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Latoplatecarpus

ትርጉም ስሙ: “wide flat wrist”1

ይበልዕ ነበረ: ስጋሞዛሰራትዳሕራይ ክሬታሸስብቴክኒክ ዳይኖሰር ኣይኮነን

Latoplatecarpus was a huge marine lizard that swam in the seas during the time of the dinosaurs. It was not a dinosaur, but a fierce predator with a long body and powerful jaws. It could grow over 8 metres long, as long as a school bus!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 84 ክሳብ 72 ሚልዮን ዓመት4

ዳሕራይ ክሬታሸስ

ፎሲላት ዝተረኽቡሉ

Fossils have been found in Manitoba, Canada, and also in the northern Gulf of Mexico and Russia.1 4

ንውሓት

ክሳብ 8 m (26 ft)1

ዝለዓለ ቅልጣፈ

ኣስታት 36 ኪ.ሜ/ሰ (22 ማይል/ሰ)

ምሕምባስ, ግምት

መዓስ እዩ ዝነበረ?

ትሪያሲክ

ጁራሲክ

ክሬታሸስ

ቅድሚ 252 ሚልዮን ዓመት20114566፣ እቲ ኣስተሮይድ

ክንደይ ዓቢ ነይሩ?

ክንደይ ነዊሕ ነይሩ?

ከም 8 ኣኽላባት ካብ ኣፍንጫ ክሳብ ጭራ ዝነውሕከም 44 ባናና ተሰሪዑ ዝነውሕንውሓት ዓቢ መሕምበሲ (50 ሜ) ኣብ 5 ካልኢት ክሕምብሶ ይኽእል ነበረ

ምሳኻ ክነጻጸር Latoplatecarpus 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)

Latoplatecarpus ኣስታት 36 ኪ.ሜ/ሰ (22 mph)

ብጉያ ዝኸይድ ፈረስ ኣስታት 65 ኪ.ሜ/ሰ (40 mph)

ቺታ ኣስታት 100 ኪ.ሜ/ሰ (62 mph)

ዘደንቑ ነገራት

ደስ ዝብሉ ሓቅታት

Latoplatecarpus was one of the largest plioplatecarpine mosasaurs, with one species reaching over 8 metres (26 feet) long.1

Its skull was nearly complete in the first fossil found, including the lower jaw and many teeth.1

The name Latoplatecarpus means 'wide flat wrist', because of the shape of its wrist bones.1

It lived about 80.5 million years ago, during the Campanian stage of the Late Cretaceous.1

Scientists think its ear bones were tilted forward in life, which may have helped it hear underwater.2

ብAI ዝተሰርሐ ስእሊ ናይ Latoplatecarpus — ብAI ዝተሰርሐ ስእሊ፣ Latoplatecarpus 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 Latoplatecarpus ብብዝሒ ዝሕተቱ ሕቶታት

?What did Latoplatecarpus eat?

It was a carnivore that likely ate fish and possibly cephalopods, using its short snout and powerful body to catch smaller prey.3

?Where did Latoplatecarpus live?

It lived in the Late Cretaceous seas of North America, including the Western Interior Seaway, and a single specimen was found in Russia.1

?How fast could Latoplatecarpus swim?

Scientists think it was fast and agile in the water, thanks to its wide front flippers that helped it steer and keep level.3

ጽውጽዋይ ዘፍርስ

ጽውጽዋይ: Some people think Latoplatecarpus was a dinosaur because it lived with dinosaurs.

ሓቂ: Latoplatecarpus was a mosasaur, a marine reptile, not a dinosaur. Dinosaurs lived on land, while mosasaurs swam in the sea.1

ንክኢላታት ዳይኖሰር

ሳይንሳዊ ስም: Latoplatecarpus
ዝሰመዮ: Konishi and Caldwell 20114
ጉጅለ: ሞዛሰራት
ስድራ / ክላድ: Mosasauridae4
ምድባ: Mosasauroidea4
ዕድመ እቶም ኣኻውሕ: 84 ክሳብ 72 ሚልዮን ዓመት (Campanian)4
ናይ ኣኻውሕ ንብርብራት: Pierre Shale4
ሃገራት: ካናዳ4
መዛግብቲ ፎሲል: 4 ኣብ The Paleobiology Database4
ርኽበት: Latoplatecarpus was named by Takuya Konishi and Michael Caldwell in 2011. The first fossil, a nearly complete skull and partial skeleton, was found in Manitoba, Canada.1
ገና ዘከራኽር: Scientists are not sure if the species L. nichollsae really belongs to Latoplatecarpus or to another mosasaur called Plioplatecarpus.1