Shonisaurus is a water dwelling creature only found in prehistoric lake. This creature is quite large but they are friendly unless attacked. If they are attacked they have a very powerful attack that can easily kill players and have an ability to trap the player underwater possibly drowning the player. When not under threat they are peaceful and swim slowly.
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| - Shonisaurus is a water dwelling creature only found in prehistoric lake. This creature is quite large but they are friendly unless attacked. If they are attacked they have a very powerful attack that can easily kill players and have an ability to trap the player underwater possibly drowning the player. When not under threat they are peaceful and swim slowly.
- Shonisaurus was the second biggest carnivore ever to roam the earth. It could grow up to almost 75 feet long. Second only to the huge Liopleurodon, Shonisaurs was the biggest Icthyosaur that ever lived. Shonisaurus lived during the late Triassic period. It had sleek dolphin like bodies, and ate pretty much anything it could find. The better known S. popularis, only grew to 50 feet. But S. sikanniensis a more recently discovered species could grow up to over 70 feet.[1][2]
- Shonisaurus lived during the Norian stage of the Late Triassic period. It had a whale-like body and long narrow paddles. Shonisaurus had a long pointed mouth that contained teeth only at the front end. The first species discovered, S. popularis, was adopted as the State Fossil of Nevada in 1984. Excavations, begun in 1954 under the direction of Dr. Charles Camp and Dr. Samuel Welles of the University of California, Berkeley, were continued by Camp throughout the 60s. It was named by Charles Camp in 1976.
- Shonisaurus estaba entre el más extraño de todos los ictiosaurios ("lagartos peces"), un poco como un cruce entre un delfín y una ballena con su cuerpo grueso, redondo, largo, frente estrecha y aletas traseras, una boca con dientes terminadas sólo en el frente, y la cola de doble vertiente. Este animal tenía un cráneo bastante alargado, especialmente en el hocico, que medía casi 2 metros. Este largo hocico le permitía alimentarse de peces más rápidamente, pues con un hocico mayor se capturan más peces. Este hocico tenía muchos dientes, pequeños y afilados que servían como arpones para sujetar a la presa antes de engullirla. Este animal poseía cuatro aletas bastante grandes, similares a las de las ballenas, pero poseía un par extra, pues los ictiosaurios nunca perdieron las aletas de las pa
- Shonisaurus had a long snout, and its flippers were much longer and narrower than in other ichthyosaurs. While Shonisaurus was initially reported to have had socketed teeth (rather than teeth set in a groove as in more advanced forms), these were present only at the jaw tips, and only in the very smallest, juvenile specimens. All of these features suggest that Shonisaurus may be a relatively specialised offshoot of the main ichthyosaur evolutionary line. It was historically depicted with a rather rotund body, but studies of its body shape since the early 1990s have shown that the body was much more slender than traditionally thought. S. popularis had a relatively deep body compared with related marine reptiles.
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| - Shonisaurus lived during the Norian stage of the Late Triassic period. It had a whale-like body and long narrow paddles. Shonisaurus had a long pointed mouth that contained teeth only at the front end. The first species discovered, S. popularis, was adopted as the State Fossil of Nevada in 1984. Excavations, begun in 1954 under the direction of Dr. Charles Camp and Dr. Samuel Welles of the University of California, Berkeley, were continued by Camp throughout the 60s. It was named by Charles Camp in 1976. Shonisaurus popularis specimens reached a length of 15 meters (50 feet). The Nevada fossil sites can currently be viewed at the Berlin-Ichthyosaur State Park. A discovery in British Columbia in the 1990s made S. popularis the smaller of the Shonisaurus species; a second species, S. sikanniensis, was discovered and has an estimated length of 21 meters (70 feet). An ichthyosaur found in the Himalayan mountains called Himalayasaurus, may be the same animal as Shonisaurus.
- Shonisaurus had a long snout, and its flippers were much longer and narrower than in other ichthyosaurs. While Shonisaurus was initially reported to have had socketed teeth (rather than teeth set in a groove as in more advanced forms), these were present only at the jaw tips, and only in the very smallest, juvenile specimens. All of these features suggest that Shonisaurus may be a relatively specialised offshoot of the main ichthyosaur evolutionary line. It was historically depicted with a rather rotund body, but studies of its body shape since the early 1990s have shown that the body was much more slender than traditionally thought. S. popularis had a relatively deep body compared with related marine reptiles. Shonisaurus was also traditionally depicted with a dorsal fin, a feature found in more advanced ichthyosaurs. However, other shastasaurids likely lacked dorsal fins, and there is no evidence to support the presence of such a fin in Shonisaurus. The upper fluke of the tail was probably also much less developed than flukes found in later species.
- Shonisaurus estaba entre el más extraño de todos los ictiosaurios ("lagartos peces"), un poco como un cruce entre un delfín y una ballena con su cuerpo grueso, redondo, largo, frente estrecha y aletas traseras, una boca con dientes terminadas sólo en el frente, y la cola de doble vertiente. Este animal tenía un cráneo bastante alargado, especialmente en el hocico, que medía casi 2 metros. Este largo hocico le permitía alimentarse de peces más rápidamente, pues con un hocico mayor se capturan más peces. Este hocico tenía muchos dientes, pequeños y afilados que servían como arpones para sujetar a la presa antes de engullirla. Este animal poseía cuatro aletas bastante grandes, similares a las de las ballenas, pero poseía un par extra, pues los ictiosaurios nunca perdieron las aletas de las patas traseras, que en el caso del Shonisaurus servían para aportar impulso extra y para sujetarse en el apareamiento. Su larga cola terminaba en una especie de aleta cuadal formada por piel que servía para dar impulso al animal. Esta aleta no era simétrica, pues la parte inferior era mayor que la superior. Este animal tenía un cuerpo rechoncho pero aerodinámico, que le permitía no tener casi fricción con el agua, además en este rechoncho cuerpo había unos fuertes pulmones que le permitían estar bajo el agua casi una hora seguida.
- Shonisaurus is a water dwelling creature only found in prehistoric lake. This creature is quite large but they are friendly unless attacked. If they are attacked they have a very powerful attack that can easily kill players and have an ability to trap the player underwater possibly drowning the player. When not under threat they are peaceful and swim slowly.
- Shonisaurus was the second biggest carnivore ever to roam the earth. It could grow up to almost 75 feet long. Second only to the huge Liopleurodon, Shonisaurs was the biggest Icthyosaur that ever lived. Shonisaurus lived during the late Triassic period. It had sleek dolphin like bodies, and ate pretty much anything it could find. The better known S. popularis, only grew to 50 feet. But S. sikanniensis a more recently discovered species could grow up to over 70 feet.[1][2]
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