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Taniwhasaurus

Zita rinoreva: “taniwha lizard, after a supernatural water creature from Māori mythology”1
Raidya: NyamaMamosasauroCretaceous YekupedzisiraHarisi dhinosori chaizvo

Taniwhasaurus was a fierce marine lizard that swam in the oceans during the time of dinosaurs. It had a long, toothless snout like a spear and used it to hunt fish and other sea creatures. This mosasaur lived near New Zealand, Antarctica, Japan, and South Africa.12

Chokwadi chinonakidza: chinokambaira ichi chemugungwa chaishambira madhinosori achifamba panyika. Munhu wese anozviti madhino, asi zvaiva bazi rakasiyana rezvinokambaira.
Raivapo
makore mamiriyoni 86 kusvika 66 apfuura3
Cretaceous Yekupedzisira
Mafosiri akawanikwa:
New Zealand, Antarctica, Japan, and South Africa21
Kureba
6.7 m (22 ft)1
Kumhanya kwepamusoro
kunenge 37 km/h (23 mph)
Kushambira, fungidziro

Rairarama rini?

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

Raiva hombe sei?

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Taniwhasaurus kureba kunenge 6.7 m (22 ft)Bhasikoro remunhu mukuru kunenge 1.8 m (5.9 ft)Motokari kunenge 4.5 m (15 ft)Nzou, mhuka hombe kupfuura dzose dzepanyika nhasi kunenge 6.5 m (21 ft)
kureba seimbwa 7 kubva pamhino kusvika kumuswekureba semabhanana 37 akatevedzanaraigona kushambira kureba kwedziva guru rekushambira (50 m) mumasekonzi 4.9

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1

Taniwhasaurus belongs to a group called tylosaurines, which had a long, toothless tip on their upper jaw like a bony spear.1

2

The first fossils of Taniwhasaurus were found in the 1860s at Haumuri Bluff in New Zealand, and named by James Hector in 1874.1

3

One species, Taniwhasaurus antarcticus, was originally named Lakumasaurus after a sea spirit from the mythology of the Yahgan people of South America.1

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A nearly complete skull of Taniwhasaurus antarcticus was discovered on James Ross Island in Antarctica in 2000, measuring 72 centimeters (28 inches) long.1

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Taniwhasaurus lived between about 86 and 66 million years ago, during the Late Cretaceous period.2

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The species Taniwhasaurus oweni was named in honor of the famous paleontologist Richard Owen, who first described marine reptiles from New Zealand.1

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Taniwhasaurus fossils have been found in marine rocks that were once part of ancient seabeds, alongside ammonites, sharks, and other mosasaurs.1

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

?How big was Taniwhasaurus?

It was a medium-sized mosasaur, reaching about 6.7 metres (22 feet) long.1

?Could Taniwhasaurus swim?

Yes. Its powerful paddles and flexible spine helped it swim, and its tail gave the main push forward.1

?What did Taniwhasaurus eat?

It hunted fish and other sea creatures. It may have used an electro-sensitive snout to find prey.1

?Is Taniwhasaurus a dinosaur?

No, it is a mosasaur, which is a group of extinct marine lizards that lived alongside dinosaurs.1

?When did Taniwhasaurus go extinct?

It lived during the Late Cretaceous period and died out about 66 million years ago.1

Mubvisi wengano

Ngano: Some people think Taniwhasaurus was a dinosaur.

Chokwadi: Taniwhasaurus was a mosasaur, a type of marine lizard, not a dinosaur. Mosasaurs are reptiles that lived in the sea and are more closely related to modern snakes and monitor lizards.1

Zvevanyanzvi vemadhino

Zita resainzi
Taniwhasaurus
Akaripa zita:
Hector 18743
Boka
Mamosasauro
Mhuri / boka
Mosasauridae3
Kurongwa kwemhuka
Mosasauroidea3
Zera rematombo
makore mamiriyoni 86 kusvika 66 (Coniacian / Maastrichtian)3
Mapoka ematombo
Conway, Snow Hill Island, Conway Siltstone3
Nyika
New Zealand, Antakitika, Japan, South Africa3
Zvinyorwa zvemafosiri
11 mu The Paleobiology Database3
Kuwanikwa
The first fossils of Taniwhasaurus were found in the 1860s at Haumuri Bluff, New Zealand. Scottish naturalist James Hector named the genus in 1874, calling it Taniwhasaurus oweni after the Māori taniwha and honoring Richard Owen.1
Zvichiri kupokanwa
Scientists are not sure if the species Taniwhasaurus mikasaensis from Japan is really a separate species, because its fossils are very incomplete.1

Kunobva chokwadi

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

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