Wapuskanectes
Wapuskanectes was an ancient marine reptile that swam in the seas of Alberta, Canada, about 112 million years ago. It was an early elasmosaur, a type of plesiosaur with a very long neck. This creature was a powerful swimmer and a meat-eater.1
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牠有多快?
趣味知識
Wapuskanectes is the oldest known elasmosaur from North America, living about 112 million years ago.1
Its name comes from the Cree word 'Wapuska', meaning a body of water with whitecaps, and the Greek word 'nectes', meaning swimmer.1
The species name, betsynichollsae, honors Dr. Elizabeth 'Betsy' Nicholls, a famous curator of marine reptiles.1
Some Wapuskanectes fossils were found with gastroliths, or stomach stones, which may have helped them digest food.1
The gastroliths were mostly black, polished chert pebbles, and the largest one weighed 14.5 grams.1
One fossil, TMP 2012.50.1, was discovered when a grader plowed through its neck, destroying the skull and most of the neck.1

給恐龍專家
- 學名
- Wapuskanectes
- 命名者
- Druckenmiller and Russell 20062
- 類群
- 蛇頸龍類
- 科 / 演化支
- Elasmosauridae2
- 分類
- Plesiosauria > Elasmosauridae > Sauropterygia2
- 岩石的年代
- 113 到 110 百萬年 (Albian)2
- 岩層
- Clearwater2
- 國家
- 加拿大2
- 化石紀錄
- The Paleobiology Database 收錄 1 筆2
- 發現
- Wapuskanectes was named by Patrick S. Druckenmiller and Anthony P. Russell in 2006. The first fossil was found in an open-pit oilsand mine near Fort McMurray, Alberta, Canada.1
- 仍有爭議
- Scientists are still debating exactly how Wapuskanectes used its gastroliths, whether for grinding food or for ballast.1
知識從哪裡來
- Wapuskanectes (en.wikipedia.org)
- Wapuskanectes in The Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0): 年代、地點、岩層、分類。
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