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Sachicasaurus

ትርጉም ስሙ: “Sáchica lizard”1

ይበልዕ ነበረ: ስጋፕሌሲዮሰራትመጀመርታ ክሬታሸስብቴክኒክ ዳይኖሰር ኣይኮነን

Sachicasaurus was a huge marine reptile that swam in the warm seas of what is now Colombia. It was a pliosaur, a type of short-necked plesiosaur, and one of the biggest predators of its time. With a skull longer than a person, it used its sharp teeth to catch fish and other sea creatures.2 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 126 ክሳብ 113 ሚልዮን ዓመት3

መጀመርታ ክሬታሸስ

ፎሲላት ዝተረኽቡሉ

Vereda Arrayan, Sáchica, Boyacá, Colombia1

ንውሓት

10 ክሳብ 10.35 m (33 ክሳብ 34 ft)2

ክብደት

10.3 ቶን ክሳብ 12.8 ቶን (22,700 ክሳብ 28,200 lb)2

ዝለዓለ ቅልጣፈ

ኣስታት 19 ኪ.ሜ/ሰ (12 ማይል/ሰ)

ምሕምባስ, ግምት

መዓስ እዩ ዝነበረ?

ትሪያሲክ

ጁራሲክ

ክሬታሸስ

ቅድሚ 252 ሚልዮን ዓመት20114566፣ እቲ ኣስተሮይድ

ክንደይ ዓቢ ነይሩ?

ክንደይ ነዊሕ ነይሩ?

ክንደይ ከቢድ ነይሩ?

ከም 2 ሓራምዝ ዝኸብድ

ከም 2.5 መካይን ብመስርዕ ዝቖማ ዝነውሕከም 58 ባናና ተሰሪዑ ዝነውሕከም 9 መካይን ዝኸብድከም 2600 ሓብሓብ ዝኸብድከም 16 ምሉኣት ክፍልታት ተመሃሮ ዝኸብድከም 28 ጻዕዳ ድባት ዝኸብድንውሓት ዓቢ መሕምበሲ (50 ሜ) ኣብ 9.5 ካልኢት ክሕምብሶ ይኽእል ነበረ

ምሳኻ ክነጻጸር Sachicasaurus 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)

Sachicasaurus ኣስታት 19 ኪ.ሜ/ሰ (12 mph)

ብጉያ ዝኸይድ ፈረስ ኣስታት 65 ኪ.ሜ/ሰ (40 mph)

ቺታ ኣስታት 100 ኪ.ሜ/ሰ (62 mph)

ዘደንቑ ነገራት

ደስ ዝብሉ ሓቅታት

Sachicasaurus had a very short lower jaw joint, with only 17 to 18 teeth on each side, while other pliosaurs had 25 to 40.2

The only known skeleton is almost complete, but it is missing the tip of the tail and some fin bones.2

Its skull was more than 2 metres (6.6 feet) long, as big as a small car.1

Sachicasaurus lived about 130 to 120 million years ago, during the Early Cretaceous period.2

The fossil was found in an old gypsum quarry, and an ammonite shell was found in the rocks just above it, helping to date the animal.1

Sachicasaurus is closely related to another Colombian pliosaur, 'Kronosaurus' boyacensis, and may belong to the same group.1

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

?How big was Sachicasaurus?

About 10 to 10.35 metres (32.8 to 34.0 feet) long and weighed 10.3 to 12.8 metric tons (11.4 to 14.1 short tons).2

?What did Sachicasaurus eat?

It ate fish and other sea creatures, using its sharp teeth to catch them.2

?When did Sachicasaurus live?

It lived about 130 to 120 million years ago, during the Early Cretaceous period.2

?Where was Sachicasaurus found?

Its fossil was found in an old gypsum quarry near Sáchica, Boyacá, Colombia.2 1

?Is Sachicasaurus a dinosaur?

No, it is a pliosaur, a type of marine reptile called a plesiosaur, not a dinosaur.2

?How fast could Sachicasaurus swim?

Nobody knows for sure, but as a pliosaur with flippers, it was probably a fast swimmer.2

ንክኢላታት ዳይኖሰር

ሳይንሳዊ ስም: Sachicasaurus
ዝሰመዮ: Páramo-Fonseca et al. 20183
ጉጅለ: ፕሌሲዮሰራት
ስድራ / ክላድ: Pliosauridae3
ምድባ: Plesiosauria > Pliosauridae > Sauropterygia3
ዕድመ እቶም ኣኻውሕ: 126 ክሳብ 113 ሚልዮን ዓመት (Barremian / Aptian)3
ናይ ኣኻውሕ ንብርብራት: Paja3
ሃገራት: ኮሎምብያ3
መዛግብቲ ፎሲል: 1 ኣብ The Paleobiology Database3
ርኽበት: The fossil was found in 2013 by a team from the Universidad Nacional de Colombia and the oil company ECOPETROL. It was named Sachicasaurus vitae in 2018 by Páramo-Fonseca and colleagues.1 3
ገና ዘከራኽር: Scientists are not sure if Sachicasaurus is a separate genus or if it should be placed in the same genus as 'Kronosaurus' boyacensis.1