Franconiasaurus

Lebitso le bolela: “Franconia lizard, named after the Franconia region in Bavaria, Germany, where it was found”1

E jele: NamaDiplesiosaureJurasiki ya PeleHa se dinosaure ho ya ka saense

Franconiasaurus was a marine reptile that swam in the seas of what is now Germany about 175 million years ago. It had a mix of features from early and later plesiosaurs, making it a special link in their family tree.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 180 ho isa ho 175 tse fetileng4

Jurasiki ya Pele

Difosili di fumanwe ho

Bavaria, Germany, specifically in the Mistelgau fossil pit in the Bayreuth District1

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)

Franconiasaurus 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

Franconiasaurus lived about 175 million years ago, during a time called the late Toarcian stage of the Jurassic period.2

Its name 'brevispinus' means 'short spine', because the neural spines on its neck and back bones were low.1

Two nearly complete, three-dimensionally preserved skeletons were found, which is very rare for plesiosaurs.1

Franconiasaurus is considered a 'transitional' plesiosaur, meaning it had features of both early and later plesiosaurs, helping scientists understand how they evolved.2

It was a close relative of a group called Cryptoclidia, which includes many later plesiosaurs that lived in oceans around the world.2

The fossils were found in the Jurensismergel Formation, which is a layer of rock from the Jurassic period.1

Setshwantsho sa Franconiasaurus se entsweng ke AI — Setshwantsho se entsweng ke AI, se bontshang kamoo Franconiasaurus 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: Franconiasaurus
E rehilwe ke: Sachs et al. 20244
Sehlopha: Diplesiosaure
Lelapa / leloko: Plesiosauroidea4
Tlhophiso: Plesiosauria > Sauropterygia4
Dilemo tsa mafika: dilemo tse dimilione tse 180 ho isa ho 175 (Toarcian)4
Dibopeho tsa mafika: Jurensismergel4
Dinaha: Jeremane4
Direkoto tsa difosili: 1 ho The Paleobiology Database4
Ho sibollwa: Franconiasaurus was named by Sachs and colleagues in 2024. The fossils were dug up between 2005 and 2018 by a team from the Urwelt-Museum Oberfranken in a clay pit in Mistelgau, Germany.1
E sa ntse e phehwa kgang: Scientists are still studying the detailed anatomy of Franconiasaurus, and a full description is planned for a future project.1

Moo dintlha di tswang teng

Exquisite skeletons of a new transitional plesiosaur fill gap in the evolutionary history of plesiosauroids (dinodata.de)
Exquisite skeletons of a new transitional plesiosaur fill gap in the evolutionary history of plesiosauroids, Sachs Vertebrate Palaeontology Research (sachspal.de)
PBDB Taxon (paleobiodb.org)
Franconiasaurus in The Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0): dilemo, dibaka, dibopeho tsa mafika, tlhophiso.

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