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Zarafasaura

Leina le raya: “giraffe lizard of the sea”1

E jele: NamaDipleisiosoroBofelo jwa CretaceousKa saense, ga se dinosoro

Zarafasaura was a plesiosaur, a marine reptile that swam in the warm seas of the Late Cretaceous. It was a small elasmosaur, about as long as a car, and it used its long neck to snap up 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 72 go ya go 66 tse di fetileng3

Bofelo jwa Cretaceous

Difosili di fitlhetswe kwa

Ouled Abdoun Basin, Morocco1

Boleele

3 go ya go 4 m (9.8 go ya go 13 ft)1

Bokete

90 kg go ya go 110 kg (198 go ya go 243 lb)1

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 kgolo go le kae?

E ne e le telele go le kae?

E ne e le bokete go le kae?

bokete jaaka dintšwa di le 6

telele jaaka dintšwa di le 4 go tswa kwa nkong go ya kwa mogatlengtelele jaaka dibanana di le 22 di latelanabokete jaaka magapu a le 22bokete jaaka bana ba kreše ba le 6bokete jaaka bana ba sekolo ba le 3e ne e ka thuma boleele jwa letamo le legolo la go thuma (50 m) mo metsotswaneng e le 6.7

Zarafasaura 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)

Zarafasaura 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

Zarafasaura means 'giraffe lizard' in Arabic, because local people thought the long-necked fossils looked like giraffes.1

It was a small plesiosaur, only about 3 to 4 metres long, much smaller than its giant cousins like Elasmosaurus.1

The first fossil of Zarafasaura was just a skull and jaw, found in phosphate mines in Morocco.1

In 2013, a more complete skeleton was discovered, showing its flippers and backbone for the first time.1

Zarafasaura lived about 72 to 66 million years ago, right at the end of the Age of Dinosaurs.2

A specimen of Zarafasaura was almost sold at auction in Paris for €450,000, but the sale was stopped and it was sent back to Morocco.1

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

?Was Zarafasaura a dinosaur?

No, Zarafasaura was a plesiosaur, a marine reptile that lived in the sea, not a dinosaur.1

?How big was Zarafasaura?

About 3 to 4 metres long and weighed roughly 100 kilograms, about the size of a large dog.1

?What did Zarafasaura eat?

It likely ate fish and squid, using its long neck to snap them up in the warm Cretaceous seas.1

?Where was Zarafasaura found?

Its fossils were discovered in phosphate mines in the Ouled Abdoun Basin of Morocco, North Africa.1

Ya baitseanape ba didino

Leina la saense: Zarafasaura
Leina le neilwe ke: Vincent et al. 20113
Setlhopha: Dipleisiosoro
Lelapa / clade: Elasmosauridae3
Thulaganyo: Plesiosauria > Elasmosauridae > Sauropterygia3
Bogolo jwa matlapa: 72 go ya go 66 dimilione tsa dingwaga (Maastrichtian)3
Dibopego tsa matlapa: Couche III3
Dinaga: Moroko3
Direkoto tsa difosili: 1 mo The Paleobiology Database3
Go fitlhelwa: Zarafasaura was named in 2011 by a team of scientists led by Peggy Vincent. The first fossil, a skull and jaw, was found in the phosphate mines of the Ouled Abdoun Basin in Morocco.1
Go sa ntse go ganetsanwa: Scientists are still debating exactly how Zarafasaura is related to other plesiosaurs, and whether it had any special features in its flippers or body.1

Kwa dintlha di tswang teng

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

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