Gengasaurus

Lebitso le bolela: “Genga lizard”1

E jele: NamaDiikhthiosaureJurasiki ya Morao ho isa ho Kretase ya PeleHa se dinosaure ho ya ka saense

Gengasaurus was a fast-swimming marine reptile that lived in the warm Jurassic seas. It looked a bit like a dolphin but was actually an ichthyosaur, not a dinosaur. It had a long snout full of sharp teeth for catching fish and squid.3 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 155 ho isa ho 143 tse fetileng3

Jurasiki ya Morao ho isa ho Kretase ya Pele

Difosili di fumanwe ho

Camponocecchio, Genga, Marche, Italy3 1

Lebelo le phahameng ka ho fetisisa

e ka bang 46 km/h (29 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)

Gengasaurus e ka bang 46 km/h (29 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

Gengasaurus was named in 2017, but the fossil was actually discovered in 1976. It was called the 'Genga ichthyosaur' for many years before getting its official name.1

Two shark teeth from the order Hexanchiformes were found with the Gengasaurus fossil. Scientists think the sharks may have been scavenging on the dead ichthyosaur.2

Gengasaurus belongs to a group called Ophthalmosauridae, which means 'eye lizards'. These ichthyosaurs had very large eyes to see in dim water.3 2

The fossil was found in the Calcari ad aptici e Saccocoma Formation in Italy, which was once part of the warm Western Tethys Ocean.3 2

Gengasaurus lived about 152 million years ago, during the Late Jurassic period.1

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Bakeng sa ditsebi tsa didinosaure

Lebitso la saense: Gengasaurus
E rehilwe ke: Paparella et al. 20173
Sehlopha: Diikhthiosaure
Lelapa / leloko: Ophthalmosauridae3
Tlhophiso: Ichthyosauria > Ichthyosauromorpha3
Dilemo tsa mafika: dilemo tse dimilione tse 155 ho isa ho 143 (Kimmeridgian / Tithonian)3
Dibopeho tsa mafika: Calcari ad aptici e Saccocoma3
Dinaha: Itali3
Direkoto tsa difosili: 1 ho The Paleobiology Database3
Ho sibollwa: The nearly complete skeleton was discovered in 1976 at Camponocecchio, Italy. It was first described in 1980 and 2000 as the 'Genga ichthyosaur', and finally named Gengasaurus nicosiai by Paparella and colleagues in a paper published in 2017.1 2
E sa ntse e phehwa kgang: Scientists are not sure exactly where Gengasaurus fits in the ichthyosaur family tree. It shares features with both northern and southern hemisphere ophthalmosaurids, suggesting it may be a link between different groups.2

Moo dintlha di tswang teng

Gengasaurus (en.wikipedia.org)
The first ophthalmosaurid ichthyosaur from the Upper Jurassic of the Umbrian, Marchean Apennines (Marche, Central Italy) (cambridge.org)
Gengasaurus in The Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0): dilemo, dibaka, dibopeho tsa mafika, tlhophiso.

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