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ካርቱን ናይ Selmasaurus
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Selmasaurus

ትርጉም ስሙ: “Selma lizard, after the Selma Group of rocks in Alabama”1
ይበልዕ ነበረ: ስጋሞዛሰራትዳሕራይ ክሬታሸስብቴክኒክ ዳይኖሰር ኣይኮነን

Selmasaurus was a small, fierce marine lizard that lived in the shallow seas of North America during the time of the dinosaurs. It had a stiff skull that could not stretch like other mosasaurs, so it ate smaller prey. Two species are known, one from Alabama and one from Kansas.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 86 ክሳብ 72 ሚልዮን ዓመት2
ዳሕራይ ክሬታሸስ
ፎሲላት ዝተረኽቡሉ
Alabama and Kansas, USA21
ንውሓት
3 ክሳብ 5 m (9.8 ክሳብ 16 ft)1
ዝለዓለ ቅልጣፈ
ኣስታት 38 ኪ.ሜ/ሰ (24 ማይል/ሰ)
ምሕምባስ, ግምት

መዓስ እዩ ዝነበረ?

ትሪያሲክ
ጁራሲክ
ክሬታሸስ
ቅድሚ 252 ሚልዮን ዓመት20114566፣ እቲ ኣስተሮይድ

ክንደይ ዓቢ ነይሩ?

ክንደይ ነዊሕ ነይሩ?

Selmasaurus ኣስታት 5 ሜ ንውሓት (16 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 5 ኣኽላባት ካብ ኣፍንጫ ክሳብ ጭራ ዝነውሕከም 28 ባናና ተሰሪዑ ዝነውሕንውሓት ዓቢ መሕምበሲ (50 ሜ) ኣብ 4.7 ካልኢት ክሕምብሶ ይኽእል ነበረ

ምሳኻ ክነጻጸር Selmasaurus ክንደይ ዓቢ ነይሩ?

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

ክንደይ ቅልጡፍ ነይሩ?

ዘደንቑ ነገራት

ደስ ዝብሉ ሓቅታት

1

Selmasaurus had the fewest teeth of any known mosasaur, making it unusual among its relatives.1

2

Unlike most mosasaurs, Selmasaurus could not widen its jaws to swallow big prey. Its skull was stiff and did not have the flexible joints that other mosasaurs used to eat large animals.1

3

The first Selmasaurus fossil was a skull found in Alabama, but for many years no one knew exactly which rock layer it came from. In 1998, scientists used tiny fossils from the skull to figure out its age.1

4

One species, Selmasaurus johnsoni, was discovered by a family in Kansas in 1996 and donated to a museum. Its skull is one of the most complete mosasaur skulls ever found.1

5

Selmasaurus lived about 86 to 80 million years ago, during the Late Cretaceous period.1

6

Stable isotope studies suggest that Selmasaurus johnsoni sometimes swam in deeper, open ocean waters, not just near the shore like many other plioplatecarpines.1

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

?How big was Selmasaurus?

Selmasaurus was a small mosasaur, about 3 to 5 metres (10 to 16 feet) long.1

?What did Selmasaurus eat?

Selmasaurus was a predator that ate smaller prey. Because its skull could not stretch open wide, it could not swallow large animals like other mosasaurs.1

?Is Selmasaurus a dinosaur?

No, Selmasaurus is not a dinosaur. It is a marine lizard called a mosasaur that lived in the sea during the time of the dinosaurs.1

ንክኢላታት ዳይኖሰር

ሳይንሳዊ ስም
Selmasaurus
ዝሰመዮ
Wright and Shannon 19882
ጉጅለ
ሞዛሰራት
ስድራ / ክላድ
Mosasauridae2
ምድባ
Mosasauroidea2
ዕድመ እቶም ኣኻውሕ
86 ክሳብ 72 ሚልዮን ዓመት (Santonian / Campanian)2
ናይ ኣኻውሕ ንብርብራት
Mooreville Chalk, Niobrara2
ሃገራት
ኣመሪካ2
መዛግብቲ ፎሲል
2 ኣብ The Paleobiology Database2
ርኽበት
Selmasaurus was first named in 1988 by Kenneth Wright and Samuel Shannon, based on a skull found in Alabama. The species S. russelli was named after paleontologist Dale Russell. A second species, S. johnsoni, was discovered in Kansas in 1996 and named in 2008.1
ገና ዘከራኽር
Scientists are still debating exactly how Selmasaurus is related to other mosasaurs. Some think it is closely related to Ectenosaurus, while others place it in a group called Selmasaurini with Gavialimimus and Goronyosaurus.1

ሓቅታት ካበይ ይመጹ

  1. Selmasaurus (en.wikipedia.org)
  2. Selmasaurus in The Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0): ዕድመ፣ ቦታታት፣ ናይ ኣኻውሕ ንብርብራት፣ ምድባ።

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