Vectocleidus

Igama lithetha: “Vectis (the Isle of Wight) + kleid- (key or collar bone), meaning 'Vectis collar bone'”1

Yayitya: InyamaIiplesiosauriiCretaceous yokuqalaNgokwenene ayisiyo dayinaso

Vectocleidus was a plesiosaur, a long-necked marine reptile that swam in the warm seas of the Early Cretaceous. It lived about 125 million years ago near what is now the Isle of Wight in the United Kingdom. This predator used its sharp teeth to catch fish and other slippery prey.1 4

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

Yaphila

126 ukuya ku-121 izigidi zeminyaka eyadlulayo4

iCretaceous yokuqala

Iifosili zifunyenwe:

Shepherds Chine foreshore, Isle of Wight, United Kingdom4 1

Ubude

1.5 m (4.9 ft)2 3

Ubunzima

15 kg (33 lb)2 3

Esona santya siphezulu

malunga ne-18 km/h (11 mph)

Ukuqubha, uqikelelo

Yaphila nini?

iTriassic

iJurassic

iCretaceous

Izigidi ezingama-252 zeminyaka eyadlulayo20114566, i-asteroyidi

Yayinkulu kangakanani?

Yayinde kangakanani?

Yayinzima kangakanani?

inzima njengeekati zasekhaya ezingama-4

inde njengeekati zasekhaya ezingama-3, impumlo ukuya emsileniinde njengeebhanana ezingama-8 zilandelelanainzima njengeebhanana ezingama-120ibinokuqubha ubude bechibi elikhulu lokuqubha (50 m) ngemizuzwana engama-10

Vectocleidus 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)

Vectocleidus malunga ne-18 km/h (11 mph)

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

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

izinto ezimnandi

Iinyani ezimnandi

Vectocleidus is known from only a single specimen, which includes parts of the skull, backbone, and flippers.1

It belonged to a group called Leptocleididae, which were small to medium-sized plesiosaurs that lived in shallow seas.1 4

The name Vectocleidus comes from Vectis, the ancient Roman name for the Isle of Wight, and the Greek word kleid- meaning 'key' or 'collar bone'.1

Its fossils were found in the Vectis Formation, which was once the bottom of a warm, shallow sea.1 4

Scientists think Vectocleidus was a fast swimmer that used its long neck to ambush prey.1

Umfanekiso owenziwe yi-AI: Vectocleidus — Umfanekiso owenziwe yi-AI obonisa indlela Vectocleidus 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: Vectocleidus is often mistaken for a dinosaur.

Inyaniso: Vectocleidus was a plesiosaur, a marine reptile, not a dinosaur. Dinosaurs lived on land, while plesiosaurs swam in the oceans.1

Kwiingcali zeedayinaso

Igama lenzululwazi: Vectocleidus
Inikwe igama ngu:: Benson et al. 20134
Iqela: Iiplesiosauri
Usapho / iclade: Leptocleididae4
Ukuhlelwa: Plesiosauria > Sauropterygia4
Ubudala bamatye: 126 ukuya ku-121 izigidi zeminyaka (Barremian)4
Izakhiwo zamatye: Vectis4
Amazwe: iUnited Kingdom4
Iirekhodi zeefosili: 1 kwi-Paleobiology Database4
Ukufunyanwa: Vectocleidus was named in 2012 by paleontologists Roger Benson, Hilary Ketchum, Darren Naish, and L. E. Turner based on fossils found on the Isle of Wight.1 4
Kusaxoxwa ngayo: Scientists are still debating exactly how Vectocleidus is related to other leptocleidid plesiosaurs, because its skeleton is incomplete.1

Apho iinyani zivela khona

Vectocleidus (en.wikipedia.org)
Vectocleidus - Justapedia (justapedia.org)
Vectocleidus (nl.wikipedia.org)
Vectocleidus in The Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0): ubudala, iindawo, izakhiwo zamatye, ukuhlelwa.

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