Microcleidus
Microcleidus was a long-necked marine reptile that swam in the warm Jurassic seas. It had a small head and a very long neck with 38 to 39 bones. It used its flippers to paddle through the water and catch fish.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 5 go tswa kwa nkong go ya kwa mogatleng🍌telele jaaka dibanana di le 28 di latelana🍉bokete jaaka magapu a le 130🧸bokete jaaka bana ba kreše ba le 34🎒bokete jaaka bana ba sekolo ba le 20🏊e ne e ka thuma boleele jwa letamo le legolo la go thuma (50 m) mo metsotswaneng e le 6.2Microcleidus 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
Microcleidus had a small head only about 23 centimetres (9 inches) long, even though its body could reach over 5 metres.1
Its neck contained 38 to 39 vertebrae, making it a very long-necked plesiosaur.1
Scientists have named at least five species of Microcleidus, including M. homalospondylus and M. macropterus.1
One species, Microcleidus tournemirensis, was once thought to belong to a different genus called Occitanosaurus.5
Microcleidus lived during the Toarcian age of the Jurassic Period, about 184 to 175 million years ago.2
Its fossils have been found in the Alum Shale of England and the Posidonia Shale of Germany.5
The first Microcleidus fossils were originally described as Plesiosaurus homalospondylus by Richard Owen in 1865.1

Dipotso tse di botswang thata ka ga Microcleidus
?How big was Microcleidus?
The largest species, Microcleidus homalospondylus, measured about 5.1 metres (17 feet) long and weighed around 650 kilograms (1,430 pounds). Other species were smaller, like M. tournemirensis at about 4 metres (13 feet) and 300 kilograms (660 pounds).3
?What did Microcleidus eat?
Microcleidus was a carnivore that likely ate fish and other small sea creatures. It used its long neck and small head to snap up prey while swimming.5
Ya baitseanape ba didino
- Leina la saense
- Microcleidus
- Leina le neilwe ke
- Watson 19095
- Setlhopha
- Dipleisiosoro
- Lelapa / clade
- Microcleididae5
- Thulaganyo
- Plesiosauria > Sauropterygia5
- Bogolo jwa matlapa
- 184 go ya go 175 dimilione tsa dingwaga (Toarcian)5
- Dibopego tsa matlapa
- Alum Shale, Posidonia Shale5
- Dinaga
- Bogosi jo bo Kopaneng, Jeremane, Fora, Luxembourg5
- Direkoto tsa difosili
- 9 mo The Paleobiology Database5
- E itsiwe gape e le
- Occitanosaurus (maina a bogologolo jaanong a balwa jaaka phologolo e le nngwe)5
- Go fitlhelwa
- The name Microcleidus was given by D. M. S. Watson in 1909 for fossils that had earlier been called Plesiosaurus. The first species, M. homalospondylus, was originally described by Richard Owen in 1865.51
- Go sa ntse go ganetsanwa
- Scientists are not sure whether some species, like Hydrorion brachypterygius, should really be placed in Microcleidus.1
Kwa dintlha di tswang teng
- Microcleidus, Plesiosaur Directory (plesiosauria.com)
- PBDB Taxon (paleobiodb.org)
- Microcleidus (en.wikipedia.org)
- Microcleidus (en.wikipedia.org)
- Microcleidus in The Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0): dingwaga, mafelo, dibopego tsa matlapa, thulaganyo.
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