Westphaliasaurus

Igama lithetha: “Westphalia lizard”1

Yayitya: InyamaIiplesiosauriiJurassic yokuqalaNgokwenene ayisiyo dayinaso

Westphaliasaurus was a long-necked marine reptile that swam in the warm, shallow seas of what is now Germany. It was not a dinosaur, but a plesiosaur, a type of sea creature that used four flippers to paddle through the water. Scientists think it was about 4.5 metres long, as long as a small car!1

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

Yaphila

193 ukuya ku-184 izigidi zeminyaka eyadlulayo3

iJurassic yokuqala

Iifosili zifunyenwe:

Lücking clay pit, Sommersell, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany3 1

Ubude

4.5 m (15 ft)1

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-4, impumlo ukuya emsileniinde njengeebhanana ezingama-25 zilandelelanaibinokuqubha ubude bechibi elikhulu lokuqubha (50 m) ngemizuzwana engama-6.2

Westphaliasaurus 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)

Westphaliasaurus 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

Westphaliasaurus is known from a nearly complete skeleton, but the skull and about 38% of the upper neck vertebrae are missing.1

It lived during the Early Jurassic Period, about 192 to 184 million years ago.3

The fossil was discovered in 2007 by an amateur paleontologist named Sönke Simonsen.1

Its scientific name, Westphaliasaurus simonsensii, honors the discoverer Sönke Simonsen.1

Westphaliasaurus is one of only three plesiosaurs known from the Pliensbachian stage of the Early Jurassic.2

Umfanekiso owenziwe yi-AI: Westphaliasaurus — Umfanekiso owenziwe yi-AI obonisa indlela Westphaliasaurus 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: Westphaliasaurus
Inikwe igama ngu:: Schwermann and Sander 20113
Iqela: Iiplesiosauri
Usapho / iclade: Plesiosauroidea3
Ukuhlelwa: Plesiosauria > Sauropterygia3
Ubudala bamatye: 193 ukuya ku-184 izigidi zeminyaka (Pliensbachian)3
Amazwe: iJamani3
Iirekhodi zeefosili: 1 kwi-Paleobiology Database3
Ukufunyanwa: Westphaliasaurus was found by amateur paleontologist Sönke Simonsen in 2007 at a clay pit in Sommersell, Germany. It was named and described by scientists Leonie Schwermann and Martin Sander in 2011.1
Kusaxoxwa ngayo: Scientists are not sure exactly how Westphaliasaurus is related to other plesiosaurs, because its skull is missing.1

Apho iinyani zivela khona

Westphaliasaurus (en.wikipedia.org)
Early-diverging plesiosaurs from the Pliensbachian (Lower Jurassic) of northwestern Germany (pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov)
Westphaliasaurus in The Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0): ubudala, iindawo, izakhiwo zamatye, ukuhlelwa.

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