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Selmasaurus

Lebitso le bolela: “Selma lizard, after the Selma Group of rocks in Alabama”1
E jele: NamaDimosasaureKretase ya MoraoHa se dinosaure ho ya ka saense

Selmasaurus was a small, fierce marine lizard that lived in the shallow seas of North America during the time of the dinosaurs. It had a stiff skull that could not stretch like other mosasaurs, so it ate smaller prey. Two species are known, one from Alabama and one from Kansas.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 86 ho isa ho 72 tse fetileng2
Kretase ya Morao
Difosili di fumanwe ho
Alabama and Kansas, USA21
Bolelele
3 ho isa ho 5 m (9.8 ho isa ho 16 ft)1
Lebelo le phahameng ka ho fetisisa
e ka bang 38 km/h (24 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?

Selmasaurus bolelele ba e ka bang 5 m (16 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 dintja tse 5 ho tloha nkong ho isa mohatlengtelele jwaloka dibanana tse 28 di behilwe ka molae ne e ka sesa bolelele ba letamo le leholo la ho sesa (50 m) ka metsotswana e 4.7

Selmasaurus 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

1

Selmasaurus had the fewest teeth of any known mosasaur, making it unusual among its relatives.1

2

Unlike most mosasaurs, Selmasaurus could not widen its jaws to swallow big prey. Its skull was stiff and did not have the flexible joints that other mosasaurs used to eat large animals.1

3

The first Selmasaurus fossil was a skull found in Alabama, but for many years no one knew exactly which rock layer it came from. In 1998, scientists used tiny fossils from the skull to figure out its age.1

4

One species, Selmasaurus johnsoni, was discovered by a family in Kansas in 1996 and donated to a museum. Its skull is one of the most complete mosasaur skulls ever found.1

5

Selmasaurus lived about 86 to 80 million years ago, during the Late Cretaceous period.1

6

Stable isotope studies suggest that Selmasaurus johnsoni sometimes swam in deeper, open ocean waters, not just near the shore like many other plioplatecarpines.1

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

?How big was Selmasaurus?

Selmasaurus was a small mosasaur, about 3 to 5 metres (10 to 16 feet) long.1

?What did Selmasaurus eat?

Selmasaurus was a predator that ate smaller prey. Because its skull could not stretch open wide, it could not swallow large animals like other mosasaurs.1

?Is Selmasaurus a dinosaur?

No, Selmasaurus is not a dinosaur. It is a marine lizard called a mosasaur that lived in the sea during the time of the dinosaurs.1

Bakeng sa ditsebi tsa didinosaure

Lebitso la saense
Selmasaurus
E rehilwe ke
Wright and Shannon 19882
Sehlopha
Dimosasaure
Lelapa / leloko
Mosasauridae2
Tlhophiso
Mosasauroidea2
Dilemo tsa mafika
dilemo tse dimilione tse 86 ho isa ho 72 (Santonian / Campanian)2
Dibopeho tsa mafika
Mooreville Chalk, Niobrara2
Dinaha
Amerika2
Direkoto tsa difosili
2 ho The Paleobiology Database2
Ho sibollwa
Selmasaurus was first named in 1988 by Kenneth Wright and Samuel Shannon, based on a skull found in Alabama. The species S. russelli was named after paleontologist Dale Russell. A second species, S. johnsoni, was discovered in Kansas in 1996 and named in 2008.1
E sa ntse e phehwa kgang
Scientists are still debating exactly how Selmasaurus is related to other mosasaurs. Some think it is closely related to Ectenosaurus, while others place it in a group called Selmasaurini with Gavialimimus and Goronyosaurus.1

Moo dintlha di tswang teng

  1. Selmasaurus (en.wikipedia.org)
  2. Selmasaurus in The Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0): dilemo, dibaka, dibopeho tsa mafika, tlhophiso.

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