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Adelolophus

Naam beteken: “unknown crest”1 2

Adelolophus was a duck-billed dinosaur with a mysterious crest. It lived in a swampy, coastal environment in what is now Utah. It is the oldest known crested duck-bill from North America.1 4

Het geleef

84 tot 72 miljoen jaar gelede4

Laat Kryt

Fossiele gevind in

Utah, USA1 4

Lengte

8 m (26 ft)3

Gewig

3 ton (6 600 lb)3

Hoogte

3 m (9,8 ft)3

Topspoed

omtrent 24 km/h (15 mph)

Hardloop, skatting

Wanneer het dit geleef?

Trias

Jura

Kryt

252 miljoen jaar gelede20114566, die asteroïde

Hoe groot was dit?

Hoe lank was dit?

Hoe hoog was dit?

Hoe swaar was dit?

so swaar soos 2 motors

so lank soos 8 honde van neus tot stertso lank soos 44 piesangs punt aan puntso swaar soos 150 hondeso swaar soos 600 waatlemoeneso swaar soos 4 hele skoolklasse vol kindersso swaar soos 7 ysberekon 100 meter in 15 sekondes hardloop (die vinnigste mens het 9,6 nodig)

Hoe groot was Adelolophus vergeleke met JOU?

Net wiskunde in jou blaaier. Niks word gestoor of êrens heen gestuur nie.

Hoe vinnig was dit?

'n Mens wat loop omtrent 5 km/h (3 mph)

'n Kind op 'n fiets omtrent 12 km/h (7 mph)

Adelolophus omtrent 24 km/h (15 mph)

'n Galopperende perd omtrent 65 km/h (40 mph)

'n Jagluiperd omtrent 100 km/h (62 mph)

cool goed

Prettige feite

Adelolophus is known only from a single broken maxilla, which is the upper jaw bone.1 2

Its name means 'unknown crest' because scientists do not know what its crest looked like.1 2

It lived about 78 million years ago during the Late Cretaceous period.1 4

Adelolophus is a lambeosaurine, a group of duck-billed dinosaurs with hollow crests on their heads.1 4

It is closely related to Parasaurolophus, which had a long, tube-like crest.1

The only known fossil of Adelolophus was found in the Wahweap Formation of southern Utah.1 4

Adelolophus shared its home with other dinosaurs like the horned Diabloceratops and the tyrannosaur Lythronax.1 2

The environment where Adelolophus lived was wet and swampy, near the edge of a sea.1

KI-prent van Adelolophus — 'n KI-prent van hoe Adelolophus dalk gelyk het, deur 'n rekenaar gemaak uit wat wetenskaplikes weet. Dit is 'n raaiskoot: die regte dier het dalk anders gelyk, en niemand weet wat sy regte kleure was nie.

julle het gevra

Mees gevraagde vrae oor Adelolophus

?How big was Adelolophus?

Nobody knows for sure, because only a single upper jaw bone (maxilla) has been found. Scientists estimate it was a medium-sized duck-billed dinosaur, but its exact size is unknown.1 2

?What did Adelolophus eat?

It was a plant-eater. As a duck-billed dinosaur (hadrosaur), it likely ate tough plants like ferns and cycads, using its beak-like mouth and grinding teeth.1

?Did Adelolophus have a crest?

Yes, it was a lambeosaurine, a group of duck-billed dinosaurs with hollow head crests. However, its crest is unknown because the only fossil found is a jaw bone, so its name means 'unknown crest'.1 4

?When did Adelolophus live?

It lived about 78 million years ago, during the Late Cretaceous period. It is the oldest known crested duck-bill from North America.1

Vir dino-kenners

Wetenskaplike naam: Adelolophus
Benoem deur: Gates et al. 20144
Groep: Eendbekke
Familie / klade: Hadrosauridae4
Klassifikasie: Ornithischia > Ornithopoda > Iguanodontia > Hadrosauridae4
Ouderdom van die rotse: 84 tot 72 miljoen jaar (Campanian)4
Rotsformasies: Wahweap4
Lande: VSA4
Fossielrekords: 1 in The Paleobiology Database4
Ontdekking: Adelolophus was named in 2014 by Terry Gates and colleagues. The fossil was discovered by Dr. Howard Hutchison, after whom the species is named.1 2
Steeds omstrede: Scientists are not sure what the crest of Adelolophus looked like because only a piece of its upper jaw has been found.1 2

Waar die feite vandaan kom

Adelolophus (en.wikipedia.org)
New Hadrosaurid (Dinosauria, Ornithopoda) specimens from the lower, middle campanian wahweap formation of southern Utah (researchgate.net)
Adelolophus | Part of the Ornithopod Family of Dinosaurs (dinosaurmadness.com)
Adelolophus in The Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0): ouderdom, plekke, rotsformasies, klassifikasie.

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