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Californosaurus

ትርጉም ስሙ: “California lizard”1

ይበልዕ ነበረ: ስጋኢክቲዮሰራትዳሕራይ ትሪያሲክብቴክኒክ ዳይኖሰር ኣይኮነን

Californosaurus was a medium-sized marine reptile that swam in the seas during the Triassic Period. It had a long snout, a tail that bent downward, and flippers with round, widely spaced finger bones. It probably gave birth in the water and never came onto land.1

ደስ ዝብል ሓቂ: እዚ ናይ ባሕሪ ተሳሓባይ ዳይኖሰራት ኣብ ምድሪ ክኸዱ ከለዉ ይሕምብስ ነበረ። ኩሉ ሰብ ዳይኖሰር ይብሎም፣ ግን ካልእ ጨንፈር ተሳሓብቲ እዮም ነይሮም።

ዝነበረሉ

ቅድሚ 237 ክሳብ 227 ሚልዮን ዓመት5

ዳሕራይ ትሪያሲክ

ፎሲላት ዝተረኽቡሉ

California, USA, and also the Muschelkalk of Germany1 2

ንውሓት

3 m (9.8 ft)1

ዝለዓለ ቅልጣፈ

ኣስታት 48 ኪ.ሜ/ሰ (30 ማይል/ሰ)

ምሕምባስ, ግምት

መዓስ እዩ ዝነበረ?

ትሪያሲክ

ጁራሲክ

ክሬታሸስ

ቅድሚ 252 ሚልዮን ዓመት20114566፣ እቲ ኣስተሮይድ

ክንደይ ዓቢ ነይሩ?

ክንደይ ነዊሕ ነይሩ?

ከም 3 ኣኽላባት ካብ ኣፍንጫ ክሳብ ጭራ ዝነውሕከም 17 ባናና ተሰሪዑ ዝነውሕንውሓት ዓቢ መሕምበሲ (50 ሜ) ኣብ 3.8 ካልኢት ክሕምብሶ ይኽእል ነበረ

ምሳኻ ክነጻጸር Californosaurus ክንደይ ዓቢ ነይሩ?

ኣብ ብራውዘርካ ቀሊል ሕሳብ ጥራይ። ዝዕቀብ ወይ ናብ ዝኾነ ቦታ ዝለኣኽ የለን።

ክንደይ ቅልጡፍ ነይሩ?

ዝኸይድ ሰብ ኣስታት 5 ኪ.ሜ/ሰ (3 mph)

ብሽክለታ ዝጋልብ ቆልዓ ኣስታት 12 ኪ.ሜ/ሰ (7 mph)

Californosaurus ኣስታት 48 ኪ.ሜ/ሰ (30 mph)

ብጉያ ዝኸይድ ፈረስ ኣስታት 65 ኪ.ሜ/ሰ (40 mph)

ቺታ ኣስታት 100 ኪ.ሜ/ሰ (62 mph)

ዘደንቑ ነገራት

ደስ ዝብሉ ሓቅታት

Californosaurus was first described in 1902 as a species of Shastasaurus, but later got its own genus name in 1934.1

Its head was small compared to its body, similar to early ichthyosaurs like Mixosaurus and Cymbospondylus.1

The tail bent sharply downward and had a small vertical fluke, which helped it swim.1

It may have had a small dorsal fin on its back.1

The finger bones (phalanges) were circular and widely spaced, giving the flipper a round shape.1

It lived during the Carnian age of the Late Triassic, about 237 to 227 million years ago.2

ብAI ዝተሰርሐ ስእሊ ናይ Californosaurus — ብAI ዝተሰርሐ ስእሊ፣ Californosaurus ከመይ ይመስል ከም ዝነበረ ዘርኢ፣ ኮምፒተር ካብቲ ሳይንቲስታት ዝፈልጥዎ ዝሰርሖ። ግምት እዩ: እቲ ሓቀኛ እንስሳ ፍልይ ዝበለ ክመስል ይኽእል፣ ሓቀኛ ሕብሩ ድማ ዝፈልጦ የለን።

ንስኻ ሓቲትካ

ብዛዕባ Californosaurus ብብዝሒ ዝሕተቱ ሕቶታት

?How big was Californosaurus?

About 3 metres (9.8 feet) long.1 3

?What did Californosaurus eat?

It ate fish and other small marine creatures.1 4

?Was Californosaurus a dinosaur?

No, it was an ichthyosaur, an extinct marine reptile, not a dinosaur.1 4

ንክኢላታት ዳይኖሰር

ሳይንሳዊ ስም: Californosaurus
ዝሰመዮ: Kuhn 19345
ጉጅለ: ኢክቲዮሰራት
ስድራ / ክላድ: Californosauridae5
ምድባ: Ichthyosauria > Ichthyosauromorpha5
ዕድመ እቶም ኣኻውሕ: 237 ክሳብ 227 ሚልዮን ዓመት (Carnian)5
ናይ ኣኻውሕ ንብርብራት: Hosselkus, Hosselkus Limestone5
ሃገራት: ኣመሪካ5
መዛግብቲ ፎሲል: 2 ኣብ The Paleobiology Database5
ብኻልእ ስም: Delphinosaurus (ዝኣረጉ ኣስማት ሕጂ ከም ሓደ እንስሳ ይቑጸሩ)5
ርኽበት: John Campbell Merriam named it in 1902 as Shastasaurus perrini, honoring Professor James Perrin Smith who found the fossil. In 1934, Oscar Kuhn gave it the new genus name Californosaurus.1
ገና ዘከራኽር: Scientists are not sure if it had a dorsal fin, but it may have had a small one.1