Plesiopleurodon
Plesiopleurodon was a marine reptile that swam in the warm seas of North America during the time of the dinosaurs. It had a short neck, a long snout, and a mouth full of sharp, pointy teeth. It used its four flippers to paddle through the water like a sea turtle.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 4 go tswa kwa nkong go ya kwa mogatleng🍌telele jaaka dibanana di le 22 di latelana🏊e ne e ka thuma boleele jwa letamo le legolo la go thuma (50 m) mo metsotswaneng e le 6.2Plesiopleurodon 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
Plesiopleurodon is known from just one partial skeleton, including a complete skull that is 71.2 cm long.1
Its name means 'near side tooth' because its teeth look a lot like the teeth of the similar pliosaur Liopleurodon.1
Scientists first thought Plesiopleurodon was a pliosaur, but later studies showed it is actually a polycotylid, a type of short-necked plesiosaur.1
It lived around 100 to 94 million years ago, during the early part of the Late Cretaceous Period.2
Plesiopleurodon's front teeth were large and pointed forward, which helped it grab slippery prey.1

Dipotso tse di botswang thata ka ga Plesiopleurodon
?Was Plesiopleurodon a dinosaur?
No, it was a marine reptile called a plesiosaur, not a dinosaur. It lived in the sea during the time of the dinosaurs.13
?How big was Plesiopleurodon?
Scientists are not sure of its total length because only one partial skeleton has been found. Its skull is 71.2 cm long.14
Mothubi wa ditlhamane
Tlhamane: Plesiopleurodon was a dinosaur.
Boammaaruri: Plesiopleurodon was a plesiosaur, a marine reptile that lived in the sea. It was not a dinosaur, even though it lived at the same time.1
Ya baitseanape ba didino
- Leina la saense
- Plesiopleurodon
- Leina le neilwe ke
- Carpenter 19964
- Setlhopha
- Dipleisiosoro
- Lelapa / clade
- Polycotylidae4
- Thulaganyo
- Plesiosauria > Sauropterygia4
- Bogolo jwa matlapa
- 100 go ya go 94 dimilione tsa dingwaga (Cenomanian)4
- Dibopego tsa matlapa
- 'Hailey Shales'4
- Dinaga
- Amerika4
- Direkoto tsa difosili
- 1 mo The Paleobiology Database4
- Go fitlhelwa
- Plesiopleurodon was named by paleontologist Kenneth Carpenter in 1996. He based it on a skull, neck bones, and shoulder bones found in Wyoming, USA.41
- Go sa ntse go ganetsanwa
- Scientists are still not sure whether the only known fossil of Plesiopleurodon came from the Belle Fourche Shale or the Hailey Shales Formation, because the original records disagree.1
Kwa dintlha di tswang teng
- Plesiopleurodon (en.wikipedia.org)
- PBDB Taxon (paleobiodb.org)
- Plesiopleurodon: Overview, Size, Habitat, & Other Facts - Dinosaur Dictionary (dinosaurdictionary.com)
- Plesiopleurodon in The Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0): dingwaga, mafelo, dibopego tsa matlapa, thulaganyo.
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