Pistosaurus
Pistosaurus was an ancient marine reptile that lived in the Triassic Period, about 247 to 237 million years ago. It looked a bit like a plesiosaur but had a stiff backbone and used its flippers to fly underwater. It is known as the oldest 'subaquatic flying' reptile on Earth.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 3 go tswa kwa nkong go ya kwa mogatleng🍌telele jaaka dibanana di le 17 di latelana🏊e ne e ka thuma boleele jwa letamo le legolo la go thuma (50 m) mo metsotswaneng e le 7.8Pistosaurus 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
Pistosaurus is often mistaken for Nothosaurus or plesiosaurs, but it is a close relative of plesiosaurs from the Triassic.1
Its backbone was stiff like a plesiosaur's, so it used its paddle-like flippers to push itself through the water.1
The skull of Pistosaurus had a long, slender snout and small splint-like nasal bones that were not part of the nostril opening.1
Bone studies show that Pistosaurus had dense, heavy bones in its arms, which helped it sink and swim underwater.1
Scientists think Pistosaurus used a swimming style called 'subaquatic flying', where both left and right flippers beat together at the same time.1
Fossil evidence of decompression sickness (like the bends) in Pistosaurus forelimbs suggests it lived in open, cold marine waters.1

Dipotso tse di botswang thata ka ga Pistosaurus
?How big was Pistosaurus?
About 3 metres (10 feet) long.1
?What did Pistosaurus eat?
It ate fish, catching them with its numerous sharp teeth.1
?Was Pistosaurus a dinosaur?
No, it was a marine reptile called a sauropterygian, closely related to plesiosaurs.1
?When did Pistosaurus live?
It lived during the Middle Triassic Period, about 247 to 237 million years ago.1
Mothubi wa ditlhamane
Tlhamane: Pistosaurus is a dinosaur.
Boammaaruri: Pistosaurus is not a dinosaur. It is a marine reptile called a sauropterygian, closely related to plesiosaurs.1
Ya baitseanape ba didino
- Leina la saense
- Pistosaurus
- Leina le neilwe ke
- Meyer 18392
- Setlhopha
- Digagabi tsa lewatle
- Lelapa / clade
- Pistosauria2
- Thulaganyo
- Sauropterygia2
- Bogolo jwa matlapa
- 247 go ya go 237 dimilione tsa dingwaga ()2
- Dibopego tsa matlapa
- Boruszowice, Marne della Val di Centa, Trochitenkalk2
- Dinaga
- Jeremane, Poleke, Itali2
- Direkoto tsa difosili
- 7 mo The Paleobiology Database2
- Go fitlhelwa
- Pistosaurus was named by German paleontologist Hermann von Meyer in 1839 based on skulls and a skeleton found in the Muschelkalk rocks of Bayreuth, Germany.21
- Go sa ntse go ganetsanwa
- Scientists are still debating exactly how Pistosaurus swam and whether its flippers were used for underwater flying in the same way as plesiosaurs.1
Kwa dintlha di tswang teng
- Pistosaurus (en.wikipedia.org)
- Pistosaurus in The Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0): dingwaga, mafelo, dibopego tsa matlapa, thulaganyo.
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