Jabalisaurus
Jabalisaurus was a fast-swimming marine reptile that lived in the sea during the Late Jurassic. It looked a bit like a dolphin but had a long snout and big eyes. It hunted fish and squid in warm, shallow waters.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 4 go tswa kwa nkong go ya kwa mogatleng🍌telele jaaka dibanana di le 22 di latelana🏊e ne e ka thuma boleele jwa letamo le legolo la go thuma (50 m) mo metsotswaneng e le 3.8Jabalisaurus 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
The first Jabalisaurus fossil was thought to be an Ophthalmosaurus for many years.1
Its name means 'javelin lizard' because ancient Mexican people used a throwing tool called an atlatl, like a javelin.1
One specimen from Germany is a complete skeleton with soft tissue still preserved.1
Jabalisaurus had a very large eye socket, making its eyes big for seeing in dim water.2
Its bones were made of hydroxyapatite, the same mineral that makes our teeth hard.2
It gave birth to live babies instead of laying eggs, like modern dolphins.2

Dipotso tse di botswang thata ka ga Jabalisaurus
?How big was Jabalisaurus?
No exact size is given in the sources, but it was an ichthyosaur about the size of a dolphin. Its skull had a large eye socket, and its snout was slender.13
?What did Jabalisaurus eat?
It was a carnivore that hunted fish and squid in warm, shallow seas.3
?Is Jabalisaurus a dinosaur?
No, it is an ichthyosaur, a type of marine reptile that lived in the sea, not a dinosaur.1
?Where was Jabalisaurus found?
Fossils have been found in Mexico and Germany, in Late Jurassic rocks.1
Mothubi wa ditlhamane
Tlhamane: Some people think Jabalisaurus was a dinosaur.
Boammaaruri: Jabalisaurus was an ichthyosaur, a marine reptile that swam in the ocean. It was not a dinosaur.1
Ya baitseanape ba didino
- Leina la saense
- Jabalisaurus
- Leina le neilwe ke
- Barrientos-Lara and Alvarado-Ortega 20213
- Setlhopha
- Diikhithiosoro
- Lelapa / clade
- Ophthalmosauridae3
- Thulaganyo
- Ichthyosauria > Ichthyosauromorpha3
- Bogolo jwa matlapa
- 152 go ya go 149 dimilione tsa dingwaga (Kimmeridgian)3
- Dibopego tsa matlapa
- La Casita3
- Dinaga
- Mekesiko3
- Direkoto tsa difosili
- 1 mo The Paleobiology Database3
- Go fitlhelwa
- Scientists Barrientos-Lara and Alvarado-Ortega named Jabalisaurus in 2021. The first fossil was found in the La Casita Formation in Coahuila, Mexico.2
- Go sa ntse go ganetsanwa
- Scientists still debate whether the German species Jabalisaurus tethyensis is a separate species or the same as the Mexican one.1
Kwa dintlha di tswang teng
- Jabalisaurus (en.wikipedia.org)
- PBDB Taxon (paleobiodb.org)
- Jabalisaurus in The Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0): dingwaga, mafelo, dibopego tsa matlapa, thulaganyo.
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