Karata ya dino No. 1456 mo go 2 027

Pluridens

Leina le raya: “many teeth”1

E jele: NamaDimosasoroBofelo jwa CretaceousKa saense, ga se dinosoro

Pluridens was a giant sea lizard that swam in the warm, shallow seas of West Africa near the end of the age of dinosaurs. It had a very long, slender jaw packed with lots of small teeth, perfect for catching slippery fish and squid.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 84 go ya go 66 tse di fetileng4

Bofelo jwa Cretaceous

Difosili di fitlhetswe kwa

Niger, Nigeria, and Morocco1 4

Boleele

5 go ya go 6 m (16 go ya go 20 ft)1

Bonako jo bogolo

e ka nna 38 km/h (24 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?

telele jaaka dintšwa di le 6 go tswa kwa nkong go ya kwa mogatlengtelele jaaka dibanana di le 33 di latelanae ne e ka thuma boleele jwa letamo le legolo la go thuma (50 m) mo metsotswaneng e le 4.7

Pluridens 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?

Motho yo o tsamayang e ka nna 5 km/h (3 mph)

Ngwana mo baesekeleng e ka nna 12 km/h (7 mph)

Pluridens e ka nna 38 km/h (24 mph)

Pitse e e sianang ka bonako e ka nna 65 km/h (40 mph)

Lengau e ka nna 100 km/h (62 mph)

dilo tse di monate

Dintlha tse di monate

Pluridens had almost twice as many teeth as most other mosasaurs, with at least 28 teeth in each lower jaw bone.1

Its lower jaw was very slender and long, shaped almost like a circle in cross-section near the tip.1

Some Pluridens jaws show injuries that scientists think came from fighting over mates or territory.1

Pluridens lived during the very end of the Cretaceous Period, about 70 to 66 million years ago.1 4

The first Pluridens fossil was a nearly complete lower jaw found in Niger, Africa.1

Scientists think Pluridens may have fed like early ichthyosaurs, using its long jaws to snap up prey.1

Setshwantsho sa Pluridens se se dirilweng ke AI — Setshwantsho se se dirilweng ke AI sa kafa Pluridens 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 Pluridens

?How big was Pluridens?

About 5 to 6 metres (16 to 20 feet) long, and some individuals may have been over 9 metres (30 feet).1

?What did Pluridens eat?

It ate small prey like fish and squid, using its many small, sharp teeth to grab them.2

?Did Pluridens have good eyesight?

No, it had small eyes and probably relied on touch and sensing water movements to hunt, like modern sea snakes.3 2

?When did Pluridens go extinct?

It died out about 66 million years ago, when the asteroid hit and wiped out most species on Earth.2

Ya baitseanape ba didino

Leina la saense: Pluridens
Leina le neilwe ke: Lingham-Soliar 19984
Setlhopha: Dimosasoro
Lelapa / clade: Mosasauridae4
Thulaganyo: Mosasauroidea4
Bogolo jwa matlapa: 84 go ya go 66 dimilione tsa dingwaga (Campanian / Maastrichtian)4
Dibopego tsa matlapa: Couche III, Farin-Doutchi, Nkporo Shale4
Dinaga: Moroko, Niger, Naejeria4
Direkoto tsa difosili: 4 mo The Paleobiology Database4
Go fitlhelwa: Pluridens was named by Theagarten Lingham-Soliar in 1998 based on a lower jaw from the Maastrichtian of Niger.1 4
Go sa ntse go ganetsanwa: Scientists are not sure exactly how long Pluridens could grow, because only jaws and skulls have been found so far.1

Kwa dintlha di tswang teng

Pluridens (en.wikipedia.org)
Giant sea lizard fossil shows diversity of life before asteroid hit (bath.ac.uk)
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Pluridens in The Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0): dingwaga, mafelo, dibopego tsa matlapa, thulaganyo.

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