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Wapuskanectes

Zita rinoreva: “whitecap swimmer”1
Raidya: NyamaMapresiosauroCretaceous YekutangaHarisi dhinosori chaizvo

Wapuskanectes was an ancient marine reptile that swam in the seas of Alberta, Canada, about 112 million years ago. It was an early elasmosaur, a type of plesiosaur with a very long neck. This creature was a powerful swimmer and a meat-eater.1

Chokwadi chinonakidza: chinokambaira ichi chemugungwa chaishambira madhinosori achifamba panyika. Munhu wese anozviti madhino, asi zvaiva bazi rakasiyana rezvinokambaira.
Raivapo
makore mamiriyoni 113 kusvika 110 apfuura2
Cretaceous Yekutanga
Mafosiri akawanikwa:
Alberta, Canada12
Kumhanya kwepamusoro
kunenge 27 km/h (17 mph)
Kushambira, fungidziro

Rairarama rini?

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

Raimhanya zvakadii?

zvinhu zvinonakidza

Zvinonakidza

1

Wapuskanectes is the oldest known elasmosaur from North America, living about 112 million years ago.1

2

Its name comes from the Cree word 'Wapuska', meaning a body of water with whitecaps, and the Greek word 'nectes', meaning swimmer.1

3

The species name, betsynichollsae, honors Dr. Elizabeth 'Betsy' Nicholls, a famous curator of marine reptiles.1

4

Some Wapuskanectes fossils were found with gastroliths, or stomach stones, which may have helped them digest food.1

5

The gastroliths were mostly black, polished chert pebbles, and the largest one weighed 14.5 grams.1

6

One fossil, TMP 2012.50.1, was discovered when a grader plowed through its neck, destroying the skull and most of the neck.1

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

Zvevanyanzvi vemadhino

Zita resainzi
Wapuskanectes
Akaripa zita:
Druckenmiller and Russell 20062
Boka
Mapresiosauro
Mhuri / boka
Elasmosauridae2
Kurongwa kwemhuka
Plesiosauria > Elasmosauridae > Sauropterygia2
Zera rematombo
makore mamiriyoni 113 kusvika 110 (Albian)2
Mapoka ematombo
Clearwater2
Nyika
Kanada2
Zvinyorwa zvemafosiri
1 mu The Paleobiology Database2
Kuwanikwa
Wapuskanectes was named by Patrick S. Druckenmiller and Anthony P. Russell in 2006. The first fossil was found in an open-pit oilsand mine near Fort McMurray, Alberta, Canada.1
Zvichiri kupokanwa
Scientists are still debating exactly how Wapuskanectes used its gastroliths, whether for grinding food or for ballast.1

Kunobva chokwadi

  1. Wapuskanectes (en.wikipedia.org)
  2. Wapuskanectes in The Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0): zera, nzvimbo, mapoka ematombo, kurongwa kwemhuka.

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