Discosaurus

Lebitso le bolela: “disc lizard”1

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

Discosaurus was a big, long-necked marine reptile that swam in the warm seas of Alabama and Mississippi about 85 million years ago. It was a plesiosaur, not a dinosaur, and it used its four flippers to paddle through the water like a sea monster.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 86 ho isa ho 84 tse fetileng4

Kretase ya Morao

Difosili di fumanwe ho

Alabama and Mississippi, USA1 2

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)

Discosaurus 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

Discosaurus was first named in 1851 by the famous paleontologist Joseph Leidy, based on a single vertebra found in Alabama.1 3

The name Discosaurus means 'disc lizard', because its vertebrae look like flat discs.1

Only one species of Discosaurus is known, called Discosaurus vetustus.1

Discosaurus lived during the Santonian stage of the Late Cretaceous, about 85.7 to 83.6 million years ago.2

The holotype of Discosaurus consists of eleven vertebrae, which were discovered by Joseph Jones in Alabama and Mississippi.1

Some scientists think Discosaurus might actually be the same animal as Elasmosaurus or Cimoliasaurus, but others disagree.1

Discosaurus was a plesiosaur, a group of marine reptiles that had long necks and four flippers.1

Setshwantsho sa Discosaurus se entsweng ke AI — Setshwantsho se entsweng ke AI, se bontshang kamoo Discosaurus 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: Discosaurus
E rehilwe ke: Leidy 18514
Sehlopha: Diplesiosaure
Lelapa / leloko: Pliosauridae4
Tlhophiso: Plesiosauria > Pliosauridae > Sauropterygia4
Dilemo tsa mafika: dilemo tse dimilione tse 86 ho isa ho 84 (Santonian)4
Dibopeho tsa mafika: Eutaw4
Dinaha: Amerika4
Direkoto tsa difosili: 1 ho The Paleobiology Database4
Ho sibollwa: Discosaurus was named and described by Joseph Leidy in 1851, based on a single vertebra found by Joseph Jones in Alabama.1 3
E sa ntse e phehwa kgang: Scientists are not sure if Discosaurus is a valid genus or if it should be considered the same as Elasmosaurus or Cimoliasaurus.1

Moo dintlha di tswang teng

Discosaurus (en.wikipedia.org)
PBDB Taxon (paleobiodb.org)
Cimoliasaurus (oceansofkansas.com)
Discosaurus in The Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0): dilemo, dibaka, dibopeho tsa mafika, tlhophiso.

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