Wapuskanectes

Leina le raya: “whitecap swimmer”1

E jele: NamaDipleisiosoroTshimologo ya CretaceousKa saense, ga se dinosoro

Wapuskanectes was an ancient marine reptile that swam in the seas of Alberta, Canada, about 112 million years ago. It was an early elasmosaur, a type of plesiosaur with a very long neck. This creature was a powerful swimmer and a meat-eater.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 113 go ya go 110 tse di fetileng2

Tshimologo ya Cretaceous

Difosili di fitlhetswe kwa

Alberta, Canada1 2

Bonako jo bogolo

e ka nna 27 km/h (17 mph)

Go thuma, kakanyo

E tshetse leng?

Triassic

Jurassic

Cretaceous

dimilione tsa dingwaga di le 252 tse di fetileng20114566, asteroiti

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)

Wapuskanectes e ka nna 27 km/h (17 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

Wapuskanectes is the oldest known elasmosaur from North America, living about 112 million years ago.1

Its name comes from the Cree word 'Wapuska', meaning a body of water with whitecaps, and the Greek word 'nectes', meaning swimmer.1

The species name, betsynichollsae, honors Dr. Elizabeth 'Betsy' Nicholls, a famous curator of marine reptiles.1

Some Wapuskanectes fossils were found with gastroliths, or stomach stones, which may have helped them digest food.1

The gastroliths were mostly black, polished chert pebbles, and the largest one weighed 14.5 grams.1

One fossil, TMP 2012.50.1, was discovered when a grader plowed through its neck, destroying the skull and most of the neck.1

Setshwantsho sa Wapuskanectes se se dirilweng ke AI — Setshwantsho se se dirilweng ke AI sa kafa Wapuskanectes 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.

Ya baitseanape ba didino

Leina la saense: Wapuskanectes
Leina le neilwe ke: Druckenmiller and Russell 20062
Setlhopha: Dipleisiosoro
Lelapa / clade: Elasmosauridae2
Thulaganyo: Plesiosauria > Elasmosauridae > Sauropterygia2
Bogolo jwa matlapa: 113 go ya go 110 dimilione tsa dingwaga (Albian)2
Dibopego tsa matlapa: Clearwater2
Dinaga: Khanata2
Direkoto tsa difosili: 1 mo The Paleobiology Database2
Go fitlhelwa: Wapuskanectes was named by Patrick S. Druckenmiller and Anthony P. Russell in 2006. The first fossil was found in an open-pit oilsand mine near Fort McMurray, Alberta, Canada.1
Go sa ntse go ganetsanwa: Scientists are still debating exactly how Wapuskanectes used its gastroliths, whether for grinding food or for ballast.1

Kwa dintlha di tswang teng

Wapuskanectes (en.wikipedia.org)
Wapuskanectes in The Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0): dingwaga, mafelo, dibopego tsa matlapa, thulaganyo.

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