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Callawayasaurus

Igama lithetha: “Callaway's lizard”1
Yayitya: InyamaIiplesiosauriiCretaceous yokuqalaNgokwenene ayisiyo dayinaso

Callawayasaurus was a long-necked marine reptile that swam in the seas of what is now Colombia. It was not a dinosaur, but a plesiosaur with a small head and a very long neck. It used its four flippers to paddle through the water.1

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Yaphila
121 ukuya ku-120 izigidi zeminyaka eyadlulayo4
iCretaceous yokuqala
Iifosili zifunyenwe:
Colombia (Boyacá)2
Ubude
7.4 ukuya ku-8 m (24 ukuya ku-26 ft)1
Esona santya siphezulu
malunga ne-24 km/h (15 mph)
Ukuqubha, uqikelelo

Yaphila nini?

iTriassic
iJurassic
iCretaceous
Izigidi ezingama-252 zeminyaka eyadlulayo20114566, i-asteroyidi

Yayinkulu kangakanani?

Yayinde kangakanani?

Callawayasaurus malunga ne-8 m ubude (26 ft)Ibhayisikile yomntu omdala malunga ne-1.8 m (5.9 ft)Imoto malunga ne-4.5 m (15 ft)Indlovu, esona silwanyana sikhulu emhlabeni namhlanje malunga ne-6.5 m (21 ft)
inde njengezinja ezingama-8, impumlo ukuya emsileniinde njengeebhanana ezingama-44 zilandelelanaibinokuqubha ubude bechibi elikhulu lokuqubha (50 m) ngemizuzwana engama-7.5

Callawayasaurus wayemkhulu kangakanani xa ethelekiswa NAWE?

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

Yayikhawuleza kangakanani?

izinto ezimnandi

Iinyani ezimnandi

1

Callawayasaurus had a skull only 35 centimetres (1 foot 2 inches) long, but its whole body was about 7 to 8 metres (24 to 26 feet) long.1

2

Its neck contained 56 vertebrae, which is a lot, but they were shorter than the neck bones of other elasmosaurids.1

3

The nostrils of Callawayasaurus were long and positioned above the upper jaw bone, which had 3 to 5 teeth.1

4

It lived during the Early Cretaceous period, about 125 to 112 million years ago.1

5

The first fossils were found in the Paja Formation near Villa de Leyva, Colombia.1

6

A second, nearly complete skeleton was slightly more robust than the first, which might mean males and females looked a bit different.1

7

Callawayasaurus was named after paleontologist Jack M. Callaway, who studied ancient marine reptiles.1

Yenziwe yi-AIUmfanekiso owenziwe yi-AI: Callawayasaurus
Umfanekiso owenziwe yi-AI obonisa indlela Callawayasaurus esenokuba wayekhangeleka ngayo, wenziwe yikhompyutha ngokwento eyaziwa zizazinzulu. Kukuqikelela nje: esona silwanyana sinokuba sasikhangeleka ngenye indlela, kwaye akukho mntu waziyo imibala yaso yokwenyani.
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Eyona mibuzo ibuzwa kakhulu: Callawayasaurus

?Was Callawayasaurus a dinosaur?

No, it was a plesiosaur, a marine reptile that lived in the sea. It is not a dinosaur.1

?How big was Callawayasaurus?

It was about 7.4 to 8 metres (24 to 26 feet) long. Its skull was 35 centimetres (14 inches) long.1

?What did Callawayasaurus eat?

It was a carnivore that lived in the sea. It probably opened its mouth and raked the seafloor to catch small animals.34

Kwiingcali zeedayinaso

Igama lenzululwazi
Callawayasaurus
Inikwe igama ngu:
Carpenter 19994
Iqela
Iiplesiosauri
Usapho / iclade
Elasmosauridae4
Ukuhlelwa
Plesiosauria > Elasmosauridae > Sauropterygia4
Ubudala bamatye
121 ukuya ku-120 izigidi zeminyaka (Aptian)4
Amazwe
iColombia4
Iirekhodi zeefosili
2 kwi-Paleobiology Database4
Ukufunyanwa
The first fossil was described by Samuel Paul Welles in 1962, who called it Alzadasaurus colombiensis. In 1999, Kenneth Carpenter moved it to its own genus, Callawayasaurus.1
Kusaxoxwa ngayo
Scientists are not sure if the slightly more robust skeleton is a different species or just a male or female of the same species.1

Apho iinyani zivela khona

  1. Callawayasaurus (en.wikipedia.org)
  2. PBDB Taxon (paleobiodb.org)
  3. Callawayasaurus (www2.sgc.gov.co)
  4. Callawayasaurus in The Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0): ubudala, iindawo, izakhiwo zamatye, ukuhlelwa.

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