Guizhouichthyosaurus
Guizhouichthyosaurus was a giant marine reptile that swam in the seas of what is now China during the Triassic Period. It looked like a dolphin but was much bigger, with a long snout and a tail that bent downward at the tip. This apex predator ate other large marine reptiles, even though its teeth were small and smooth.1
E tshetse leng?
E ne e le kgolo go le kae?
E ne e le telele go le kae?
E ne e le bokete go le kae?
telele jaaka dintšwa di le 6 go tswa kwa nkong go ya kwa mogatleng🍌telele jaaka dibanana di le 33 di latelana🍉bokete jaaka magapu a le 280🧸bokete jaaka bana ba kreše ba le 74🎒bokete jaaka bana ba sekolo ba le 44🐻❄️bokete jaaka dibere tse ditshweu di le 3🏊e ne e ka thuma boleele jwa letamo le legolo la go thuma (50 m) mo metsotswaneng e le 4Guizhouichthyosaurus 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
One fossil of Guizhouichthyosaurus had the remains of a thalattosaur (another marine reptile) inside its stomach, showing it was an apex predator.1
Its teeth were small and smooth, not sharp like steak knives, so it probably grabbed prey and swallowed it whole.1
Guizhouichthyosaurus swam like an eel, wiggling its whole body, unlike later ichthyosaurs that swam more like tuna.1
Scientists think there were two different body shapes (morphotypes) of this species, possibly males and females.1
It lived about 239 to 227 million years ago, during the Middle and Late Triassic.2
Some scientists once thought Guizhouichthyosaurus was the same as Shastasaurus, but now most agree it is its own genus.1

Dipotso tse di botswang thata ka ga Guizhouichthyosaurus
?How big was Guizhouichthyosaurus?
About 5 metres (16 feet) long, with some specimens over 6 metres (20 feet).1
?What did Guizhouichthyosaurus eat?
It ate other large marine reptiles, like the thalattosaur Xinpusaurus. One fossil had a thalattosaur in its stomach, showing it was an apex predator.14
?Was Guizhouichthyosaurus a dinosaur?
No, it was an ichthyosaur, a marine reptile that lived in the sea. It was not a dinosaur.1
?How did Guizhouichthyosaurus swim?
It swam like an eel, wiggling its whole body, unlike later ichthyosaurs that swam more like tuna.1
Mothubi wa ditlhamane
Tlhamane: Guizhouichthyosaurus had huge, sharp teeth like a T. rex.
Boammaaruri: Its teeth were actually small and smooth, more like pegs, and it used them to grip prey rather than slice it.1
Ya baitseanape ba didino
- Leina la saense
- Guizhouichthyosaurus
- Leina le neilwe ke
- ga go itsiwe5
- Setlhopha
- Diikhithiosoro
- Lelapa / clade
- Shastasauridae5
- Thulaganyo
- Ichthyosauria > Ichthyosauria > Ichthyosauromorpha > Ichthyosauromorpha5
- Bogolo jwa matlapa
- 241 go ya go 227 dimilione tsa dingwaga (Ladinian / Carnian)5
- Dibopego tsa matlapa
- Xiaowa, Falang, Wayao5
- Dinaga
- Tšhaena5
- Direkoto tsa difosili
- 8 mo The Paleobiology Database5
- Go fitlhelwa
- The first fossils were named by Y. Cao and Y. Luo in 2000, based on a well-preserved skeleton missing its hips and tail tip.1
- Go sa ntse go ganetsanwa
- Scientists still debate whether Guizhouichthyosaurus is really a separate genus from Shastasaurus or just a species of it.1
Kwa dintlha di tswang teng
- Guizhouichthyosaurus (en.wikipedia.org)
- PBDB Taxon (paleobiodb.org)
- Guizhouichthyosaurus (en.wikipedia.org)
- Ichthyosaur’s Last Meal Is Evidence of Triassic Megapredation | UC Davis (ucdavis.edu)
- Guizhouichthyosaurus in The Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0): dingwaga, mafelo, dibopego tsa matlapa, thulaganyo.
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