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Zarafasaura

Tur bi mooy: “giraffe lizard of the sea”1
Lekkoon: YàppPlesiyosoor yiKretase bu mujjCi xam-xam, du dinosoor

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

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 72 ba 66 milyoŋ at3
Kretase bu mujj
Fosil yu ñu gis ci
Ouled Abdoun Basin, Morocco1
Guddaay
3 ba 4 m (9,8 ba 13 ft)1
Diisaay
90 kg ba 110 kg (198 ba 243 lb)1
Gaawaay bi gën a kawe
lu tollu ci 27 km/h (17 mph)
Féey, jortu

Kañ la dundoon?

Triyaas
Jurasik
Kretase
Am na 252 milyoŋ at20114566, asteroyid bi

Naka la réyoon?

Naka la guddoon?

Zarafasaura lu tollu ci 4 m ci guddaay (13 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)

Naka la diisoon?

diis ni 6 xaj
gudd ni 4 xaj, bakkan ba geengudd ni 22 banaana yu ñu topp-toppalediis ni 22 xaaldiis ni 6 xale yu materneldiis ni 3 xale yu lekkoolmënoon na féey guddaayu pisin bu mag (50 m) ci 6,7 segond

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

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Naka la gaawoon?

yëf yu neex

Xibaar yu neex

1

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

2

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

3

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

4

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

5

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

6

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

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

Ngir ñi xam dino lool

Turu xam-xam
Zarafasaura
Ku ko tudde
Vincent et al. 20113
Kurél
Plesiyosoor yi
Njaboot / klad
Elasmosauridae3
Klasifikasiyoŋ
Plesiosauria > Elasmosauridae > Sauropterygia3
Màggaayu doj yi
72 ba 66 milyoŋ at (Maastrichtian)3
Formasiyoŋi doj
Couche III3
Réew yi
Marog3
Fosil yu ñu gis
1 ci The Paleobiology Database3
Gisees
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
Ñu ngi koy werante ba tey
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

Fa xibaar yi jóge

  1. Zarafasaura (en.wikipedia.org)
  2. PBDB Taxon (paleobiodb.org)
  3. Zarafasaura in The Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0): at, béréb yi, formasiyoŋi doj, klasifikasiyoŋ.

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