Psephosauriscus
Psephosauriscus was a marine reptile that lived in the Triassic period, about 247 to 237 million years ago. It swam in warm seas and had a flat body like a turtle, but it was not a dinosaur. It used its strong jaws to crush shellfish for food.11
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Psephosauriscus belongs to a group of marine reptiles called placodonts, which had flat teeth for crushing shells.1
It lived during the Triassic period, between 247 and 237 million years ago, when the supercontinent Pangaea was breaking apart.1
Fossils of Psephosauriscus have been found in Egypt, Israel, and Saudi Arabia, showing it lived in the Tethys Ocean.1
The name Psephosauriscus means 'lizard fish' in Greek, but it was a reptile, not a fish.1
It was a suspension feeder, meaning it strained tiny food particles from the water like a modern whale.1

Ya baitseanape ba didino
- Leina la saense
- Psephosauriscus
- Leina le neilwe ke
- Rieppel 20021
- Setlhopha
- Digagabi tsa lewatle
- Lelapa / clade
- Cyamodontoidea1
- Thulaganyo
- Placodontia > Sauropterygia1
- Bogolo jwa matlapa
- 247 go ya go 237 dimilione tsa dingwaga ()1
- Dibopego tsa matlapa
- Gevanim, Jilh1
- Dinaga
- Iseraele, Egepeto, Saudi Arabia1
- Direkoto tsa difosili
- 7 mo The Paleobiology Database1
- Go fitlhelwa
- Psephosauriscus was named by paleontologist Olivier Rieppel in 2002, based on fossils from the Middle East.1
- Go sa ntse go ganetsanwa
- Scientists are still unsure about the exact size and body shape of Psephosauriscus because only partial fossils have been found.1
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- Psephosauriscus in The Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0): dingwaga, mafelo, dibopego tsa matlapa, thulaganyo.
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