Augustasaurus
Augustasaurus was a marine reptile that lived in the ocean during the Middle Triassic, about 244 to 242 million years ago. It had a long neck, a small head, and fang-like teeth for catching fish and squid. It was an early relative of the famous plesiosaurs.1
Yaphila nini?
Yayinkulu kangakanani?
Yayinde kangakanani?
Yayinzima kangakanani?
inde njengezinja ezingama-3, impumlo ukuya emsileni๐inde njengeebhanana ezingama-17 zilandelelana๐inzima njengamavatala angama-20๐งธinzima njengabantwana basenkulisa abangama-5๐inzima njengabantwana besikolo abangama-3๐ibinokuqubha ubude bechibi elikhulu lokuqubha (50 m) ngemizuzwana engama-7.8Augustasaurus wayemkhulu kangakanani xa ethelekiswa NAWE?
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Yayikhawuleza kangakanani?
Iinyani ezimnandi
Augustasaurus is the only sauropterygian (a group of marine reptiles) found in the Favret Formation in Nevada.1
Its name comes from the Augusta Mountains in Nevada, where its fossils were discovered.1
Augustasaurus had a skull with tall, blade-like upper temporal arches, similar to its relative Pistosaurus.1
The first fossil of Augustasaurus was found in 1993 and was partly destroyed by weathering before scientists could study it.1
Scientists think Augustasaurus is an ancestor of plesiosaurs, the long-necked marine reptiles that lived later.1
Augustasaurus lived in a warm, shallow sea that was home to many ichthyosaurs, including the large predator Thalattoarchon.1

Eyona mibuzo ibuzwa kakhulu: Augustasaurus
?How big was Augustasaurus?
Augustasaurus was about 2.5 to 3 metres (8.2 to 9.8 feet) long and weighed around 100 kilograms (220 pounds).1
?What did Augustasaurus eat?
Augustasaurus ate fish and squid, using its long neck, small head, and fang-like teeth to catch them.1
?Was Augustasaurus a dinosaur?
No, Augustasaurus was not a dinosaur. It was a marine reptile called a sauropterygian, closely related to plesiosaurs.1
?When did Augustasaurus live?
Augustasaurus lived during the Middle Triassic, about 244 to 242 million years ago.1
Kwiingcali zeedayinaso
- Igama lenzululwazi
- Augustasaurus
- Inikwe igama ngu:
- Sander and et al 19972
- Iqela
- Izirhubuluzi zaselwandle
- Usapho / iclade
- Pistosauria2
- Ukuhlelwa
- Sauropterygia2
- Ubudala bamatye
- 243 ukuya ku-241 izigidi zeminyaka ()2
- Izakhiwo zamatye
- Favret2
- Amazwe
- iUSA2
- Iirekhodi zeefosili
- 1 kwi-Paleobiology Database2
- Ukufunyanwa
- Augustasaurus was named in 1997 by paleontologists Paul Martin Sander, Olivier Rieppel, and Hugo Bucher. The first fossil, a partial skeleton, was found in 1993 in the Augusta Mountains of Nevada, USA.1
- Kusaxoxwa ngayo
- Scientists are still debating whether Augustasaurus is more closely related to Pistosaurus or to the true plesiosaurs.1
Apho iinyani zivela khona
- Augustasaurus (en.wikipedia.org)
- Augustasaurus in The Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0): ubudala, iindawo, izakhiwo zamatye, ukuhlelwa.
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