Futabasaurus
Futabasaurus was a long-necked marine reptile that swam in the seas around Japan about 85 million years ago. It was not a dinosaur but a plesiosaur, a type of ocean predator. Its fossils were found by a high school student!1
E phetse neng?
E ne e le kgolo hakae?
E ne e le telele hakae?
telele jwaloka dikoloi tse 2 tse pakilweng ka mola๐telele jwaloka dibanana tse 51 di behilwe ka mola๐e ne e ka sesa bolelele ba letamo le leholo la ho sesa (50 m) ka metsotswana e 7.8Futabasaurus e ne e le kgolo hakae ha e bapiswa le WENA?
Ke dipalo feela ho browser ya hao. Ha ho letho le bolokwang kapa le romelwang kae kapa kae.
E ne e le lebelo hakae?
Dintlha tse monate
Futabasaurus is the first elasmosaurid plesiosaur ever found in Japan.1
Its bones show bite marks from sharks, especially a type called Cretalamna, which scavenged or attacked it after death.1
The name Futabasaurus comes from the Futaba Group of rocks where it was discovered.1
The species name suzukii honors Tadashi Suzuki, the high school student who found the fossils.1
Futabasaurus lived during the Santonian stage of the Late Cretaceous, about 86 to 83 million years ago.2
It had a long neck like other elasmosaurids, and its front flippers were longer than its back ones.1

Dipotso tse botswang haholo ka Futabasaurus
?Was Futabasaurus a dinosaur?
No, Futabasaurus was a plesiosaur, a marine reptile, not a dinosaur. Its legs grew outwards from the body, unlike dinosaurs whose legs are directly underneath.31
?How big was Futabasaurus?
Futabasaurus was over 6 metres long, possibly between 6.4 and 9.2 metres. That is about as long as a bus.14
?What did Futabasaurus eat?
Futabasaurus was a predator, but its exact diet is not known. It likely ate fish and other sea animals, as other plesiosaurs did.1
?When did Futabasaurus live?
Futabasaurus lived about 85 million years ago, during the Late Cretaceous Period, in the Santonian stage.13
?Who discovered Futabasaurus?
Futabasaurus was discovered in 1968 by Tadashi Suzuki, who was a high school student at the time. He found the fossil in Fukushima, Japan.13
?Why is it called Futabasaurus?
It is named after the Futaba Group of rocks in Japan where it was found. The species name suzukii honors its discoverer, Tadashi Suzuki.1
Mosenyi wa ditshomo
Tshomo: Futabasaurus is a dinosaur.
Nnete: Futabasaurus is a plesiosaur, a marine reptile, not a dinosaur. Dinosaurs lived on land.1
Bakeng sa ditsebi tsa didinosaure
- Lebitso la saense
- Futabasaurus
- E rehilwe ke
- Sato et al. 20065
- Sehlopha
- Diplesiosaure
- Lelapa / leloko
- Elasmosauridae5
- Tlhophiso
- Plesiosauria > Elasmosauridae > Sauropterygia5
- Dilemo tsa mafika
- dilemo tse dimilione tse 86 ho isa ho 84 (Santonian)5
- Dibopeho tsa mafika
- Tamayama5
- Dinaha
- Japane5
- Direkoto tsa difosili
- 1 ho The Paleobiology Database5
- Ho sibollwa
- The fossils were found by high school student Tadashi Suzuki in the Irimazawa Member of the Tamayama Formation in Fukushima, Japan. Scientists Tamaki Sato, Yoshikazu Hasegawa, and Makoto Manabe named it in 2006.1
- E sa ntse e phehwa kgang
- Scientists are not sure exactly how long Futabasaurus was, with estimates ranging from 6.4 to 9.2 metres.1
Moo dintlha di tswang teng
- Futabasaurus (en.wikipedia.org)
- PBDB Taxon (paleobiodb.org)
- 50 Years Since the Discovery of Futabasaurus Suzukii in Iwaki (city.iwaki.lg.jp)
- A new elasmosaurid plesiosaur from the Upper Cretaceous of Fukushima, Japan (researchgate.net)
- Futabasaurus in The Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0): dilemo, dibaka, dibopeho tsa mafika, tlhophiso.
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