Pistosaurus
Pistosaurus was an ancient marine reptile that lived in the Triassic Period, about 247 to 237 million years ago. It looked a bit like a plesiosaur but had a stiff backbone and used its flippers to fly underwater. It is known as the oldest 'subaquatic flying' reptile on Earth.1
E phetse neng?
E ne e le kgolo hakae?
E ne e le telele hakae?
telele jwaloka dintja tse 3 ho tloha nkong ho isa mohatleng๐telele jwaloka dibanana tse 17 di behilwe ka mola๐e ne e ka sesa bolelele ba letamo le leholo la ho sesa (50 m) ka metsotswana e 7.8Pistosaurus 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
Pistosaurus is often mistaken for Nothosaurus or plesiosaurs, but it is a close relative of plesiosaurs from the Triassic.1
Its backbone was stiff like a plesiosaur's, so it used its paddle-like flippers to push itself through the water.1
The skull of Pistosaurus had a long, slender snout and small splint-like nasal bones that were not part of the nostril opening.1
Bone studies show that Pistosaurus had dense, heavy bones in its arms, which helped it sink and swim underwater.1
Scientists think Pistosaurus used a swimming style called 'subaquatic flying', where both left and right flippers beat together at the same time.1
Fossil evidence of decompression sickness (like the bends) in Pistosaurus forelimbs suggests it lived in open, cold marine waters.1

Dipotso tse botswang haholo ka Pistosaurus
?How big was Pistosaurus?
About 3 metres (10 feet) long.1
?What did Pistosaurus eat?
It ate fish, catching them with its numerous sharp teeth.1
?Was Pistosaurus a dinosaur?
No, it was a marine reptile called a sauropterygian, closely related to plesiosaurs.1
?When did Pistosaurus live?
It lived during the Middle Triassic Period, about 247 to 237 million years ago.1
Mosenyi wa ditshomo
Tshomo: Pistosaurus is a dinosaur.
Nnete: Pistosaurus is not a dinosaur. It is a marine reptile called a sauropterygian, closely related to plesiosaurs.1
Bakeng sa ditsebi tsa didinosaure
- Lebitso la saense
- Pistosaurus
- E rehilwe ke
- Meyer 18392
- Sehlopha
- Dihahabi tsa lewatle
- Lelapa / leloko
- Pistosauria2
- Tlhophiso
- Sauropterygia2
- Dilemo tsa mafika
- dilemo tse dimilione tse 247 ho isa ho 237 ()2
- Dibopeho tsa mafika
- Boruszowice, Marne della Val di Centa, Trochitenkalk2
- Dinaha
- Jeremane, Poland, Itali2
- Direkoto tsa difosili
- 7 ho The Paleobiology Database2
- Ho sibollwa
- Pistosaurus was named by German paleontologist Hermann von Meyer in 1839 based on skulls and a skeleton found in the Muschelkalk rocks of Bayreuth, Germany.21
- E sa ntse e phehwa kgang
- Scientists are still debating exactly how Pistosaurus swam and whether its flippers were used for underwater flying in the same way as plesiosaurs.1
Moo dintlha di tswang teng
- Pistosaurus (en.wikipedia.org)
- Pistosaurus in The Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0): dilemo, dibaka, dibopeho tsa mafika, tlhophiso.
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