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Ichthyotitan

Leina le raya: “giant fish lizard of the Severn”1

E jele: NamaDiikhithiosoroBofelo jwa TriassicKa saense, ga se dinosoro

Ichthyotitan was one of the biggest marine reptiles that ever lived. It was a giant ichthyosaur, a fish-shaped reptile that swam in the seas during the time of the dinosaurs. Scientists think it could have been as long as a blue whale!2 1

Ntlha e e monate: segagabi seno sa lewatle se ne se thuma fa dinosoro di ne di tsamaya mo lefatsheng. Mongwe le mongwe o di bitsa didino, mme e ne e le lekala le lengwe la digagabi.

E tshetse

dimilione tsa dingwaga di le 206 go ya go 201 tse di fetileng7

Bofelo jwa Triassic

Difosili di fitlhetswe kwa

Somerset, UK (Blue Anchor and Lilstock)2 1

Boleele

20 go ya go 25 m (66 go ya go 82 ft)2 1

Bonako jo bogolo

e ka nna 21 km/h (13 mph)

Go thuma, kakanyo

E tshetse leng?

Triassic

Jurassic

Cretaceous

dimilione tsa dingwaga di le 252 tse di fetileng20114566, asteroiti

E ne e le kgolo go le kae?

E ne e le telele go le kae?

telele jaaka dikoloi di le 6 di emisitswe mo molengtelele jaaka dibanana di le 140 di latelanae ne e ka thuma boleele jwa letamo le legolo la go thuma (50 m) mo metsotswaneng e le 8.6

Ichthyotitan 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?

Motho yo o tsamayang e ka nna 5 km/h (3 mph)

Ngwana mo baesekeleng e ka nna 12 km/h (7 mph)

Ichthyotitan e ka nna 21 km/h (13 mph)

Pitse e e sianang ka bonako e ka nna 65 km/h (40 mph)

Lengau e ka nna 100 km/h (62 mph)

dilo tse di monate

Dintlha tse di monate

Ichthyotitan is known from only two jaw bones, called surangulars, found on the coast of Somerset, England.2 1

The larger jaw bone is over 2 metres long, which helped scientists estimate the whole animal was about 25 metres in length.2 1

Ichthyotitan lived at the very end of the Triassic Period, about 205 to 201 million years ago.3

It is the first giant ichthyosaur to be named from the Rhaetian stage of the Triassic.2 1

Ichthyotitan probably belongs to a group called shastasaurids, which includes some of the largest ichthyosaurs.2 1

The name Ichthyotitan means 'giant fish lizard', from Greek words for fish and giant, plus the Severn River estuary where the fossils were found.1

The jaw bones show unique features, like an upturned back end and a bulbous coronoid process, that set Ichthyotitan apart from other giant ichthyosaurs.1

Setshwantsho sa Ichthyotitan se se dirilweng ke AI — Setshwantsho se se dirilweng ke AI sa kafa Ichthyotitan e ka tswang e ne e lebega ka gone, se dirilwe ke khomputara go ya ka se borasaense ba se itseng. Ke kakanyo fela: phologolo ya nnete e ka tswa e ne e lebega ka tsela e sele, mme ga go ope yo o itseng mebala ya yona ya nnete.

o botsitse

Dipotso tse di botswang thata ka ga Ichthyotitan

?How big was Ichthyotitan?

Ichthyotitan was enormous, scientists estimate it reached about 25 metres long, which is about 5 metres shorter than a 30 metre blue whale. It is likely the largest marine reptile ever discovered.4 2

?Was Ichthyotitan a dinosaur?

No, Ichthyotitan was not a dinosaur. It was an ichthyosaur, a type of marine reptile that swam in the oceans at the same time as dinosaurs lived on land.5

?What did Ichthyotitan eat?

Scientists are not certain, but because Ichthyotitan was a shastasaurid ichthyosaur, it probably ate fish and squid. Its large size suggests it was a top predator in its ocean.6

?When did Ichthyotitan live?

Ichthyotitan lived at the very end of the Triassic Period, about 205 to 201 million years ago. It died out in the mass extinction that ended the Triassic.6 4

?Where was Ichthyotitan found?

Its fossils were found on the coast of Somerset, England, near the Severn Estuary. The first jaw bone was discovered by a father and his 11-year-old daughter in 2020.4 5

?How do scientists know how big Ichthyotitan was?

They compared its jaw bone (the surangular) to the same bone in other giant ichthyosaurs. The jaw is over 2 metres long, and scaling it up gives a body length of about 25 metres.2 6

?Could Ichthyotitan swim?

Yes, Ichthyotitan was a marine reptile that lived in the ocean and swam using its flippers and tail. It was built like a fish and was a fast, powerful swimmer.6

?Is Ichthyotitan bigger than a blue whale?

No, Ichthyotitan was about 25 metres long, while the biggest blue whales can reach about 30 metres. So Ichthyotitan was almost as big, but not quite as large as the largest blue whales.5

Mothubi wa ditlhamane

Tlhamane: Some people think Ichthyotitan was a dinosaur.

Boammaaruri: Ichthyotitan was an ichthyosaur, a marine reptile that lived in the sea, not a dinosaur. Dinosaurs lived on land.2

Ya baitseanape ba didino

Leina la saense: Ichthyotitan
Leina le neilwe ke: Lomax et al. 20247
Setlhopha: Diikhithiosoro
Lelapa / clade: Shastasauridae7
Thulaganyo: Ichthyosauria > Ichthyosauromorpha7
Bogolo jwa matlapa: 206 go ya go 201 dimilione tsa dingwaga (Rhaetian)7
Dibopego tsa matlapa: Westbury7
Dinaga: Bogosi jo bo Kopaneng7
Direkoto tsa difosili: 1 mo The Paleobiology Database7
Go fitlhelwa: Ichthyotitan was named in 2024 by Lomax and colleagues based on a jaw bone found at Blue Anchor, Somerset, UK. A second jaw bone from Lilstock, found earlier in 2018, was also assigned to this species.2 1
Go sa ntse go ganetsanwa: Scientists are not sure whether Ichthyotitan belongs to the shastasaurid family because the known fossils are too incomplete.2 1

Kwa dintlha di tswang teng

The last giants: New evidence for giant Late Triassic (Rhaetian) ichthyosaurs from the UK (pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov)
The last giants: New evidence for giant Late Triassic (Rhaetian) ichthyosaurs from the UK | PLOS One (journals.plos.org)
PBDB Taxon (paleobiodb.org)
Giant marine reptile found in the UK could be the largest ever discovered | Natural History Museum (nhm.ac.uk)
Gigantic marine reptile's fossils found by British girl and father (reuters.com)
Ichthyotitan (Wikipedia) (Wikipedia)
Ichthyotitan in The Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0): dingwaga, mafelo, dibopego tsa matlapa, thulaganyo.

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