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Morenosaurus

ትርጉም ስሙ: “Moreno lizard, named after the Moreno Formation where it was found”1

ይበልዕ ነበረ: ስጋፕሌሲዮሰራትዳሕራይ ክሬታሸስብቴክኒክ ዳይኖሰር ኣይኮነን

Morenosaurus was a huge marine reptile that swam in the seas near California about 70 million years ago. It had a very long neck and flippers like paddles, and it was not a dinosaur!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 72 ክሳብ 66 ሚልዮን ዓመት3

ዳሕራይ ክሬታሸስ

ፎሲላት ዝተረኽቡሉ

Panoche Hills, Fresno County, California, USA1 2

ዝለዓለ ቅልጣፈ

ኣስታት 27 ኪ.ሜ/ሰ (17 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)

Morenosaurus ኣስታት 27 ኪ.ሜ/ሰ (17 mph)

ብጉያ ዝኸይድ ፈረስ ኣስታት 65 ኪ.ሜ/ሰ (40 mph)

ቺታ ኣስታት 100 ኪ.ሜ/ሰ (62 mph)

ዘደንቑ ነገራት

ደስ ዝብሉ ሓቅታት

The skeleton of Morenosaurus was fairly complete, but it was missing the head and parts of the neck and paddles.1

The preserved part of the trunk and tail is 3.63 metres (11.9 feet) long.1

Morenosaurus lived during the Maastrichtian age, about 72 to 66 million years ago.3

The type specimen is stored at the California Institute of Technology, but the mounted skeleton is now in the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County.1

Morenosaurus belongs to a group called elasmosaurids, which were plesiosaurs with very long necks.1

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

ጽውጽዋይ ዘፍርስ

ጽውጽዋይ: Some people think all marine reptiles from the dinosaur age were dinosaurs.

ሓቂ: Morenosaurus was a plesiosaur, a marine reptile, not a dinosaur. Dinosaurs lived on land.1

ንክኢላታት ዳይኖሰር

ሳይንሳዊ ስም: Morenosaurus
ዝሰመዮ: Welles 19433
ጉጅለ: ፕሌሲዮሰራት
ስድራ / ክላድ: Elasmosauridae3
ምድባ: Plesiosauria > Elasmosauridae > Sauropterygia3
ዕድመ እቶም ኣኻውሕ: 72 ክሳብ 66 ሚልዮን ዓመት (Maastrichtian)3
ናይ ኣኻውሕ ንብርብራት: Moreno3
ሃገራት: ኣመሪካ3
መዛግብቲ ፎሲል: 2 ኣብ The Paleobiology Database3
ርኽበት: The skeleton was found by Robert Wallace and Arthur Drescher in 1939 in the Panoche Hills, California. Samuel Welles named it Morenosaurus stocki in 1943, honoring Dr. Chester Stock.1 2
ገና ዘከራኽር: Scientists are not sure about the total length of Morenosaurus because the head and neck are missing from the fossil.1