Morenosaurus

Igama lithetha: “Moreno lizard, named after the Moreno Formation where it was found”1

Yayitya: InyamaIiplesiosauriiCretaceous yamvaNgokwenene ayisiyo dayinaso

Morenosaurus was a huge marine reptile that swam in the seas near California about 70 million years ago. It had a very long neck and flippers like paddles, and it was not a dinosaur!1

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

Yaphila

72 ukuya ku-66 izigidi zeminyaka eyadlulayo3

iCretaceous yamva

Iifosili zifunyenwe:

Panoche Hills, Fresno County, California, 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)

Morenosaurus 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

The skeleton of Morenosaurus was fairly complete, but it was missing the head and parts of the neck and paddles.1

The preserved part of the trunk and tail is 3.63 metres (11.9 feet) long.1

Morenosaurus lived during the Maastrichtian age, about 72 to 66 million years ago.3

The type specimen is stored at the California Institute of Technology, but the mounted skeleton is now in the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County.1

Morenosaurus belongs to a group called elasmosaurids, which were plesiosaurs with very long necks.1

Umfanekiso owenziwe yi-AI: Morenosaurus — Umfanekiso owenziwe yi-AI obonisa indlela Morenosaurus 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 all marine reptiles from the dinosaur age were dinosaurs.

Inyaniso: Morenosaurus was a plesiosaur, a marine reptile, not a dinosaur. Dinosaurs lived on land.1

Kwiingcali zeedayinaso

Igama lenzululwazi: Morenosaurus
Inikwe igama ngu:: Welles 19433
Iqela: Iiplesiosauri
Usapho / iclade: Elasmosauridae3
Ukuhlelwa: Plesiosauria > Elasmosauridae > Sauropterygia3
Ubudala bamatye: 72 ukuya ku-66 izigidi zeminyaka (Maastrichtian)3
Izakhiwo zamatye: Moreno3
Amazwe: iUSA3
Iirekhodi zeefosili: 2 kwi-Paleobiology Database3
Ukufunyanwa: The skeleton was found by Robert Wallace and Arthur Drescher in 1939 in the Panoche Hills, California. Samuel Welles named it Morenosaurus stocki in 1943, honoring Dr. Chester Stock.1 2
Kusaxoxwa ngayo: Scientists are not sure about the total length of Morenosaurus because the head and neck are missing from the fossil.1

Apho iinyani zivela khona

Morenosaurus (en.wikipedia.org)
Dinosaur Institute Collections Details | NHM (collections.nhm.org)
Morenosaurus in The Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0): ubudala, iindawo, izakhiwo zamatye, ukuhlelwa.

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