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Microdontosaurus

Leina le raya: “tiny-toothed lizard”1
E jele: NamaDiikhithiosoroBogare jwa JurassicKa saense, ga se dinosoro

Microdontosaurus was a small-toothed reptile that lived in the sea during the Middle Jurassic. It swam in warm oceans and hunted for food with its tiny teeth.31

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 175 go ya go 162 tse di fetileng3
Bogare jwa Jurassic
Difosili di fitlhetswe kwa
Fossils were found in the Dapuka Group of Xinjiang, China.1
Bonako jo bogolo
e ka nna 46 km/h (29 mph)
Go thuma, kakanyo

E tshetse leng?

Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
dimilione tsa dingwaga di le 252 tse di fetileng20114566, asteroiti

E ne e le bonako go le kae?

dilo tse di monate

Dintlha tse di monate

1

Microdontosaurus lived about 174 to 161 million years ago, during the Middle Jurassic period.3

2

Its name means 'tiny-toothed lizard', because its teeth were very small.1

3

Scientists think it was a marine reptile, not a dinosaur, even though its name sounds like one.3

4

The fossils were found in rocks that were once part of a shallow sea.3

5

Microdontosaurus is known from only a few bones, so scientists are still unsure about many details of its life.1

E dirilwe ke AISetshwantsho sa Microdontosaurus se se dirilweng ke AI
Setshwantsho se se dirilweng ke AI sa kafa Microdontosaurus 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 Microdontosaurus

?Was Microdontosaurus a dinosaur?

No, Microdontosaurus was a marine reptile, not a dinosaur, even though its name sounds like one.13

?What does Microdontosaurus mean?

Microdontosaurus means 'tiny-toothed lizard' because its teeth were very small.12

?How big was Microdontosaurus?

Scientists are not sure, but it was a marine reptile, though the fossils are very incomplete.3

?When did Microdontosaurus live?

Microdontosaurus lived during the Middle Jurassic, about 174 to 161 million years ago.13

?Where was Microdontosaurus found?

Its fossils were discovered in the Dapuka Formation of Tibet, China.12

?Is Microdontosaurus a real dinosaur?

It is a real animal, but its name is not officially accepted by scientists because it was never properly described.13

?Could Microdontosaurus swim?

Yes, it was a marine reptile that lived in the ocean.3

Mothubi wa ditlhamane

Tlhamane: Some people think Microdontosaurus was a dinosaur because its name ends in 'saurus'.

Boammaaruri: It was actually a marine reptile that lived in the ocean, not a dinosaur.3

Ya baitseanape ba didino

Leina la saense
Microdontosaurus
Leina le neilwe ke
Zhao 19833
Setlhopha
Diikhithiosoro
Lelapa / clade
Sauropoda3
Thulaganyo
Sauropodomorpha > Sauropoda > Ichthyosauria > Ichthyosauromorpha3
Bogolo jwa matlapa
175 go ya go 162 dimilione tsa dingwaga (Aalenian / Callovian)3
Dinaga
Tšhaena3
Direkoto tsa difosili
1 mo The Paleobiology Database3
Go fitlhelwa
Microdontosaurus was named by Zhao in 1983, based on fossils from China. The type species is called M. dayensis.3
Go sa ntse go ganetsanwa
Scientists debate whether Microdontosaurus is a valid genus, because the fossils are incomplete and may belong to another animal.1

Kwa dintlha di tswang teng

  1. List of informally named dinosaurs (en.wikipedia.org)
  2. MICRODONTOSAURUS - DinoChecker dinosaur archive (dinochecker.com)
  3. Microdontosaurus in The Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0): dingwaga, mafelo, dibopego tsa matlapa, thulaganyo.

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