Discosaurus

Igama lithetha: “disc lizard”1

Yayitya: InyamaIiplesiosauriiCretaceous yamvaNgokwenene ayisiyo dayinaso

Discosaurus was a big, long-necked marine reptile that swam in the warm seas of Alabama and Mississippi about 85 million years ago. It was a plesiosaur, not a dinosaur, and it used its four flippers to paddle through the water like a sea monster.1 2

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

Yaphila

86 ukuya ku-84 izigidi zeminyaka eyadlulayo4

iCretaceous yamva

Iifosili zifunyenwe:

Alabama and Mississippi, USA1 2

Esona santya siphezulu

malunga ne-27 km/h (17 mph)

Ukuqubha, uqikelelo

Yaphila nini?

iTriassic

iJurassic

iCretaceous

Izigidi ezingama-252 zeminyaka eyadlulayo20114566, i-asteroyidi

Yayikhawuleza kangakanani?

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

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

Discosaurus malunga ne-27 km/h (17 mph)

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

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

izinto ezimnandi

Iinyani ezimnandi

Discosaurus was first named in 1851 by the famous paleontologist Joseph Leidy, based on a single vertebra found in Alabama.1 3

The name Discosaurus means 'disc lizard', because its vertebrae look like flat discs.1

Only one species of Discosaurus is known, called Discosaurus vetustus.1

Discosaurus lived during the Santonian stage of the Late Cretaceous, about 85.7 to 83.6 million years ago.2

The holotype of Discosaurus consists of eleven vertebrae, which were discovered by Joseph Jones in Alabama and Mississippi.1

Some scientists think Discosaurus might actually be the same animal as Elasmosaurus or Cimoliasaurus, but others disagree.1

Discosaurus was a plesiosaur, a group of marine reptiles that had long necks and four flippers.1

Umfanekiso owenziwe yi-AI: Discosaurus — Umfanekiso owenziwe yi-AI obonisa indlela Discosaurus 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: Discosaurus
Inikwe igama ngu:: Leidy 18514
Iqela: Iiplesiosauri
Usapho / iclade: Pliosauridae4
Ukuhlelwa: Plesiosauria > Pliosauridae > Sauropterygia4
Ubudala bamatye: 86 ukuya ku-84 izigidi zeminyaka (Santonian)4
Izakhiwo zamatye: Eutaw4
Amazwe: iUSA4
Iirekhodi zeefosili: 1 kwi-Paleobiology Database4
Ukufunyanwa: Discosaurus was named and described by Joseph Leidy in 1851, based on a single vertebra found by Joseph Jones in Alabama.1 3
Kusaxoxwa ngayo: Scientists are not sure if Discosaurus is a valid genus or if it should be considered the same as Elasmosaurus or Cimoliasaurus.1

Apho iinyani zivela khona

Discosaurus (en.wikipedia.org)
PBDB Taxon (paleobiodb.org)
Cimoliasaurus (oceansofkansas.com)
Discosaurus in The Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0): ubudala, iindawo, izakhiwo zamatye, ukuhlelwa.

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