Meyerasaurus

Yayitya: InyamaIiplesiosauriiJurassic yokuqalaNgokwenene ayisiyo dayinaso

Meyerasaurus was a fierce marine reptile that swam in the seas during the time of the dinosaurs. It was not a dinosaur, but a plesiosaur with a big head and strong jaws. It hunted fish and other sea creatures.1 2

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

Yaphila

184 ukuya ku-183 izigidi zeminyaka eyadlulayo3

iJurassic yokuqala

Iifosili zifunyenwe:

Holzmaden, Baden-Württemberg, Germany2

Ubude

3.35 m (11 ft)2

Esona santya siphezulu

malunga ne-29 km/h (18 mph)

Ukuqubha, uqikelelo

Yaphila nini?

iTriassic

iJurassic

iCretaceous

Izigidi ezingama-252 zeminyaka eyadlulayo20114566, i-asteroyidi

Yayinkulu kangakanani?

Yayinde kangakanani?

inde njengezinja ezingama-3, impumlo ukuya emsileniinde njengeebhanana ezingama-19 zilandelelanaibinokuqubha ubude bechibi elikhulu lokuqubha (50 m) ngemizuzwana engama-6.2

Meyerasaurus 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)

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

Meyerasaurus malunga ne-29 km/h (18 mph)

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

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

izinto ezimnandi

Iinyani ezimnandi

Meyerasaurus was about 3.35 metres long, with a skull that was only 37 centimetres long. That means its head was quite small compared to its body.2

It had a short and wide snout, and its humerus (upper arm bone) was curved and longer than its femur (thigh bone).2

Meyerasaurus lived about 184 to 183 million years ago, during the Early Jurassic period.1

The only known fossil of Meyerasaurus was damaged during a bombing raid on Stuttgart in 1944, but it was rescued and repaired.2

Meyerasaurus belongs to a group called Rhomaleosauridae, which were plesiosaurs with short necks and big heads.2

Its teeth had fine ridges on them, called lingual striations, which helped it grip slippery prey.2

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

Inyaniso ngeentsomi

Intsomi: Some people think Meyerasaurus was a dinosaur because it lived during the age of dinosaurs.

Inyaniso: Meyerasaurus was a marine reptile, not a dinosaur. Dinosaurs lived on land and had different body features.2

Kwiingcali zeedayinaso

Igama lenzululwazi: Meyerasaurus
Inikwe igama ngu:: Smith and Vincent 20103
Iqela: Iiplesiosauri
Usapho / iclade: Rhomaleosauridae3
Ukuhlelwa: Plesiosauria > Sauropterygia3
Ubudala bamatye: 184 ukuya ku-183 izigidi zeminyaka (Toarcian)3
Izakhiwo zamatye: Posidonia Shale3
Amazwe: iJamani3
Iirekhodi zeefosili: 1 kwi-Paleobiology Database3
Ukufunyanwa: The fossil was first described by Eberhard Fraas in 1910, but it was given its own genus name Meyerasaurus by Smith and Vincent in 2010. The specimen was found in Holzmaden, Germany.2 1
Kusaxoxwa ngayo: Scientists are still debating whether Rhomaleosauridae is a separate family, because different studies give different results.2

Apho iinyani zivela khona

PBDB Taxon (paleobiodb.org)
A new genus of pliosaur (Reptilia: Sauropterygia) from the Lower Jurassic of Holzmaden, Germany (onlinelibrary.wiley.com)
Meyerasaurus in The Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0): ubudala, iindawo, izakhiwo zamatye, ukuhlelwa.

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