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Oplosaurus

Lebitso le bolela: “armed lizard or weapon lizard”1
E jele: DimelaMelala e meleleleKretase ya Pele

Oplosaurus was a huge, long-necked plant-eater that lived on the Isle of Wight during the Early Cretaceous. It is known from just one big tooth, but that tooth tells us it was a giant, like a Brachiosaurus. Imagine a gentle giant munching on leaves with a tooth as big as your hand!12

E phetse
dilemo tse dimilione tse 137 ho isa ho 121 tse fetileng3
Kretase ya Pele
Difosili di fumanwe ho
Brighstone Bay (formerly Brixton Bay), Isle of Wight, England132
Bolelele
22 ho isa ho 25 m (72 ho isa ho 82 ft)12
Bophahamo
5.5 m (18 ft)
kakanyo
Lebelo le phahameng ka ho fetisisa
e ka bang 10 km/h (6 mph)
Ho matha, 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?

Oplosaurus 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)

E ne e phahame hakae?

Peree ka bang 1.6 m (5.2 ft)Tloue ka bang 3.2 m (10 ft)Oplosaurusbophahamo ba e ka bang 5.5 m (18 ft)Thuhloe ka bang 5.5 m (18 ft)

kakanyo

telele jwaloka dikoloi tse 6 tse pakilweng ka molatelele jwaloka dibanana tse 140 di behilwe ka molae phahame hoo e ka nyarelang ka fensetere mokatong wa 2e ne e ka matha dimitara tse 100 ka metsotswana e 36 (motho ya lebelo ka ho fetisisa o hloka 9,6)

Oplosaurus 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?

dintho tse monate

Dintlha tse monate

1

Oplosaurus is known only from a single tooth, found in the 1850s. This tooth is 85 mm (3.35 inches) tall, about as long as a credit card.12

2

The tooth looks very similar to a Brachiosaurus tooth, so scientists think Oplosaurus was a giant sauropod, maybe 25 metres (82 feet) long.12

3

Its name means 'armed lizard' or 'weapon lizard', probably because the tooth looked like a weapon. The species name armatus also means 'armed' in Latin.1

4

Some scientists think Oplosaurus might have been a turiasaur, a group of primitive sauropods with heart-shaped teeth. Others place it in the Camarasauridae family.1

5

The tooth has a pointed tip and wear facets from grinding plants. This shows Oplosaurus was a plant-eater that chewed its food.1

6

Oplosaurus lived on the Isle of Wight when it was a low plain with rivers and lakes. The climate was warm and humid, like a subtropical forest.1

7

Because only one tooth has been found, Oplosaurus is a 'tooth taxon'. Scientists are not sure if it is a valid genus or if the tooth belongs to another dinosaur like Pelorosaurus.12

E entswe ke AISetshwantsho sa Oplosaurus se entsweng ke AI
Setshwantsho se entsweng ke AI, se bontshang kamoo Oplosaurus 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 Oplosaurus

?How big was Oplosaurus?

About 25 metres (82 feet) long, based on its tooth being as big as a Brachiosaurus tooth.12

?What did Oplosaurus eat?

It was a plant-eater. Its tooth has wear facets from grinding tough vegetation.12

?Where was Oplosaurus found?

On the Isle of Wight, England, in the Wessex Formation near Brighstone Bay.12

?Is Oplosaurus a dinosaur?

Yes, it is a sauropod dinosaur, a long-necked plant-eater from the Early Cretaceous.13

Mosenyi wa ditshomo

Tshomo: Oplosaurus was an armoured dinosaur like Hylaeosaurus.

Nnete: Scientists once thought the tooth belonged to an armoured dinosaur because it was sharp, but Oplosaurus is now considered a long-necked sauropod, not an armoured dinosaur.1

Bakeng sa ditsebi tsa didinosaure

Lebitso la saense
Oplosaurus
E rehilwe ke
Gervais 18523
Sehlopha
Melala e melelele
Lelapa / leloko
Sauropoda3
Tlhophiso
Sauropodomorpha > Sauropoda3
Dilemo tsa mafika
dilemo tse dimilione tse 137 ho isa ho 121 (Valanginian / Barremian)3
Dinaha
United Kingdom3
Direkoto tsa difosili
1 ho The Paleobiology Database3
Ho sibollwa
In 1852, geologist Thomas Wright reported a large tooth found near Brixton Bay on the Isle of Wight. French paleontologist Paul Gervais named it Oplosaurus armatus the same year.1
E sa ntse e phehwa kgang
Scientists are not sure if Oplosaurus is a valid dinosaur or if its tooth belongs to another sauropod such as Pelorosaurus or a turiasaur.12

Moo dintlha di tswang teng

  1. Oplosaurus (en.wikipedia.org)
  2. Oplosaurus, a possible Camarasaur from the Isle of Wight - DinoWight (dinowight.org.uk)
  3. Oplosaurus in The Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0): dilemo, dibaka, dibopeho tsa mafika, tlhophiso.

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