Brevicaudosaurus

Igama lithetha: “short-tailed lizard”1

Yayitya: InyamaIzirhubuluzi zaselwandleiTriassic ephakathi ukuya ku-iTriassic yamvaNgokwenene ayisiyo dayinaso

Brevicaudosaurus was a small marine reptile that lived in the sea during the Triassic Period. It had a very short, flat tail and a broad, flat body, so it probably swam slowly and hunted near the seafloor.1

Inyani emnandi: esi sirhubuluzi saselwandle sasiqubha ngelixa iidayinaso zazihamba emhlabeni. Wonke umntu uzibiza ngokuba ziidayinaso, kodwa zazilisebe elahlukileyo lezirhubuluzi.

Yaphila

241 ukuya ku-227 izigidi zeminyaka eyadlulayo3

iTriassic ephakathi ukuya ku-iTriassic yamva

Iifosili zifunyenwe:

Fuyuan, Yunnan Province, China1 3

Ubude

0.588 m (1.9 ft)1

Esona santya siphezulu

malunga ne-5 km/h (3 mph)

Ukuqubha, uqikelelo

Yaphila nini?

iTriassic

iJurassic

iCretaceous

Izigidi ezingama-252 zeminyaka eyadlulayo20114566, i-asteroyidi

Yayinkulu kangakanani?

Yayinde kangakanani?

inde njengeebhanana ezingama-3 zilandelelanainde njengezitena zokudlala ezingama-18 zilandelelanaibinokuqubha ubude bechibi elikhulu lokuqubha (50 m) ngemizuzwana engama-36

Brevicaudosaurus wayemkhulu kangakanani xa ethelekiswa NAWE?

Yimathematika nje kwibhrawuza yakho. Akukho nto igcinwayo okanye ithunyelwe naphi na.

Yayikhawuleza kangakanani?

Umntu ohambayo malunga ne-5 km/h (3 mph)

Brevicaudosaurus malunga ne-5 km/h (3 mph)

Umntwana ekhwele ibhayisikile malunga ne-12 km/h (7 mph)

Ihashe elibaleka ngamandla malunga ne-65 km/h (40 mph)

Ingwenkala malunga ne-100 km/h (62 mph)

izinto ezimnandi

Iinyani ezimnandi

Brevicaudosaurus means 'short-tailed lizard' because its tail was unusually short and flattened compared to other marine reptiles like it.1

A baby Brevicaudosaurus was only about one-third the length of an adult, and its teeth were small and smooth instead of fang-like.1 2

Adult Brevicaudosaurus had fang-shaped teeth in the front of the upper jaw, which helped them grab big prey.1 2

Scientists think Brevicaudosaurus lived on the seafloor and ate animals that lived there, because its flat body and short tail made it a slow swimmer.1

The first Brevicaudosaurus fossil was described in 2020, and a baby skeleton was found later in 2025.1 2

Brevicaudosaurus lived about 240 million years ago, during the Middle Triassic, in the ocean that covered what is now southern China.1 3

Umfanekiso owenziwe yi-AI: Brevicaudosaurus — Umfanekiso owenziwe yi-AI obonisa indlela Brevicaudosaurus esenokuba wayekhangeleka ngayo, wenziwe yikhompyutha ngokwento eyaziwa zizazinzulu. Kukuqikelela nje: esona silwanyana sinokuba sasikhangeleka ngenye indlela, kwaye akukho mntu waziyo imibala yaso yokwenyani.

Kwiingcali zeedayinaso

Igama lenzululwazi: Brevicaudosaurus
Inikwe igama ngu:: Shang et al. 20203
Iqela: Izirhubuluzi zaselwandle
Usapho / iclade: Nothosauridae3
Ukuhlelwa: Sauropterygia3
Ubudala bamatye: 241 ukuya ku-227 izigidi zeminyaka (Ladinian / Carnian)3
Amazwe: iTshayina3
Iirekhodi zeefosili: 2 kwi-Paleobiology Database3
Ukufunyanwa: Brevicaudosaurus was named in 2020 by scientists Shang, Wu, and Li based on a fossil found in Fuyuan, Yunnan Province, China.1 3
Kusaxoxwa ngayo: Scientists are not sure exactly where Brevicaudosaurus fits on the family tree of marine reptiles. Some studies place it close to nothosaurs, while others put it outside that group.1

Apho iinyani zivela khona

Brevicaudosaurus (en.wikipedia.org)
Open Research Online (oro.open.ac.uk)
Brevicaudosaurus in The Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0): ubudala, iindawo, izakhiwo zamatye, ukuhlelwa.

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