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Ichthyotitan

Lebitso le bolela: “giant fish lizard of the Severn”1
E jele: NamaDiikhthiosaureTriasiki ya MoraoHa se dinosaure ho ya ka saense

Ichthyotitan was one of the biggest marine reptiles that ever lived. It was a giant ichthyosaur, a fish-shaped reptile that swam in the seas during the time of the dinosaurs. Scientists think it could have been as long as a blue whale!21

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 206 ho isa ho 201 tse fetileng7
Triasiki ya Morao
Difosili di fumanwe ho
Somerset, UK (Blue Anchor and Lilstock)21
Bolelele
20 ho isa ho 25 m (66 ho isa ho 82 ft)21
Lebelo le phahameng ka ho fetisisa
e ka bang 21 km/h (13 mph)
Ho sesa, kakanyo

E phetse neng?

Triasiki
Jurasiki
Kretase
Dilemo tse dimilione tse 252 tse fetileng20114566, asteroiti

E ne e le kgolo hakae?

E ne e le telele hakae?

Ichthyotitan bolelele ba e ka bang 25 m (82 ft)Baesekele ya motho e moholo e ka bang 1.8 m (5.9 ft)Koloi e ka bang 4.5 m (15 ft)Tlou, phoofolo e kgolo ka ho fetisisa naheng kajeno e ka bang 6.5 m (21 ft)
telele jwaloka dikoloi tse 6 tse pakilweng ka molatelele jwaloka dibanana tse 140 di behilwe ka molae ne e ka sesa bolelele ba letamo le leholo la ho sesa (50 m) ka metsotswana e 8.6

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Dintlha tse monate

1

Ichthyotitan is known from only two jaw bones, called surangulars, found on the coast of Somerset, England.21

2

The larger jaw bone is over 2 metres long, which helped scientists estimate the whole animal was about 25 metres in length.21

3

Ichthyotitan lived at the very end of the Triassic Period, about 205 to 201 million years ago.3

4

It is the first giant ichthyosaur to be named from the Rhaetian stage of the Triassic.21

5

Ichthyotitan probably belongs to a group called shastasaurids, which includes some of the largest ichthyosaurs.21

6

The name Ichthyotitan means 'giant fish lizard', from Greek words for fish and giant, plus the Severn River estuary where the fossils were found.1

7

The jaw bones show unique features, like an upturned back end and a bulbous coronoid process, that set Ichthyotitan apart from other giant ichthyosaurs.1

E entswe ke AISetshwantsho sa Ichthyotitan se entsweng ke AI
Setshwantsho se entsweng ke AI, se bontshang kamoo Ichthyotitan 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.
o botsitse

Dipotso tse botswang haholo ka Ichthyotitan

?How big was Ichthyotitan?

Ichthyotitan was enormous, scientists estimate it reached about 25 metres long, which is about 5 metres shorter than a 30 metre blue whale. It is likely the largest marine reptile ever discovered.42

?Was Ichthyotitan a dinosaur?

No, Ichthyotitan was not a dinosaur. It was an ichthyosaur, a type of marine reptile that swam in the oceans at the same time as dinosaurs lived on land.5

?What did Ichthyotitan eat?

Scientists are not certain, but because Ichthyotitan was a shastasaurid ichthyosaur, it probably ate fish and squid. Its large size suggests it was a top predator in its ocean.6

?When did Ichthyotitan live?

Ichthyotitan lived at the very end of the Triassic Period, about 205 to 201 million years ago. It died out in the mass extinction that ended the Triassic.64

?Where was Ichthyotitan found?

Its fossils were found on the coast of Somerset, England, near the Severn Estuary. The first jaw bone was discovered by a father and his 11-year-old daughter in 2020.45

?How do scientists know how big Ichthyotitan was?

They compared its jaw bone (the surangular) to the same bone in other giant ichthyosaurs. The jaw is over 2 metres long, and scaling it up gives a body length of about 25 metres.26

?Could Ichthyotitan swim?

Yes, Ichthyotitan was a marine reptile that lived in the ocean and swam using its flippers and tail. It was built like a fish and was a fast, powerful swimmer.6

?Is Ichthyotitan bigger than a blue whale?

No, Ichthyotitan was about 25 metres long, while the biggest blue whales can reach about 30 metres. So Ichthyotitan was almost as big, but not quite as large as the largest blue whales.5

Mosenyi wa ditshomo

Tshomo: Some people think Ichthyotitan was a dinosaur.

Nnete: Ichthyotitan was an ichthyosaur, a marine reptile that lived in the sea, not a dinosaur. Dinosaurs lived on land.2

Bakeng sa ditsebi tsa didinosaure

Lebitso la saense
Ichthyotitan
E rehilwe ke
Lomax et al. 20247
Sehlopha
Diikhthiosaure
Lelapa / leloko
Shastasauridae7
Tlhophiso
Ichthyosauria > Ichthyosauromorpha7
Dilemo tsa mafika
dilemo tse dimilione tse 206 ho isa ho 201 (Rhaetian)7
Dibopeho tsa mafika
Westbury7
Dinaha
United Kingdom7
Direkoto tsa difosili
1 ho The Paleobiology Database7
Ho sibollwa
Ichthyotitan was named in 2024 by Lomax and colleagues based on a jaw bone found at Blue Anchor, Somerset, UK. A second jaw bone from Lilstock, found earlier in 2018, was also assigned to this species.21
E sa ntse e phehwa kgang
Scientists are not sure whether Ichthyotitan belongs to the shastasaurid family because the known fossils are too incomplete.21

Moo dintlha di tswang teng

  1. The last giants: New evidence for giant Late Triassic (Rhaetian) ichthyosaurs from the UK (pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov)
  2. The last giants: New evidence for giant Late Triassic (Rhaetian) ichthyosaurs from the UK | PLOS One (journals.plos.org)
  3. PBDB Taxon (paleobiodb.org)
  4. Giant marine reptile found in the UK could be the largest ever discovered | Natural History Museum (nhm.ac.uk)
  5. Gigantic marine reptile's fossils found by British girl and father (reuters.com)
  6. Ichthyotitan (Wikipedia) (Wikipedia)
  7. Ichthyotitan in The Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0): dilemo, dibaka, dibopeho tsa mafika, tlhophiso.

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