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Sinopliosaurus

ትርጉም ስሙ: “Chinese pliosaur”4

ይበልዕ ነበረ: ስጋፕሌሲዮሰራትመጀመርታ ጁራሲክ ክሳብ መጀመርታ ክሬታሸስብቴክኒክ ዳይኖሰር ኣይኮነን

Sinopliosaurus was a big marine reptile that swam in the seas during the Jurassic period. It was a plesiosaur, not a dinosaur, and it used its flippers to glide through the water. It was a fierce hunter with sharp teeth.4

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 184 ክሳብ 143 ሚልዮን ዓመት4

መጀመርታ ጁራሲክ ክሳብ መጀመርታ ክሬታሸስ

ፎሲላት ዝተረኽቡሉ

Fossils were found in Sichuan and Xinjiang, China.1

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)

Sinopliosaurus 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

Sinopliosaurus lived from about 184 to 143 million years ago, during the Jurassic period.1

Its teeth were small, curved, and had grooves along the crown.1

The backbone bones were flat at both ends, which is a special feature.1

It was a fast swimmer that lived near the surface of the sea.4

The type specimen includes a tooth and three vertebrae, found in 1939.2

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

?Was Sinopliosaurus a dinosaur?

No, it was a plesiosaur, a type of marine reptile that lived in the sea. It is not a dinosaur.3 4

?How big was Sinopliosaurus?

Nobody knows for sure, because only a few bones have been found. Pliosaurids (its family) ranged from about 3 metres to 12 metres long.4

?What did Sinopliosaurus eat?

It was a carnivore, meaning it ate meat. It had sharp, grooved teeth for catching prey.4

?When did Sinopliosaurus live?

It lived during the Jurassic period, from about 184 to 143 million years ago. Some remains may be from the Early Cretaceous, around 100 million years ago.4 3

ንክኢላታት ዳይኖሰር

ሳይንሳዊ ስም: Sinopliosaurus
ዝሰመዮ: Young 19444
ጉጅለ: ፕሌሲዮሰራት
ስድራ / ክላድ: Pliosauridae4
ምድባ: Plesiosauria > Pliosauridae > Sauropterygia4
ዕድመ እቶም ኣኻውሕ: 184 ክሳብ 143 ሚልዮን ዓመት (Toarcian / Tithonian)4
ናይ ኣኻውሕ ንብርብራት: Ziliujing, Lianmuqin4
ሃገራት: ቻይና4
መዛግብቲ ፎሲል: 4 ኣብ The Paleobiology Database4
ርኽበት: Sinopliosaurus was named by Chinese scientist Yang Zhongjian (C.C. Young) in 1944. The first fossils were found by H.H. Yao in 1939 in Sichuan, China.2
ገና ዘከራኽር: Some scientists think Sinopliosaurus weiyuanensis might not be a valid species, because the fossils are too few and incomplete.1