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Anchisaurus

Naam beteken: “near lizard”1

Anchisaurus was a small, long-necked dinosaur that lived during the Early Jurassic. It could walk on two legs or all fours and was one of the smallest relatives of the giant sauropods.2

Het geleef

201 tot 193 miljoen jaar gelede3

Vroeë Jura

Fossiele gevind in

Connecticut and Massachusetts, USA3

Lengte

2 tot 3 m (6,6 tot 9,8 ft)2

Gewig

20 kg tot 30 kg (44 tot 66 lb)1

Hoogte

0,5 tot 0,8 m (1,6 tot 2,6 ft)2

Topspoed

omtrent 36 km/h (22 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 8 huiskatte

so lank soos 3 honde van neus tot stertso lank soos 17 piesangs punt aan puntso swaar soos 6 waatlemoenekon 100 meter in 10 sekondes hardloop (die vinnigste mens het 9,6 nodig)

Hoe groot was Anchisaurus 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)

Anchisaurus omtrent 36 km/h (22 mph)

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

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

cool goed

Prettige feite

Anchisaurus is one of the smallest known sauropod relatives, weighing only about as much as a large dog.1

Its fossils were found in the Portland Formation, which is made of sandstone from ancient rivers and lakes.3

Anchisaurus lived between 201 and 193 million years ago, during the Early Jurassic.1

Some scientists think Anchisaurus could walk on two legs or on all fours, depending on what it was doing.2

Anchisaurus was once called Amphisaurus and Megadactylus before getting its current name.1

It is considered a basal sauropod, meaning it is an early ancestor of the huge long-necked dinosaurs like Brachiosaurus.2

KI-prent van Anchisaurus — 'n KI-prent van hoe Anchisaurus 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.

Mite-breker

Mite: Anchisaurus was a giant dinosaur like other sauropods.

Waarheid: Anchisaurus was actually very small, weighing only about 20 to 30 kilograms, much smaller than later giant sauropods.1

Vir dino-kenners

Wetenskaplike naam: Anchisaurus
Benoem deur: Marsh 18853
Groep: Langnekke
Familie / klade: Massopoda3
Klassifikasie: Sauropodomorpha3
Ouderdom van die rotse: 201 tot 193 miljoen jaar (Hettangian / Sinemurian)3
Rotsformasies: Portland3
Lande: VSA3
Fossielrekords: 5 in The Paleobiology Database3
Ook bekend as: Amphisaurus, Megadactylus (ouer name tel nou as dieselfde dier)3
Ontdekking: Anchisaurus was first named by Edward Hitchcock in 1865 as Megadactylus, but that name was already used for another animal. Othniel Charles Marsh renamed it Anchisaurus in 1885.1
Steeds omstrede: Scientists debate whether Anchisaurus was a true sauropod or a prosauropod, and whether it ate only plants or also some meat.2

Waar die feite vandaan kom

PBDB Taxon (paleobiodb.org)
Anchisaurus polyzelus (Hitchcock): The smallest known sauropod dinosaur and the evolution of gigantism among sauropodomorph dinosaurs (elischolar.library.yale.edu)
Anchisaurus in The Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0): ouderdom, plekke, rotsformasies, klassifikasie.

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