almost square cross-section, helping it stay near the seabed while hunting.2
It belonged to a group called placodonts, and most were either unarmored like a newt or heavily armored like a turtle. Paraplacodus was unarmored.2
Recent research suggests Paraplacodus did not only eat hard-shelled animals, but also small, raspberry-shaped macroalgae.2
The name Paraplacodus means 'near Placodus', because it looked similar to another placodont called Placodus.2

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?How big was Paraplacodus?
It was a small reptile, measuring about 1.5 metres (4.9 feet) in total body length.2
?What did Paraplacodus eat?
It mostly ate shellfish, using its front teeth to pick them up and back teeth to crush their shells. Recent research also suggests it ate small, raspberry-shaped macroalgae.2
?Was Paraplacodus a dinosaur?
No, it was a marine reptile called a placodont sauropterygian, not a dinosaur.2
Ku bazobereye muri dinozore
- Izina rya siyansi
- Paraplacodus
- Yiswe na
- Peyer 19313
- Itsinda
- Ibikururanda byo mu nyanja
- Umuryango / ishami
- Paraplacodontidae3
- Ishyirwa mu byiciro
- Placodontia > Sauropterygia3
- Imyaka y'amabuye
- imyaka miliyoni 247 kugeza 237 ()3
- Inzego z'amabuye
- Braies, Besano3
- Ibihugu
- Ubutaliyani, Ubusuwisi3
- Ibisigazwa byanditswe
- 2 muri The Paleobiology Database3
- Ivumburwa
- Paraplacodus was named in 1931 by Bernhard Peyer, based on fossils found in Northern Italy and Switzerland.21
- Biracyagibwaho impaka
- Scientists still debate whether Paraplacodus ate only shellfish or also plants like algae.2
Aho amakuru yakuwe
- Untitled Document (paleofile.com)
- Paraplacodus (en.wikipedia.org)
- Paraplacodus in The Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0): imyaka, ahantu, inzego z'amabuye, ishyirwa mu byiciro.
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