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Gengasaurus

ትርጉም ስሙ: “Genga lizard”1

ይበልዕ ነበረ: ስጋኢክቲዮሰራትዳሕራይ ጁራሲክ ክሳብ መጀመርታ ክሬታሸስብቴክኒክ ዳይኖሰር ኣይኮነን

Gengasaurus was a fast-swimming marine reptile that lived in the warm Jurassic seas. It looked a bit like a dolphin but was actually an ichthyosaur, not a dinosaur. It had a long snout full of sharp teeth for catching fish and squid.3 2

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 155 ክሳብ 143 ሚልዮን ዓመት3

ዳሕራይ ጁራሲክ ክሳብ መጀመርታ ክሬታሸስ

ፎሲላት ዝተረኽቡሉ

Camponocecchio, Genga, Marche, Italy3 1

ዝለዓለ ቅልጣፈ

ኣስታት 46 ኪ.ሜ/ሰ (29 ማይል/ሰ)

ምሕምባስ, ግምት

መዓስ እዩ ዝነበረ?

ትሪያሲክ

ጁራሲክ

ክሬታሸስ

ቅድሚ 252 ሚልዮን ዓመት20114566፣ እቲ ኣስተሮይድ

ክንደይ ቅልጡፍ ነይሩ?

ዝኸይድ ሰብ ኣስታት 5 ኪ.ሜ/ሰ (3 mph)

ብሽክለታ ዝጋልብ ቆልዓ ኣስታት 12 ኪ.ሜ/ሰ (7 mph)

Gengasaurus ኣስታት 46 ኪ.ሜ/ሰ (29 mph)

ብጉያ ዝኸይድ ፈረስ ኣስታት 65 ኪ.ሜ/ሰ (40 mph)

ቺታ ኣስታት 100 ኪ.ሜ/ሰ (62 mph)

ዘደንቑ ነገራት

ደስ ዝብሉ ሓቅታት

Gengasaurus was named in 2017, but the fossil was actually discovered in 1976. It was called the 'Genga ichthyosaur' for many years before getting its official name.1

Two shark teeth from the order Hexanchiformes were found with the Gengasaurus fossil. Scientists think the sharks may have been scavenging on the dead ichthyosaur.2

Gengasaurus belongs to a group called Ophthalmosauridae, which means 'eye lizards'. These ichthyosaurs had very large eyes to see in dim water.3 2

The fossil was found in the Calcari ad aptici e Saccocoma Formation in Italy, which was once part of the warm Western Tethys Ocean.3 2

Gengasaurus lived about 152 million years ago, during the Late Jurassic period.1

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

ንክኢላታት ዳይኖሰር

ሳይንሳዊ ስም: Gengasaurus
ዝሰመዮ: Paparella et al. 20173
ጉጅለ: ኢክቲዮሰራት
ስድራ / ክላድ: Ophthalmosauridae3
ምድባ: Ichthyosauria > Ichthyosauromorpha3
ዕድመ እቶም ኣኻውሕ: 155 ክሳብ 143 ሚልዮን ዓመት (Kimmeridgian / Tithonian)3
ናይ ኣኻውሕ ንብርብራት: Calcari ad aptici e Saccocoma3
ሃገራት: ጣልያን3
መዛግብቲ ፎሲል: 1 ኣብ The Paleobiology Database3
ርኽበት: The nearly complete skeleton was discovered in 1976 at Camponocecchio, Italy. It was first described in 1980 and 2000 as the 'Genga ichthyosaur', and finally named Gengasaurus nicosiai by Paparella and colleagues in a paper published in 2017.1 2
ገና ዘከራኽር: Scientists are not sure exactly where Gengasaurus fits in the ichthyosaur family tree. It shares features with both northern and southern hemisphere ophthalmosaurids, suggesting it may be a link between different groups.2