Macgowania

Lebitso le bolela: “McGowan's reptile, named after paleontologist Chris McGowan”1

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

Macgowania was a small, fast-swimming marine reptile that lived in the ocean during the Late Triassic, about 210 million years ago. It was not a dinosaur, but a kind of ichthyosaur, with a fish-like body and flippers. It hunted small sea creatures with its sharp teeth.1 3

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 227 ho isa ho 206 tse fetileng3

Triasiki ya Morao

Difosili di fumanwe ho

British Columbia, Canada, along the shores of Williston Lake and near the Graham River1

Bolelele

3 m (9.8 ft)1

Lebelo le phahameng ka ho fetisisa

e ka bang 48 km/h (30 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?

telele jwaloka dintja tse 3 ho tloha nkong ho isa mohatlengtelele jwaloka dibanana tse 17 di behilwe ka molae ne e ka sesa bolelele ba letamo le leholo la ho sesa (50 m) ka metsotswana e 3.8

Macgowania 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?

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)

Macgowania e ka bang 48 km/h (30 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

Macgowania had a very large eye socket and a huge nostril, which may have helped it see and smell in the dark ocean.2

Its flippers had a special pattern of bones, with a mosaic of small polygonal pieces, which is different from many other ichthyosaurs.2

The first fossil was found in 1996, but it was originally thought to be a species of Ichthyosaurus. Later, in 1999, scientists gave it its own genus name.1

A second, nearly complete skeleton was discovered in 2009 by an outdoor club, but part of it had already fallen into a river. Scientists rescued the remaining part with ropes and plaster.1

Macgowania lived in the ocean, but it breathed air and gave birth to live young, just like other ichthyosaurs.2

Its name honors Chris McGowan, the paleontologist who first described the fossil, and the species name 'janiceps' comes from Janus, the Roman god with two faces.1

Setshwantsho sa Macgowania se entsweng ke AI — Setshwantsho se entsweng ke AI, se bontshang kamoo Macgowania 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.

Mosenyi wa ditshomo

Tshomo: Macgowania is often thought to be a dinosaur because it lived in the same era and is sometimes shown in dinosaur books.

Nnete: Macgowania is not a dinosaur. It is an ichthyosaur, a marine reptile that lived in the ocean. Dinosaurs were land reptiles with different body features.1

Bakeng sa ditsebi tsa didinosaure

Lebitso la saense: Macgowania
E rehilwe ke: Motani 19993
Sehlopha: Diikhthiosaure
Lelapa / leloko: Parvipelvia3
Tlhophiso: Ichthyosauria > Ichthyosauromorpha3
Dilemo tsa mafika: dilemo tse dimilione tse 227 ho isa ho 206 (Norian)3
Dibopeho tsa mafika: Pardonet3
Dinaha: Kanada3
Direkoto tsa difosili: 2 ho The Paleobiology Database3
Ho sibollwa: The first fossil was found in British Columbia, Canada, and described by Chris McGowan in 1996 as Ichthyosaurus janiceps. In 1999, Ryosuke Motani gave it its own genus, Macgowania.1
E sa ntse e phehwa kgang: Scientists are not sure if a second partial skeleton belongs to Macgowania because it is poorly preserved, so they debate whether it is the same species.1

Moo dintlha di tswang teng

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

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