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Selmasaurus

Tur bi mooy: “Selma lizard, after the Selma Group of rocks in Alabama”1
Lekkoon: YàppMosasoor yiKretase bu mujjCi xam-xam, du dinosoor

Selmasaurus was a small, fierce marine lizard that lived in the shallow seas of North America during the time of the dinosaurs. It had a stiff skull that could not stretch like other mosasaurs, so it ate smaller prey. Two species are known, one from Alabama and one from Kansas.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 86 ba 72 milyoŋ at2
Kretase bu mujj
Fosil yu ñu gis ci
Alabama and Kansas, USA21
Guddaay
3 ba 5 m (9,8 ba 16 ft)1
Gaawaay bi gën a kawe
lu tollu ci 38 km/h (24 mph)
Féey, jortu

Kañ la dundoon?

Triyaas
Jurasik
Kretase
Am na 252 milyoŋ at20114566, asteroyid bi

Naka la réyoon?

Naka la guddoon?

Selmasaurus lu tollu ci 5 m ci guddaay (16 ft)Weloy mag lu tollu ci 1,8 m (5,9 ft)Oto lu tollu ci 4,5 m (15 ft)Ñey, rab bi gën a mag ci suuf tey lu tollu ci 6,5 m (21 ft)
gudd ni 5 xaj, bakkan ba geengudd ni 28 banaana yu ñu topp-toppalemënoon na féey guddaayu pisin bu mag (50 m) ci 4,7 segond

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1

Selmasaurus had the fewest teeth of any known mosasaur, making it unusual among its relatives.1

2

Unlike most mosasaurs, Selmasaurus could not widen its jaws to swallow big prey. Its skull was stiff and did not have the flexible joints that other mosasaurs used to eat large animals.1

3

The first Selmasaurus fossil was a skull found in Alabama, but for many years no one knew exactly which rock layer it came from. In 1998, scientists used tiny fossils from the skull to figure out its age.1

4

One species, Selmasaurus johnsoni, was discovered by a family in Kansas in 1996 and donated to a museum. Its skull is one of the most complete mosasaur skulls ever found.1

5

Selmasaurus lived about 86 to 80 million years ago, during the Late Cretaceous period.1

6

Stable isotope studies suggest that Selmasaurus johnsoni sometimes swam in deeper, open ocean waters, not just near the shore like many other plioplatecarpines.1

Def ak IANataalu Selmasaurus bu ñu def ak IA
Nataal bu IA def la, muy wone ni Selmasaurus 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 Selmasaurus

?How big was Selmasaurus?

Selmasaurus was a small mosasaur, about 3 to 5 metres (10 to 16 feet) long.1

?What did Selmasaurus eat?

Selmasaurus was a predator that ate smaller prey. Because its skull could not stretch open wide, it could not swallow large animals like other mosasaurs.1

?Is Selmasaurus a dinosaur?

No, Selmasaurus is not a dinosaur. It is a marine lizard called a mosasaur that lived in the sea during the time of the dinosaurs.1

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Turu xam-xam
Selmasaurus
Ku ko tudde
Wright and Shannon 19882
Kurél
Mosasoor yi
Njaboot / klad
Mosasauridae2
Klasifikasiyoŋ
Mosasauroidea2
Màggaayu doj yi
86 ba 72 milyoŋ at (Santonian / Campanian)2
Formasiyoŋi doj
Mooreville Chalk, Niobrara2
Réew yi
Amerig2
Fosil yu ñu gis
2 ci The Paleobiology Database2
Gisees
Selmasaurus was first named in 1988 by Kenneth Wright and Samuel Shannon, based on a skull found in Alabama. The species S. russelli was named after paleontologist Dale Russell. A second species, S. johnsoni, was discovered in Kansas in 1996 and named in 2008.1
Ñu ngi koy werante ba tey
Scientists are still debating exactly how Selmasaurus is related to other mosasaurs. Some think it is closely related to Ectenosaurus, while others place it in a group called Selmasaurini with Gavialimimus and Goronyosaurus.1

Fa xibaar yi jóge

  1. Selmasaurus (en.wikipedia.org)
  2. Selmasaurus in The Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0): at, béréb yi, formasiyoŋi doj, klasifikasiyoŋ.

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