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Plesiopleurodon

Leina le raya: “near side tooth”1
E jele: NamaDipleisiosoroBofelo jwa CretaceousKa saense, ga se dinosoro

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

Ntlha e e monate: segagabi seno sa lewatle se ne se thuma fa dinosoro di ne di tsamaya mo lefatsheng. Mongwe le mongwe o di bitsa didino, mme e ne e le lekala le lengwe la digagabi.
E tshetse
dimilione tsa dingwaga di le 100 go ya go 94 tse di fetileng4
Bofelo jwa Cretaceous
Difosili di fitlhetswe kwa
Rattlesnake Hills, Wyoming, USA21
Boleele
3 go ya go 4 m (9.8 go ya go 13 ft)1
Bonako jo bogolo
e ka nna 29 km/h (18 mph)
Go thuma, kakanyo

E tshetse leng?

Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
dimilione tsa dingwaga di le 252 tse di fetileng20114566, asteroiti

E ne e le kgolo go le kae?

E ne e le telele go le kae?

Plesiopleurodon e ka nna 4 m boleele (13 ft)Baesekele ya motho yo mogolo e ka nna 1.8 m (5.9 ft)Koloi e ka nna 4.5 m (15 ft)Tlou, phologolo e kgolo go gaisa tsotlhe mo lefatsheng gompieno e ka nna 6.5 m (21 ft)
telele jaaka dintšwa di le 4 go tswa kwa nkong go ya kwa mogatlengtelele jaaka dibanana di le 22 di latelanae ne e ka thuma boleele jwa letamo le legolo la go thuma (50 m) mo metsotswaneng e le 6.2

Plesiopleurodon 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?

dilo tse di monate

Dintlha tse di monate

1

Plesiopleurodon is known from just one partial skeleton, including a complete skull that is 71.2 cm long.1

2

Its name means 'near side tooth' because its teeth look a lot like the teeth of the similar pliosaur Liopleurodon.1

3

Scientists first thought Plesiopleurodon was a pliosaur, but later studies showed it is actually a polycotylid, a type of short-necked plesiosaur.1

4

It lived around 100 to 94 million years ago, during the early part of the Late Cretaceous Period.2

5

Plesiopleurodon's front teeth were large and pointed forward, which helped it grab slippery prey.1

E dirilwe ke AISetshwantsho sa Plesiopleurodon se se dirilweng ke AI
Setshwantsho se se dirilweng ke AI sa kafa Plesiopleurodon e ka tswang e ne e lebega ka gone, se dirilwe ke khomputara go ya ka se borasaense ba se itseng. Ke kakanyo fela: phologolo ya nnete e ka tswa e ne e lebega ka tsela e sele, mme ga go ope yo o itseng mebala ya yona ya nnete.
o botsitse

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

?What did Plesiopleurodon eat?

It was a carnivore that ate fish and other marine animals. Its sharp, forward-pointing teeth helped it grab slippery prey.13

?When did Plesiopleurodon live?

It lived during the Late Cretaceous Period, about 100 to 94 million years ago.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

  1. Plesiopleurodon (en.wikipedia.org)
  2. PBDB Taxon (paleobiodb.org)
  3. Plesiopleurodon: Overview, Size, Habitat, & Other Facts - Dinosaur Dictionary (dinosaurdictionary.com)
  4. Plesiopleurodon in The Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0): dingwaga, mafelo, dibopego tsa matlapa, thulaganyo.

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