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Moanasaurus

Zita rinoreva: “sea lizard”1
Raidya: NyamaMamosasauroCretaceous YekupedzisiraHarisi dhinosori chaizvo

Moanasaurus was a huge sea lizard that swam in the oceans around New Zealand near the end of the Age of Dinosaurs. It had a long skull full of sharp teeth and powerful flippers to chase fish and other marine animals.13

Chokwadi chinonakidza: chinokambaira ichi chemugungwa chaishambira madhinosori achifamba panyika. Munhu wese anozviti madhino, asi zvaiva bazi rakasiyana rezvinokambaira.
Raivapo
makore mamiriyoni 84 kusvika 66 apfuura3
Cretaceous Yekupedzisira
Mafosiri akawanikwa:
North Island, New Zealand, and possibly Antarctica13
Kumhanya kwepamusoro
kunenge 36 km/h (22 mph)
Kushambira, fungidziro

Rairarama rini?

Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
makore mamiriyoni 252 apfuura20114566, dombo guru rakabva mudenga

Raimhanya zvakadii?

zvinhu zvinonakidza

Zvinonakidza

1

Moanasaurus means 'sea lizard' in Māori and Greek.1

2

Its skull was 78 cm (31 inches) long, making it one of the largest mosasaurs in its group.12

3

The first fossils were found in the Mangahouanga Stream on New Zealand's North Island.12

4

It lived between 83 and 66 million years ago, during the Late Cretaceous period.32

5

Some scientists think that fossil bones found in Antarctica might also belong to Moanasaurus.1

6

Moanasaurus had a short, strong upper arm bone and hourglass-shaped finger bones, good for swimming.2

Zvakagadzirwa neAIMufananidzo wakagadzirwa neAI: Moanasaurus
Mufananidzo wakagadzirwa neAI unoratidza kuti Moanasaurus ringangodai raitaridzika sei, wakagadzirwa nekombiyuta kubva pane zvinozivikanwa nemasayendisiti. Ifungidziro chete: mhuka chaiyo ingangodai yaitaridzika zvakasiyana, uye hapana anoziva mavara ayo chaiwo.
wakabvunza

Mibvunzo inonyanya kubvunzwa nezve Moanasaurus

?How big was Moanasaurus?

Its skull was 78 cm long, and it was one of the largest mosasaurs in its group. The whole animal was probably very big, but scientists do not have a complete skeleton to measure exactly.13

?What did Moanasaurus eat?

It ate fish and other marine animals, using its long skull full of sharp teeth to catch them.1

?Is Moanasaurus a dinosaur?

No, it is not a dinosaur. Moanasaurus was a mosasaur, a kind of giant sea lizard that lived in the ocean during the time of the dinosaurs.1

?Where was Moanasaurus found?

Its fossils were discovered in the North Island of New Zealand, near the Mangahouanga Stream.13

Zvevanyanzvi vemadhino

Zita resainzi
Moanasaurus
Akaripa zita:
Wiffen 19803
Boka
Mamosasauro
Mhuri / boka
Mosasauridae3
Kurongwa kwemhuka
Mosasauroidea3
Zera rematombo
makore mamiriyoni 84 kusvika 66 (Campanian / Maastrichtian)3
Mapoka ematombo
Tahora3
Nyika
New Zealand, Antakitika3
Zvinyorwa zvemafosiri
3 mu The Paleobiology Database3
Kuwanikwa
Moanasaurus was named by Joan Wiffen in 1980, based on a partial skeleton found in New Zealand.13
Zvichiri kupokanwa
Scientists are not sure if some Antarctic mosasaur fossils belong to Moanasaurus or to a different species.1

Kunobva chokwadi

  1. Moanasaurus (en.wikipedia.org)
  2. PBDB Taxon (paleobiodb.org)
  3. Moanasaurus in The Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0): zera, nzvimbo, mapoka ematombo, kurongwa kwemhuka.

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