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Megalneusaurus

ትርጉም ስሙ: “king of large swimming lizards”1
ይበልዕ ነበረ: ስጋፕሌሲዮሰራትዳሕራይ ጁራሲክብቴክኒክ ዳይኖሰር ኣይኮነን

Megalneusaurus was a giant marine reptile that swam in the shallow Sundance Sea during the Late Jurassic. It was one of the biggest predators in North America at that time, with four flippers and a big head.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 162 ክሳብ 155 ሚልዮን ዓመት3
ዳሕራይ ጁራሲክ
ፎሲላት ዝተረኽቡሉ
Wyoming, USA, and possibly Alaska, USA1
ንውሓት
7 ክሳብ 9 m (23 ክሳብ 30 ft)1
ዝለዓለ ቅልጣፈ
ኣስታት 23 ኪ.ሜ/ሰ (14 ማይል/ሰ)
ምሕምባስ, ግምት

መዓስ እዩ ዝነበረ?

ትሪያሲክ
ጁራሲክ
ክሬታሸስ
ቅድሚ 252 ሚልዮን ዓመት20114566፣ እቲ ኣስተሮይድ

ክንደይ ዓቢ ነይሩ?

ክንደይ ነዊሕ ነይሩ?

Megalneusaurus ኣስታት 9 ሜ ንውሓት (30 ft)ናይ ዓበይቲ ብሽክለታ ኣስታት 1.8 ሜ (5.9 ft)መኪና ኣስታት 4.5 ሜ (15 ft)ሓርማዝ፣ ሎሚ ኣብ ምድሪ ዝዓበየ እንስሳ ኣስታት 6.5 ሜ (21 ft)
ከም 2 መካይን ብመስርዕ ዝቖማ ዝነውሕከም 50 ባናና ተሰሪዑ ዝነውሕንውሓት ዓቢ መሕምበሲ (50 ሜ) ኣብ 7.8 ካልኢት ክሕምብሶ ይኽእል ነበረ

ምሳኻ ክነጻጸር Megalneusaurus ክንደይ ዓቢ ነይሩ?

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

ክንደይ ቅልጡፍ ነይሩ?

ዘደንቑ ነገራት

ደስ ዝብሉ ሓቅታት

1

Megalneusaurus was one of the largest pliosaurs in North America, measuring about 7 to 9 meters (23 to 30 feet) long.1

2

Its back flippers were bigger than its front flippers, which is unusual for plesiosaurs.1

3

Fossil stomach contents include tiny hooks from squid-like animals and bits of fish bones.12

4

It lived in the Sundance Sea, a shallow sea that covered parts of North America during the Jurassic.1

5

Scientists think it was an ambush predator, waiting to surprise its prey.1

6

A specimen from Alaska suggests it could also live in colder waters.1

ብAI ዝተሰርሐብAI ዝተሰርሐ ስእሊ ናይ Megalneusaurus
ብAI ዝተሰርሐ ስእሊ፣ Megalneusaurus 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 Megalneusaurus ብብዝሒ ዝሕተቱ ሕቶታት

?How big was Megalneusaurus?

Megalneusaurus was about 7 to 9 meters (23 to 30 feet) long. Some estimates say it could reach around 13 meters (43 feet).1

?What did Megalneusaurus eat?

It ate squid-like animals and fish, based on hooklets and fish bones found in its stomach. It may also have eaten other plesiosaurs.12

?Could Megalneusaurus live in cold water?

Yes. A specimen found in Alaska shows it could live in colder waters, where there were fewer animals.1

?Was Megalneusaurus a dinosaur?

No, it was a marine reptile called a pliosaur, not a dinosaur. It lived in the sea.1

ጽውጽዋይ ዘፍርስ

ጽውጽዋይ: Some people think Megalneusaurus was a dinosaur.

ሓቂ: It was a plesiosaur, a marine reptile, not a dinosaur.1

ንክኢላታት ዳይኖሰር

ሳይንሳዊ ስም
Megalneusaurus
ዝሰመዮ
Knight 18983
ጉጅለ
ፕሌሲዮሰራት
ስድራ / ክላድ
Plesiosauria3
ምድባ
Plesiosauria > Sauropterygia3
ዕድመ እቶም ኣኻውሕ
162 ክሳብ 155 ሚልዮን ዓመት (Oxfordian)3
ናይ ኣኻውሕ ንብርብራት
Sundance3
ሃገራት
ኣመሪካ3
መዛግብቲ ፎሲል
1 ኣብ The Paleobiology Database3
ርኽበት
Wilbur Clinton Knight found and described the first fossils in 1895, near Ervay, Wyoming. He first called it Cimoliosaurus rex, then gave it its own genus name in 1898.12
ገና ዘከራኽር
Scientists debate whether Megalneusaurus is a valid genus because many of the original fossils were lost.1

ሓቅታት ካበይ ይመጹ

  1. Megalneusaurus (en.wikipedia.org)
  2. REDISCOVERY OF WILBUR KNIGHT’S MEGALNEUSAURUS REX SITE: NEW MATERIAL FROM AN OLD PIT (wyomingdinosaurcenter.org)
  3. Megalneusaurus in The Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0): ዕድመ፣ ቦታታት፣ ናይ ኣኻውሕ ንብርብራት፣ ምድባ።

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