Plesiopleurodon
Plesiopleurodon was a marine reptile that swam in the warm seas of North America during the time of the dinosaurs. It had a short neck, a long snout, and a mouth full of sharp, pointy teeth. It used its four flippers to paddle through the water like a sea turtle.1
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Yanganaga ite?
Yari ndende ite?
ndende nk'imbwa 4 zikurikiranye๐ndende nk'imineke 22 ikurikiranye๐yashoboraga koga uburebure bwa pisine nini (50 m) mu masegonda 6,2Plesiopleurodon yanganaga ite ugereranyije NAWE?
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Utuntu dushimishije
Plesiopleurodon is known from just one partial skeleton, including a complete skull that is 71.2 cm long.1
Its name means 'near side tooth' because its teeth look a lot like the teeth of the similar pliosaur Liopleurodon.1
Scientists first thought Plesiopleurodon was a pliosaur, but later studies showed it is actually a polycotylid, a type of short-necked plesiosaur.1
It lived around 100 to 94 million years ago, during the early part of the Late Cretaceous Period.2
Plesiopleurodon's front teeth were large and pointed forward, which helped it grab slippery prey.1

Ibibazo bibazwa cyane kuri Plesiopleurodon
?Was Plesiopleurodon a dinosaur?
No, it was a marine reptile called a plesiosaur, not a dinosaur. It lived in the sea during the time of the dinosaurs.13
?How big was Plesiopleurodon?
Scientists are not sure of its total length because only one partial skeleton has been found. Its skull is 71.2 cm long.14
Gusenya ibinyoma
Ibivugwa: Plesiopleurodon was a dinosaur.
Ukuri: Plesiopleurodon was a plesiosaur, a marine reptile that lived in the sea. It was not a dinosaur, even though it lived at the same time.1
Ku bazobereye muri dinozore
- Izina rya siyansi
- Plesiopleurodon
- Yiswe na
- Carpenter 19964
- Itsinda
- Plesiyozore
- Umuryango / ishami
- Polycotylidae4
- Ishyirwa mu byiciro
- Plesiosauria > Sauropterygia4
- Imyaka y'amabuye
- imyaka miliyoni 100 kugeza 94 (Cenomanian)4
- Inzego z'amabuye
- 'Hailey Shales'4
- Ibihugu
- Amerika4
- Ibisigazwa byanditswe
- 1 muri The Paleobiology Database4
- Ivumburwa
- Plesiopleurodon was named by paleontologist Kenneth Carpenter in 1996. He based it on a skull, neck bones, and shoulder bones found in Wyoming, USA.41
- Biracyagibwaho impaka
- Scientists are still not sure whether the only known fossil of Plesiopleurodon came from the Belle Fourche Shale or the Hailey Shales Formation, because the original records disagree.1
Aho amakuru yakuwe
- Plesiopleurodon (en.wikipedia.org)
- PBDB Taxon (paleobiodb.org)
- Plesiopleurodon: Overview, Size, Habitat, & Other Facts - Dinosaur Dictionary (dinosaurdictionary.com)
- Plesiopleurodon in The Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0): imyaka, ahantu, inzego z'amabuye, ishyirwa mu byiciro.
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