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Psephoderma

ትርጉም ስሙ: “pebbly skin”1

ይበልዕ ነበረ: ስጋናይ ባሕሪ ተሳሓብቲማእከላይ ትሪያሲክ ክሳብ ዳሕራይ ትሪያሲክብቴክኒክ ዳይኖሰር ኣይኮነን

Psephoderma was a marine reptile that lived in the Late Triassic, about 210 million years ago. It had a flat skull and a shell made of two parts, like a turtle, and used its long snout to dig up shellfish from the seafloor.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 243 ክሳብ 201 ሚልዮን ዓመት4

ማእከላይ ትሪያሲክ ክሳብ ዳሕራይ ትሪያሲክ

ፎሲላት ዝተረኽቡሉ

Italy, Austria, Israel, and England2 1

ንውሓት

1.8 m (5.9 ft)1 3

ዝለዓለ ቅልጣፈ

ኣስታት 11 ኪ.ሜ/ሰ (7 ማይል/ሰ)

ምሕምባስ, ግምት

መዓስ እዩ ዝነበረ?

ትሪያሲክ

ጁራሲክ

ክሬታሸስ

ቅድሚ 252 ሚልዮን ዓመት20114566፣ እቲ ኣስተሮይድ

ክንደይ ዓቢ ነይሩ?

ክንደይ ነዊሕ ነይሩ?

ከም 4 ኣናሙ ገዛ ካብ ኣፍንጫ ክሳብ ጭራ ዝነውሕከም 10 ባናና ተሰሪዑ ዝነውሕንውሓት ዓቢ መሕምበሲ (50 ሜ) ኣብ 16 ካልኢት ክሕምብሶ ይኽእል ነበረ

ምሳኻ ክነጻጸር Psephoderma 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)

Psephoderma ኣስታት 11 ኪ.ሜ/ሰ (7 mph)

ብሽክለታ ዝጋልብ ቆልዓ ኣስታት 12 ኪ.ሜ/ሰ (7 mph)

ብጉያ ዝኸይድ ፈረስ ኣስታት 65 ኪ.ሜ/ሰ (40 mph)

ቺታ ኣስታት 100 ኪ.ሜ/ሰ (62 mph)

ዘደንቑ ነገራት

ደስ ዝብሉ ሓቅታት

Psephoderma had a long tail, up to about 80 cm (31 inches), covered in bony scutes.1

Its shell was split into two pieces: one over the ribs and another over the pelvis.1

The largest known Psephoderma fossil is 180 cm (5.9 feet) long.3

Its skull had a narrow, straight snout with grooves that led to the nostrils.1

Psephoderma had no teeth at the front of its mouth, only four large crushing teeth on each side of the palate.1

It lived in shallow, oxygen-rich waters near tidal channels, where it fed on shellfish like Modiolus and Isognomon.3

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

?Was Psephoderma a dinosaur?

No, Psephoderma was not a dinosaur. It was a marine reptile called a placodont, which is a type of sauropterygian.1

?How big was Psephoderma?

Psephoderma grew up to 180 centimetres (5.9 feet) long, which is about as long as a bathtub.1

?What did Psephoderma eat?

Psephoderma ate shellfish like Modiolus and Isognomon. It used its long snout to dig them up and crushed them with its large, flat teeth.3

?Could Psephoderma swim?

Yes, Psephoderma could swim. Its shell was streamlined for swimming, and it used its paddle-like limbs to move through the water.3

ንክኢላታት ዳይኖሰር

ሳይንሳዊ ስም: Psephoderma
ዝሰመዮ: von Meyer 18584
ጉጅለ: ናይ ባሕሪ ተሳሓብቲ
ስድራ / ክላድ: Placochelyida4
ምድባ: Placodontia > Sauropterygia4
ዕድመ እቶም ኣኻውሕ: 243 ክሳብ 201 ሚልዮን ዓመት ()4
ናይ ኣኻውሕ ንብርብራት: Calcare di Zu, Kössener Schichten, Zorzino Limestone4
ሃገራት: ጣልያን, ኦስትርያ, እስራኤል, ዓባይ ብሪጣንያ4
መዛግብቲ ፎሲል: 10 ኣብ The Paleobiology Database4
ብኻልእ ስም: Placochelyanus (ዝኣረጉ ኣስማት ሕጂ ከም ሓደ እንስሳ ይቑጸሩ)4
ርኽበት: Psephoderma was named by German paleontologist Hermann von Meyer in 1858. Fossils have been found in the Alps and England.1 2
ገና ዘከራኽር: Scientists are not sure if Psephoderma used its shell mainly for defense or for swimming, but some think it was shaped to help it glide through water.3