Muraenosaurus
Muraenosaurus was a plesiosaur with a very long neck and a tiny head. It swam in warm, shallow seas during the Jurassic Period. Its name means 'eel lizard' because its neck looked like an eel's body.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 5 go tswa kwa nkong go ya kwa mogatleng🍌telele jaaka dibanana di le 29 di latelana🏊e ne e ka thuma boleele jwa letamo le legolo la go thuma (50 m) mo metsotswaneng e le 6.4Muraenosaurus 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
Muraenosaurus had 44 bones in its neck, which made up most of its 66 backbone bones before the hips.1
Its head was only about 37 centimeters (15 inches) long, very small compared to its 5.2-meter (17-foot) body.1
The first Muraenosaurus fossil was collected by Charles E. Leeds and described by Harry Seeley in 1874.1
Muraenosaurus lived in a warm, shallow sea that was less than 50 meters deep and about 20 °C (68 °F).1
Scientists think Muraenosaurus may have swallowed stones called gastroliths to help grind up food or to stop it from rolling in the water.1
Muraenosaurus was first thought to be an elasmosaur, but now scientists place it in the family Cryptoclididae.1

Dipotso tse di botswang thata ka ga Muraenosaurus
?How long was Muraenosaurus?
About 5.2 metres (17 feet) long.1
?What did Muraenosaurus eat?
It probably ate fish and cephalopods (like squid). Scientists think it may have swallowed stones to help grind up its food.1
?Could Muraenosaurus swim?
Yes, it was a marine reptile that swam in warm, shallow seas. Its long neck and flippers helped it move through the water.1
Mothubi wa ditlhamane
Tlhamane: Some people think Muraenosaurus was a dinosaur.
Boammaaruri: Muraenosaurus was a plesiosaur, a marine reptile that lived in the sea, not a dinosaur.1
Ya baitseanape ba didino
- Leina la saense
- Muraenosaurus
- Leina le neilwe ke
- Seeley 18742
- Setlhopha
- Dipleisiosoro
- Lelapa / clade
- Cryptoclididae2
- Thulaganyo
- Plesiosauria > Sauropterygia2
- Bogolo jwa matlapa
- 165 go ya go 155 dimilione tsa dingwaga (Callovian / Oxfordian)2
- Dibopego tsa matlapa
- Oxford Clay, Lajas, Argiles de Montaubert2
- Dinaga
- Bogosi jo bo Kopaneng, Arejentina, Fora2
- Direkoto tsa difosili
- 11 mo The Paleobiology Database2
- E itsiwe gape e le
- Tremamesacleis (maina a bogologolo jaanong a balwa jaaka phologolo e le nngwe)2
- Go fitlhelwa
- The first Muraenosaurus fossil was found by Charles E. Leeds in the Oxford Clay of England. Harry Seeley named it Muraenosaurus leedsii in 1874.1
- Go sa ntse go ganetsanwa
- Scientists are not sure exactly how Muraenosaurus used its long neck to catch food. It may have attacked fish from below or grazed on the seafloor.1
Kwa dintlha di tswang teng
- Muraenosaurus (en.wikipedia.org)
- Muraenosaurus in The Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0): dingwaga, mafelo, dibopego tsa matlapa, thulaganyo.
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