Simolestes
Simolestes was a pliosaur, a kind of short-necked plesiosaur that lived in the Jurassic seas. It had a short, high, and wide skull built to handle twisting forces when hunting. It probably ate squid-like animals and ammonites.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 5 go tswa kwa nkong go ya kwa mogatleng🍌telele jaaka dibanana di le 26 di latelana🏊e ne e ka thuma boleele jwa letamo le legolo la go thuma (50 m) mo metsotswaneng e le 6.4Simolestes 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
Simolestes had salt-secreting glands, which helped it drink seawater and keep its salt balance.1
The type specimen of Simolestes vorax is an almost complete but crushed skeleton found in the Oxford Clay of England.1
Simolestes lived from the Middle to Late Jurassic, about 171 to 145 million years ago.1
Scientists think Simolestes might have hunted in deeper waters or at night, because its prey (cephalopods) move up at night to feed.1
The species Simolestes keileni from France was moved to a new genus called Lorrainosaurus in 2023.1

Dipotso tse di botswang thata ka ga Simolestes
?How big was Simolestes?
The largest Simolestes vorax specimens reached about 4.6 metres (15 feet) long, based on a head to body ratio similar to Liopleurodon.1
?What did Simolestes eat?
Simolestes probably ate squid-like animals, belemnites, and ammonites. Its exact feeding habits are unclear, but it likely hunted in deeper waters or at night.1
?Was Simolestes a dinosaur?
No, Simolestes was a pliosaur, a type of short-necked plesiosaur, which is a marine reptile, not a dinosaur.1
?When did Simolestes live?
Simolestes lived during the Middle to Late Jurassic, about 171 to 145 million years ago.1
Ya baitseanape ba didino
- Leina la saense
- Simolestes
- Leina le neilwe ke
- Andrews 19092
- Setlhopha
- Dipleisiosoro
- Lelapa / clade
- Pliosauridae2
- Thulaganyo
- Plesiosauria > Pliosauridae > Sauropterygia2
- Bogolo jwa matlapa
- 169 go ya go 143 dimilione tsa dingwaga (Bajocian / Tithonian)2
- Dibopego tsa matlapa
- Umia, Oxford Clay, Marnes de Gravelotte (=La Gravclotte Marls)2
- Dinaga
- India, Bogosi jo bo Kopaneng, Fora2
- Direkoto tsa difosili
- 5 mo The Paleobiology Database2
- Go fitlhelwa
- Simolestes was named by C. W. Andrews in 1909 based on a skeleton from the Oxford Clay of Peterborough, England.12
- Go sa ntse go ganetsanwa
- Scientists are unsure about the exact feeding habits of Simolestes, though the current consensus is that it ate cephalopods.1
Kwa dintlha di tswang teng
- Simolestes (en.wikipedia.org)
- Simolestes in The Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0): dingwaga, mafelo, dibopego tsa matlapa, thulaganyo.
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