Cardiocorax

Lebitso le bolela: “heart raven, referring to the heart-shaped hole between its shoulder blades”1

E jele: NamaDiplesiosaureKretase ya MoraoHa se dinosaure ho ya ka saense

Cardiocorax was a long-necked marine reptile that swam in the seas near Africa 71 million years ago. It was not a dinosaur but a plesiosaur, with four flippers that helped it paddle through the water like a sea turtle. Scientists think it used a special rowing style to chase fish and other prey.1 2

Ntlha e monate: sehahabi sena sa lewatle se ne se sesa ha didinosaure di ntse di tsamaya naheng. Bohle ba di bitsa didinosaure, empa e ne e le lekala le leng la dihahabi.

E phetse

dilemo tse dimilione tse 72 ho isa ho 66 tse fetileng4

Kretase ya Morao

Difosili di fumanwe ho

Namibe Province, Angola (Bentiaba, Mocuio Formation)1 3

Lebelo le phahameng ka ho fetisisa

e ka bang 27 km/h (17 mph)

Ho sesa, kakanyo

E phetse neng?

Triasiki

Jurasiki

Kretase

Dilemo tse dimilione tse 252 tse fetileng20114566, asteroiti

E ne e le lebelo hakae?

Motho ya tsamayang ka maoto e ka bang 5 km/h (3 mph)

Ngwana a palame baesekele e ka bang 12 km/h (7 mph)

Cardiocorax e ka bang 27 km/h (17 mph)

Pere e mathang ka matla e ka bang 65 km/h (40 mph)

Lengau e ka bang 100 km/h (62 mph)

dintho tse monate

Dintlha tse monate

Cardiocorax had a heart-shaped hole between its shoulder blades, which is why it is named 'heart raven'.1

Its shoulder blade had a very small upper part, unlike other elasmosaurids. This helped it swim with a special rowing motion.2

The first fossils of Cardiocorax were found in 2015 in Angola, Africa. They included a complete shoulder and hip girdle, neck bones, and part of a front flipper.1

A second specimen was found just 7 meters away from the first one. It had a more complete hip and a hind flipper.1

Cardiocorax lived about 71.4 to 71.6 million years ago, during the early Maastrichtian stage of the Late Cretaceous.1

Its species name 'mukulu' means 'ancestor' in Angolan Bantu languages.1

Cardiocorax is a type of elasmosaurid, a group of plesiosaurs with very long necks and small heads.1

Setshwantsho sa Cardiocorax se entsweng ke AI — Setshwantsho se entsweng ke AI, se bontshang kamoo Cardiocorax e ka beng e ne e shebahala kateng, se entswe ke khomphutha ho ya ka seo bo-ramahlale ba se tsebang. Ke ho hakanya feela: phoofolo ya nnete e ka nna ya ba e ne e shebahala ka tsela e nngwe, mme ha ho motho ya tsebang mebala ya yona ya nnete.

Bakeng sa ditsebi tsa didinosaure

Lebitso la saense: Cardiocorax
E rehilwe ke: Araújo et al. 20154
Sehlopha: Diplesiosaure
Lelapa / leloko: Elasmosauridae4
Tlhophiso: Plesiosauria > Elasmosauridae > Sauropterygia4
Dilemo tsa mafika: dilemo tse dimilione tse 72 ho isa ho 66 (Maastrichtian)4
Dibopeho tsa mafika: Mocuio4
Dinaha: Angola4
Direkoto tsa difosili: 2 ho The Paleobiology Database4
Ho sibollwa: Cardiocorax was named in 2015 by a team of scientists including Ricardo Araújo and Octávio Mateus. The fossils were found in the Mocuio Formation of Angola, Africa.1 3
E sa ntse e phehwa kgang: Scientists are still debating exactly how Cardiocorax used its flippers to swim, because its shoulder bones are different from other plesiosaurs.2

Moo dintlha di tswang teng

Cardiocorax (en.wikipedia.org)
S0016774614000444 109..120 (cambridge.org)
PBDB Taxon (paleobiodb.org)
Cardiocorax in The Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0): dilemo, dibaka, dibopeho tsa mafika, tlhophiso.

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