Parvinatator
Parvinatator was a tiny marine reptile that swam in the oceans during the Triassic Period. It was not a dinosaur, but a relative of ichthyosaurs, with a long body and flippers. It probably zipped through the water hunting small fish and squid-like creatures.1
E tshetse leng?
E ne e le kgolo go le kae?
E ne e le telele go le kae?
telele jaaka dikatse tsa mo gae di le 2 go tswa kwa nkong go ya kwa mogatleng🍌telele jaaka dibanana di le 6 di latelana🏊e ne e ka thuma boleele jwa letamo le legolo la go thuma (50 m) mo metsotswaneng e le 8.2Parvinatator 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
Parvinatator is known from only one partial skull and two forefins, making it one of the rarest ichthyosaurs.1
The skull of Parvinatator was twisted and broken by tectonic forces, but scientists reconstructed it to study its shape.1
Its forefin was well adapted for life in water, but it probably used it to steer up and down, not to swim fast.1
Parvinatator likely swam with an eel-like side-to-side motion, just like other early ichthyosaurs.1
The exact age of the Parvinatator fossil is unknown because it was found in a rock pile, but it lived between about 251 and 235 million years ago.1
Other small ichthyosaurs like Grippia and Utatsusaurus lived in the same area, suggesting a rich marine ecosystem.1

Dipotso tse di botswang thata ka ga Parvinatator
?How big was Parvinatator?
Parvinatator was very small, estimated to be less than 1 metre (about 3.3 feet) long, based on its skull and tooth size.1
?What did Parvinatator eat?
Parvinatator likely ate small fish and squid-like creatures called cephalopods, based on its jaw size and tooth shape.1
?Where was Parvinatator found?
Its only fossil was discovered in the Sulfur Mountain Formation in British Columbia, Canada, in 1995.1
Mothubi wa ditlhamane
Tlhamane: Some people think Parvinatator was a dinosaur because it lived in the sea and had flippers.
Boammaaruri: Parvinatator was a marine reptile, not a dinosaur. Dinosaurs lived on land and had different body features.1
Ya baitseanape ba didino
- Leina la saense
- Parvinatator
- Leina le neilwe ke
- Nicholls and Brinkman 19952
- Setlhopha
- Diikhithiosoro
- Lelapa / clade
- Parvinatatoridae2
- Thulaganyo
- Ichthyosauria > Ichthyosauromorpha2
- Bogolo jwa matlapa
- 249 go ya go 237 dimilione tsa dingwaga ()2
- Dinaga
- Khanata2
- Direkoto tsa difosili
- 1 mo The Paleobiology Database2
- Go fitlhelwa
- Parvinatator was discovered in 1995 by Elisabeth Nicholls and Don Brinkman in British Columbia, Canada. They found only a partial skull and two forefins.1
- Go sa ntse go ganetsanwa
- Scientists debate whether Parvinatator was a true ichthyosaur or a more primitive relative, and whether it had a dorsal fin.1
Kwa dintlha di tswang teng
- Parvinatator (en.wikipedia.org)
- Parvinatator in The Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0): dingwaga, mafelo, dibopego tsa matlapa, thulaganyo.
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