Eonatator
Eonatator was a small, speedy marine lizard that swam in warm Cretaceous seas. It was an early relative of the giant mosasaurs, but much smaller and more agile.1
E tshetse leng?
E ne e le kgolo go le kae?
E ne e le telele go le kae?
telele jaaka dintšwa di le 2.5 go tswa kwa nkong go ya kwa mogatleng🍌telele jaaka dibanana di le 14 di latelana🏊e ne e ka thuma boleele jwa letamo le legolo la go thuma (50 m) mo metsotswaneng e le 6Eonatator e ne e le kgolo go le kae fa e bapisiwa le WENA?
Ke dipalo fela mo sebatling sa gago. Ga go sepe se se bolokwang kgotsa se se romelwang gope.
E ne e le bonako go le kae?
Dintlha tse di monate
Eonatator's tail made up about 40% of its head and body length, helping it swim fast.1
The first Eonatator fossil was found in the Niobrara Chalk of Kansas in 1918 by Charles Hazelius Sternberg and his son Levi.1
Eonatator was originally thought to be a species of Clidastes or Halisaurus, but scientists gave it its own genus in 2005.1
A second species, Eonatator coellensis, was discovered in Colombia and named after the town of Coello.1
Eonatator had a smooth, triangular bone on top of its skull with a round hole called the parietal foramen.1
Like many mosasaurs, Eonatator gave birth to live young instead of laying eggs.2

Dipotso tse di botswang thata ka ga Eonatator
?How big was Eonatator?
Eonatator was a small mosasaur. The type specimen of Eonatator sternbergii was about 2.6 metres (8.5 ft) long, and a specimen of Eonatator coellensis measured 2.8 metres (9.2 ft) long as preserved, missing part of its tail.1
?What did Eonatator eat?
The sources do not say exactly what Eonatator ate. As a small marine lizard and a mosasaur, it likely ate fish and other small sea creatures, but no specific diet is given.1
?Where was Eonatator found?
Eonatator fossils have been found in North America (Kansas and Alabama), Colombia, and Sweden. The first fossil was discovered in the Niobrara Chalk of Kansas in 1918.1
?Is Eonatator a dinosaur?
No, Eonatator is not a dinosaur. It is a marine lizard belonging to the mosasaur family.1
Ya baitseanape ba didino
- Leina la saense
- Eonatator
- Leina le neilwe ke
- Bardet et al. 20053
- Setlhopha
- Dimosasoro
- Lelapa / clade
- Mosasauridae3
- Thulaganyo
- Mosasauroidea3
- Bogolo jwa matlapa
- 86 go ya go 72 dimilione tsa dingwaga (Santonian / Campanian)3
- Dibopego tsa matlapa
- Niobrara, Nivel de Lutitas y Arenas3
- Dinaga
- Swedene, Amerika, Kolombia3
- Direkoto tsa difosili
- 9 mo The Paleobiology Database3
- Go fitlhelwa
- The first Eonatator fossil, a nearly complete skeleton, was found in Kansas in 1918 by Charles Hazelius Sternberg and his son Levi. It was named Eonatator sternbergii by Nathalie Bardet and colleagues in 2005.1
- Go sa ntse go ganetsanwa
- Some scientists think Eonatator might actually belong to the genus Halisaurus, but most now accept it as a separate genus.1
Kwa dintlha di tswang teng
- Eonatator (en.wikipedia.org)
- PBDB Taxon (paleobiodb.org)
- Eonatator in The Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0): dingwaga, mafelo, dibopego tsa matlapa, thulaganyo.
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