Ophthalmosaurus
Ophthalmosaurus was a sleek, fast-swimming marine reptile with enormous eyes, almost as big as dinner plates. It lived in the warm seas of the Jurassic period and hunted small fish and squid. Even though it looked like a dolphin, it was actually an ichthyosaur, not a dinosaur.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 4 go tswa kwa nkong go ya kwa mogatleng🍌telele jaaka dibanana di le 22 di latelana🍉bokete jaaka magapu a le 190🧸bokete jaaka bana ba kreše ba le 50🎒bokete jaaka bana ba sekolo ba le 30🐻❄️bokete jaaka dibere tse ditshweu di le 2🏊e ne e ka thuma boleele jwa letamo le legolo la go thuma (50 m) mo metsotswaneng e le 4Ophthalmosaurus 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
Ophthalmosaurus had eyes that measured about 22 to 23 centimetres (8.7 to 9.1 inches) across, which is bigger than a human head.1
It could dive to depths of 600 metres (2,000 feet) or more, reaching the twilight zone of the ocean, and stay underwater for about 20 minutes.1
Its tail ended in a two-lobed fin, with the lower half supported by the backbone and the upper half made only of soft tissue, helping it swim fast.1
Ophthalmosaurus had short, rounded limbs, with the front ones bigger than the back ones, which it used for steering rather than paddling.1
Fossils show it lived in shallow seas, like the Oxford Clay in England, which was only about 50 metres (160 feet) deep at the time.1
Some scientists think Ophthalmosaurus could swim at about 2 metres per second (6.6 feet per second) when chasing prey.1

Mothubi wa ditlhamane
Tlhamane: Ophthalmosaurus was a dinosaur that lived in the water.
Boammaaruri: Ophthalmosaurus was an ichthyosaur, a marine reptile, not a dinosaur. Ichthyosaurs were a different group of reptiles that lived in the oceans.1
Ya baitseanape ba didino
- Leina la saense
- Ophthalmosaurus
- Leina le neilwe ke
- Seeley 18742
- Setlhopha
- Diikhithiosoro
- Lelapa / clade
- Ophthalmosauridae2
- Thulaganyo
- Ichthyosauria > Ichthyosauromorpha2
- Bogolo jwa matlapa
- 201 go ya go 133 dimilione tsa dingwaga (Hettangian / Valanginian)2
- Dibopego tsa matlapa
- Oxford Clay, Sundance, Vaca Muerta2
- Dinaga
- Bogosi jo bo Kopaneng, Arejentina, Amerika, Rašia, Fora, Greenland2
- Direkoto tsa difosili
- 27 mo The Paleobiology Database2
- E itsiwe gape e le
- Ancanamunia, Yasykovia (maina a bogologolo jaanong a balwa jaaka phologolo e le nngwe)2
- Go fitlhelwa
- Ophthalmosaurus was first described by Harry Seeley in 1874, based on fossils from the Oxford Clay in England. He focused on the shape of the collarbone bones.12
- Go sa ntse go ganetsanwa
- Scientists still debate whether some species, like Ophthalmosaurus natans from North America, are really separate species or just close relatives.1
Kwa dintlha di tswang teng
- Ophthalmosaurus (en.wikipedia.org)
- Ophthalmosaurus in The Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0): dingwaga, mafelo, dibopego tsa matlapa, thulaganyo.
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