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Psephoderma

Tur bi mooy: “pebbly skin”1
Lekkoon: YàppReptil yu géejTriyaas bu diggu ba Triyaas bu mujjCi xam-xam, du dinosoor

Psephoderma was a marine reptile that lived in the Late Triassic, about 210 million years ago. It had a flat skull and a shell made of two parts, like a turtle, and used its long snout to dig up shellfish from the seafloor.1

Xibaar bu neex: reptil bu géej bii dafa daan féey ci jamono yi dinosoor yi daan dox ci suuf. Ñépp dañu leen di wooye dino, waaye beneen caru reptil lañu woon.
Dundoon
am na 243 ba 201 milyoŋ at4
Triyaas bu diggu ba Triyaas bu mujj
Fosil yu ñu gis ci
Italy, Austria, Israel, and England21
Guddaay
1,8 m (5,9 ft)13
Gaawaay bi gën a kawe
lu tollu ci 11 km/h (7 mph)
Féey, jortu

Kañ la dundoon?

Triyaas
Jurasik
Kretase
Am na 252 milyoŋ at20114566, asteroyid bi

Naka la réyoon?

Naka la guddoon?

Psephoderma lu tollu ci 1,8 m ci guddaay (5,9 ft)Xaj lu tollu ci 1 m (3,3 ft)Weloy mag lu tollu ci 1,8 m (5,9 ft)Oto lu tollu ci 4,5 m (15 ft)
gudd ni 4 muusu kër, bakkan ba geengudd ni 10 banaana yu ñu topp-toppalemënoon na féey guddaayu pisin bu mag (50 m) ci 16 segond

Naka la Psephoderma réyoon, bu ñu ko méngalee ak YAW?

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Naka la gaawoon?

yëf yu neex

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1

Psephoderma had a long tail, up to about 80 cm (31 inches), covered in bony scutes.1

2

Its shell was split into two pieces: one over the ribs and another over the pelvis.1

3

The largest known Psephoderma fossil is 180 cm (5.9 feet) long.3

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Its skull had a narrow, straight snout with grooves that led to the nostrils.1

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Psephoderma had no teeth at the front of its mouth, only four large crushing teeth on each side of the palate.1

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It lived in shallow, oxygen-rich waters near tidal channels, where it fed on shellfish like Modiolus and Isognomon.3

Def ak IANataalu Psephoderma bu ñu def ak IA
Nataal bu IA def la, muy wone ni Psephoderma mën a meloon, ordinatëer moo ko def ci li boroom xam-xam yi xam. Jortu kese la: rab bi ci dëgg mën na meloon neneen, te kenn xamul ay kulëëram yu dëgg.
yeen a laaj

Laaj yi ñu gën a laaj ci Psephoderma

?Was Psephoderma a dinosaur?

No, Psephoderma was not a dinosaur. It was a marine reptile called a placodont, which is a type of sauropterygian.1

?How big was Psephoderma?

Psephoderma grew up to 180 centimetres (5.9 feet) long, which is about as long as a bathtub.1

?What did Psephoderma eat?

Psephoderma ate shellfish like Modiolus and Isognomon. It used its long snout to dig them up and crushed them with its large, flat teeth.3

?Could Psephoderma swim?

Yes, Psephoderma could swim. Its shell was streamlined for swimming, and it used its paddle-like limbs to move through the water.3

Ngir ñi xam dino lool

Turu xam-xam
Psephoderma
Ku ko tudde
von Meyer 18584
Kurél
Reptil yu géej
Njaboot / klad
Placochelyida4
Klasifikasiyoŋ
Placodontia > Sauropterygia4
Màggaayu doj yi
243 ba 201 milyoŋ at ()4
Formasiyoŋi doj
Calcare di Zu, Kössener Schichten, Zorzino Limestone4
Réew yi
Itali, Otris, Israyel, Angalteer4
Fosil yu ñu gis
10 ci The Paleobiology Database4
Ñu ngi koy wooye itam
Placochelyanus (tur yu njëkk yi, léegi ñu ngi leen jàppe ni benn rab rekk)4
Gisees
Psephoderma was named by German paleontologist Hermann von Meyer in 1858. Fossils have been found in the Alps and England.12
Ñu ngi koy werante ba tey
Scientists are not sure if Psephoderma used its shell mainly for defense or for swimming, but some think it was shaped to help it glide through water.3

Fa xibaar yi jóge

  1. Psephoderma (en.wikipedia.org)
  2. PBDB Taxon (paleobiodb.org)
  3. FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY AND MODE OF LIFE OF THE LATE TRIASSIC PLACODONT PSEPHODERMA ALPINUM MEYER FROM THE CALCARE DI ZORZINO (LOMBARDY, N ITALY) | RIVISTA ITALIANA DI PALEONTOLOGIA E STRATIGRAFIA (riviste.unimi.it)
  4. Psephoderma in The Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0): at, béréb yi, formasiyoŋi doj, klasifikasiyoŋ.

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