Thaumatodracon

Igama lithetha: “wonder dragon”1

Yayitya: InyamaIiplesiosauriiJurassic yokuqalaNgokwenene ayisiyo dayinaso

Thaumatodracon was a short-necked plesiosaur that lived in the Early Jurassic seas. It had a big head and four flippers to swim after fish and squid. This marine reptile was a top predator in its ocean home.1

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

Yaphila

200 ukuya ku-193 izigidi zeminyaka eyadlulayo4

iJurassic yokuqala

Iifosili zifunyenwe:

Lyme Regis, Dorset, England, UK1

Ubude

6.5 m (21 ft)2 3

Ubunzima

2 iitoni (4,400 lb)2

Esona santya siphezulu

malunga ne-25 km/h (16 mph)

Ukuqubha, uqikelelo

Yaphila nini?

iTriassic

iJurassic

iCretaceous

Izigidi ezingama-252 zeminyaka eyadlulayo20114566, i-asteroyidi

Yayinkulu kangakanani?

Yayinde kangakanani?

Yayinzima kangakanani?

inzima njengeemoto ezingama-1.5

inde njengezinja ezingama-6, impumlo ukuya emsileniinde njengeebhanana ezingama-36 zilandelelanainzima njengezinja ezingama-100inzima njengamavatala angama-400inzima njengamagumbi okufundela apheleleyo abantwana angama-2.5inzima njengeebhere ezimhlophe ezingama-4ibinokuqubha ubude bechibi elikhulu lokuqubha (50 m) ngemizuzwana engama-7.2

Thaumatodracon 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)

Thaumatodracon malunga ne-25 km/h (16 mph)

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

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

izinto ezimnandi

Iinyani ezimnandi

Thaumatodracon is known from a partial skeleton that includes a complete skull, lower jaw, and neck bones.1

It was named in 2017 by scientists Adam Smith and Ricardo Araújo.4

The species name wiedenrothi honors Kurt Wiedenroth, the amateur fossil hunter who found the specimen in 1969.1

Thaumatodracon belongs to a group called Rhomaleosauridae, which were short-necked plesiosaurs with large heads.4

It lived during the Sinemurian stage of the Early Jurassic, about 199 to 193 million years ago.4

The fossil was found in the Black Ven Mudstone Member of the Charmouth Mudstone Formation in Lyme Bay.1

Umfanekiso owenziwe yi-AI: Thaumatodracon — Umfanekiso owenziwe yi-AI obonisa indlela Thaumatodracon 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: Thaumatodracon
Inikwe igama ngu:: Smith and Araújo 20174
Iqela: Iiplesiosauri
Usapho / iclade: Rhomaleosauridae4
Ukuhlelwa: Plesiosauria > Sauropterygia4
Ubudala bamatye: 200 ukuya ku-193 izigidi zeminyaka (Sinemurian)4
Amazwe: iUnited Kingdom4
Iirekhodi zeefosili: 1 kwi-Paleobiology Database4
Ukufunyanwa: The only known fossil of Thaumatodracon was discovered in early 1969 by amateur fossil hunter Kurt Wiedenroth on the coast between Lyme Regis and Charmouth, England. It was later bought by the Niedersächsisches Landesmuseum Hannover and studied by Smith and Araújo, who named it in 2017.1
Kusaxoxwa ngayo: Scientists are not sure if the two triangular processes on the base of the skull are real features or just damage from fossilization.1

Apho iinyani zivela khona

Thaumatodracon wiedenrothi, a morphometrically and stratigraphically intermediate new rhomaleosaurid plesiosaurian from the Lower Jurassic (Sinemurian) of Lyme Regis (plesiosauria.com)
Thaumatodracon (en.wikipedia.org)
Thaumatodracon – Plesiosaur Directory (plesiosauria.com)
Thaumatodracon in The Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0): ubudala, iindawo, izakhiwo zamatye, ukuhlelwa.

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