Hispaniasaurus

Igama lithetha: “lizard of Spain”1

Yayitya: InyamaIzirhubuluzi zaselwandleiTriassic ephakathiNgokwenene ayisiyo dayinaso

Hispaniasaurus was a strange marine reptile that lived in the shallow seas of Spain about 240 million years ago. It had a long, rectangular skull with no openings on top, and its teeth were big and strong.1 2

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

Yaphila

241 ukuya ku-237 izigidi zeminyaka eyadlulayo3

iTriassic ephakathi

Iifosili zifunyenwe:

Villora, Cuenca Province, Spain3 1

Esona santya siphezulu

malunga ne-23 km/h (14 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)

Hispaniasaurus malunga ne-23 km/h (14 mph)

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

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

izinto ezimnandi

Iinyani ezimnandi

Hispaniasaurus is known only from a partial skull, which is very small and rectangular in shape.2

The bones on top of its skull were highly vascularised, meaning they had lots of blood vessels. Scientists think this might have helped it feed in a special way.2

It lived during the Middle Triassic period, about 241 to 237 million years ago, in a shallow marine environment.3 2

The upper temporal openings on its skull might have been closed shut, which is unusual for reptiles.2

Hispaniasaurus belongs to a group called eosauropterygians, which includes nothosaurs and other ancient marine reptiles.3 2

Umfanekiso owenziwe yi-AI: Hispaniasaurus — Umfanekiso owenziwe yi-AI obonisa indlela Hispaniasaurus 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: Hispaniasaurus
Inikwe igama ngu:: Marquez-Aliaga et al. 20173
Iqela: Izirhubuluzi zaselwandle
Usapho / iclade: Eosauropterygia3
Ukuhlelwa: Sauropterygia3
Ubudala bamatye: 241 ukuya ku-237 izigidi zeminyaka (Ladinian)3
Izakhiwo zamatye: Cañete3
Amazwe: iSpeyin3
Iirekhodi zeefosili: 1 kwi-Paleobiology Database3
Ukufunyanwa: Hispaniasaurus was named in 2017 by Ana Marquez-Aliaga and her team. The only fossil found so far is a partial skull from the Cañete Formation in Spain.1 3
Kusaxoxwa ngayo: Scientists are not sure whether the upper temporal openings on its skull were completely closed or located further back, because the fossil is incomplete.2

Apho iinyani zivela khona

Hispaniasaurus (en.wikipedia.org)
An enigmatic marine reptile, Hispaniasaurus cranioelongatus (gen. et sp. nov.) with nothosauroid affinities from the Ladinian of the Iberian Range (Spain) (exa.ai)
Hispaniasaurus in The Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0): ubudala, iindawo, izakhiwo zamatye, ukuhlelwa.

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