Yunguisaurus

Igama lithetha: “lizard from the Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau”1

Yayitya: InyamaIzirhubuluzi zaselwandleiTriassic ephakathiNgokwenene ayisiyo dayinaso

Yunguisaurus was a long-necked marine reptile that swam in the warm seas of ancient China. It looked a bit like a small plesiosaur, with a slender snout full of sharp teeth for catching fish. Even though it lived in the water, it was not a dinosaur,it was a type of sauropterygian, a cousin of the famous plesiosaurs.1 3

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

Yaphila

241 ukuya ku-237 izigidi zeminyaka eyadlulayo3

iTriassic ephakathi

Iifosili zifunyenwe:

Guizhou and Yunnan provinces, China, in the Falang and Zhuganpo Formations1 3

Ubude

1.7 ukuya ku-4.2 m (5.6 ukuya ku-14 ft)1

Esona santya siphezulu

malunga ne-24 km/h (15 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-23 zilandelelanaibinokuqubha ubude bechibi elikhulu lokuqubha (50 m) ngemizuzwana engama-7.5

Yunguisaurus 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)

Yunguisaurus malunga ne-24 km/h (15 mph)

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

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

izinto ezimnandi

Iinyani ezimnandi

Yunguisaurus had an unusually long neck with 49 vertebrae in its neck, more than most other pistosauroids.2

Its hands had extra finger bones, a condition called hyperphalangy, with a count of 1 to 5-8/9 to 7-4 in the fingers.2

The first fossil of Yunguisaurus was a nearly complete skeleton, missing only the tip of its tail.1

It lived during the Ladinian stage of the Middle Triassic, about 241 to 237 million years ago, when much of China was covered by shallow seas.3

Yunguisaurus had a unique combination of features, including a single opening between its pterygoid bones in the skull and a sharp ridge on top of its head.2

Its ulna bone (one of the lower arm bones) was shaped like an hourglass, which is unusual among reptiles.2

Umfanekiso owenziwe yi-AI: Yunguisaurus — Umfanekiso owenziwe yi-AI obonisa indlela Yunguisaurus 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: Yunguisaurus
Inikwe igama ngu:: Cheng et al. 20063
Iqela: Izirhubuluzi zaselwandle
Usapho / iclade: Pistosauroidea3
Ukuhlelwa: Sauropterygia3
Ubudala bamatye: 241 ukuya ku-237 izigidi zeminyaka (Ladinian)3
Izakhiwo zamatye: Falang, Zhuganpo3
Amazwe: iTshayina3
Iirekhodi zeefosili: 4 kwi-Paleobiology Database3
Ukufunyanwa: Yunguisaurus was named in 2006 by a team of scientists including Yen-Nien Cheng, Tamaki Sato, Xiao-Chun Wu, and Chun Li. The first skeleton was found near the Huangnihe River in Guizhou, China, and the species name honors Professor Jinling Li for her work on Triassic marine reptiles.1
Kusaxoxwa ngayo: Scientists are still unsure about the exact lifestyle of Yunguisaurus. Some think it might have been a planktonic suspension feeder, while others believe it was an active predator of fish.3 2

Apho iinyani zivela khona

Yunguisaurus (en.wikipedia.org)
PBDB Taxon (paleobiodb.org)
Yunguisaurus in The Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0): ubudala, iindawo, izakhiwo zamatye, ukuhlelwa.

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