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Psephoderma

Lebitso le bolela: “pebbly skin”1
E jele: NamaDihahabi tsa lewatleTriasiki ya Bohareng ho isa ho Triasiki ya MoraoHa se dinosaure ho ya ka saense

Psephoderma was a marine reptile that lived in the Late Triassic, about 210 million years ago. It had a flat skull and a shell made of two parts, like a turtle, and used its long snout to dig up shellfish from the seafloor.1

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 243 ho isa ho 201 tse fetileng4
Triasiki ya Bohareng ho isa ho Triasiki ya Morao
Difosili di fumanwe ho
Italy, Austria, Israel, and England21
Bolelele
1.8 m (5.9 ft)13
Lebelo le phahameng ka ho fetisisa
e ka bang 11 km/h (7 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?

Psephoderma bolelele ba e ka bang 1.8 m (5.9 ft)Ntja e ka bang 1 m (3.3 ft)Baesekele ya motho e moholo e ka bang 1.8 m (5.9 ft)Koloi e ka bang 4.5 m (15 ft)
telele jwaloka dikatse tsa lapeng tse 4 ho tloha nkong ho isa mohatlengtelele jwaloka dibanana tse 10 di behilwe ka molae ne e ka sesa bolelele ba letamo le leholo la ho sesa (50 m) ka metsotswana e 16

Psephoderma e ne e le kgolo hakae ha e bapiswa le WENA?

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E ne e le lebelo hakae?

dintho tse monate

Dintlha tse monate

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Psephoderma had a long tail, up to about 80 cm (31 inches), covered in bony scutes.1

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Its shell was split into two pieces: one over the ribs and another over the pelvis.1

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The largest known Psephoderma fossil is 180 cm (5.9 feet) long.3

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Its skull had a narrow, straight snout with grooves that led to the nostrils.1

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Psephoderma had no teeth at the front of its mouth, only four large crushing teeth on each side of the palate.1

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It lived in shallow, oxygen-rich waters near tidal channels, where it fed on shellfish like Modiolus and Isognomon.3

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

?Was Psephoderma a dinosaur?

No, Psephoderma was not a dinosaur. It was a marine reptile called a placodont, which is a type of sauropterygian.1

?How big was Psephoderma?

Psephoderma grew up to 180 centimetres (5.9 feet) long, which is about as long as a bathtub.1

?What did Psephoderma eat?

Psephoderma ate shellfish like Modiolus and Isognomon. It used its long snout to dig them up and crushed them with its large, flat teeth.3

?Could Psephoderma swim?

Yes, Psephoderma could swim. Its shell was streamlined for swimming, and it used its paddle-like limbs to move through the water.3

Bakeng sa ditsebi tsa didinosaure

Lebitso la saense
Psephoderma
E rehilwe ke
von Meyer 18584
Sehlopha
Dihahabi tsa lewatle
Lelapa / leloko
Placochelyida4
Tlhophiso
Placodontia > Sauropterygia4
Dilemo tsa mafika
dilemo tse dimilione tse 243 ho isa ho 201 ()4
Dibopeho tsa mafika
Calcare di Zu, Kössener Schichten, Zorzino Limestone4
Dinaha
Itali, Austria, Iseraele, United Kingdom4
Direkoto tsa difosili
10 ho The Paleobiology Database4
E boetse e tsejwa e le
Placochelyanus (mabitso a kgale jwale a balwa e le phoofolo e le nngwe)4
Ho sibollwa
Psephoderma was named by German paleontologist Hermann von Meyer in 1858. Fossils have been found in the Alps and England.12
E sa ntse e phehwa kgang
Scientists are not sure if Psephoderma used its shell mainly for defense or for swimming, but some think it was shaped to help it glide through water.3

Moo dintlha di tswang teng

  1. Psephoderma (en.wikipedia.org)
  2. PBDB Taxon (paleobiodb.org)
  3. FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY AND MODE OF LIFE OF THE LATE TRIASSIC PLACODONT PSEPHODERMA ALPINUM MEYER FROM THE CALCARE DI ZORZINO (LOMBARDY, N ITALY) | RIVISTA ITALIANA DI PALEONTOLOGIA E STRATIGRAFIA (riviste.unimi.it)
  4. Psephoderma in The Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0): dilemo, dibaka, dibopeho tsa mafika, tlhophiso.

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