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Simolestes

ትርጉም ስሙ: “snub-nosed thief”1

ይበልዕ ነበረ: ስጋፕሌሲዮሰራትማእከላይ ጁራሲክ ክሳብ መጀመርታ ክሬታሸስብቴክኒክ ዳይኖሰር ኣይኮነን

Simolestes was a pliosaur, a kind of short-necked plesiosaur that lived in the Jurassic seas. It had a short, high, and wide skull built to handle twisting forces when hunting. It probably ate squid-like animals and ammonites.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 169 ክሳብ 143 ሚልዮን ዓመት2

ማእከላይ ጁራሲክ ክሳብ መጀመርታ ክሬታሸስ

ፎሲላት ዝተረኽቡሉ

England (Oxford Clay Formation), France, and India (Bhuj Formation)1 2

ንውሓት

4.6 m (15 ft)1

ዝለዓለ ቅልጣፈ

ኣስታት 28 ኪ.ሜ/ሰ (17 ማይል/ሰ)

ምሕምባስ, ግምት

መዓስ እዩ ዝነበረ?

ትሪያሲክ

ጁራሲክ

ክሬታሸስ

ቅድሚ 252 ሚልዮን ዓመት20114566፣ እቲ ኣስተሮይድ

ክንደይ ዓቢ ነይሩ?

ክንደይ ነዊሕ ነይሩ?

ከም 5 ኣኽላባት ካብ ኣፍንጫ ክሳብ ጭራ ዝነውሕከም 26 ባናና ተሰሪዑ ዝነውሕንውሓት ዓቢ መሕምበሲ (50 ሜ) ኣብ 6.4 ካልኢት ክሕምብሶ ይኽእል ነበረ

ምሳኻ ክነጻጸር Simolestes 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)

Simolestes ኣስታት 28 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

Simolestes had salt-secreting glands, which helped it drink seawater and keep its salt balance.1

The type specimen of Simolestes vorax is an almost complete but crushed skeleton found in the Oxford Clay of England.1

Simolestes lived from the Middle to Late Jurassic, about 171 to 145 million years ago.1

Scientists think Simolestes might have hunted in deeper waters or at night, because its prey (cephalopods) move up at night to feed.1

The species Simolestes keileni from France was moved to a new genus called Lorrainosaurus in 2023.1

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

?How big was Simolestes?

The largest Simolestes vorax specimens reached about 4.6 metres (15 feet) long, based on a head to body ratio similar to Liopleurodon.1

?What did Simolestes eat?

Simolestes probably ate squid-like animals, belemnites, and ammonites. Its exact feeding habits are unclear, but it likely hunted in deeper waters or at night.1

?Was Simolestes a dinosaur?

No, Simolestes was a pliosaur, a type of short-necked plesiosaur, which is a marine reptile, not a dinosaur.1

?When did Simolestes live?

Simolestes lived during the Middle to Late Jurassic, about 171 to 145 million years ago.1

ንክኢላታት ዳይኖሰር

ሳይንሳዊ ስም: Simolestes
ዝሰመዮ: Andrews 19092
ጉጅለ: ፕሌሲዮሰራት
ስድራ / ክላድ: Pliosauridae2
ምድባ: Plesiosauria > Pliosauridae > Sauropterygia2
ዕድመ እቶም ኣኻውሕ: 169 ክሳብ 143 ሚልዮን ዓመት (Bajocian / Tithonian)2
ናይ ኣኻውሕ ንብርብራት: Umia, Oxford Clay, Marnes de Gravelotte (=La Gravclotte Marls)2
ሃገራት: ህንዲ, ዓባይ ብሪጣንያ, ፈረንሳ2
መዛግብቲ ፎሲል: 5 ኣብ The Paleobiology Database2
ርኽበት: Simolestes was named by C. W. Andrews in 1909 based on a skeleton from the Oxford Clay of Peterborough, England.1 2
ገና ዘከራኽር: Scientists are unsure about the exact feeding habits of Simolestes, though the current consensus is that it ate cephalopods.1