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Avimimus

Naam beteken: “bird mimic”1
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Avimimus was a small, fast-running dinosaur that looked a lot like a bird. It had a beak like a parrot and may have had feathers on its arms. Scientists think it lived in what is now Mongolia during the Late Cretaceous period.21

Het geleef
84 tot 66 miljoen jaar gelede5
Laat Kryt
Fossiele gevind in
Mongolia and possibly Alberta, Canada15
Lengte
1,5 m (4,9 ft)1
Gewig
14 kg (31 lb)3
Hoogte
0,62 m (2 ft)
skatting
Topspoed
omtrent 38 km/h (24 mph)
Hardloop, skatting

Wanneer het dit geleef?

Trias
Jura
Kryt
252 miljoen jaar gelede20114566, die asteroïde

Hoe groot was dit?

Hoe lank was dit?

Avimimus omtrent 1,5 m lank (4,9 ft)'n Huiskat omtrent 0,5 m (1,6 ft)'n Hond omtrent 1 m (3,3 ft)'n Grootmensfiets omtrent 1,8 m (5,9 ft)

Hoe hoog was dit?

'n Huiskatomtrent 0,3 m (1 ft)'n Hondomtrent 0,5 m (1,6 ft)Avimimusomtrent 0,62 m hoog (2 ft)'n Perdomtrent 1,6 m (5,2 ft)

skatting

Hoe swaar was dit?

so swaar soos 4 huiskatte
so lank soos 3 huiskatte van neus tot stertso lank soos 8 piesangs punt aan puntso swaar soos 120 piesangskon 100 meter in 9,5 sekondes hardloop (die vinnigste mens het 9,6 nodig)

Hoe groot was Avimimus vergeleke met JOU?

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

Hoe vinnig was dit?

cool goed

Prettige feite

1

Avimimus had a large brain and big eyes, which helped it see well and think fast.2

2

Its legs were very long and slender, making it a fast runner. Its shins were longer than its thighs, just like in many speedy animals today.2

3

The bones in its hand were fused together, just like in modern birds. This is one reason scientists think it was very bird-like.2

4

A fossil bonebed in Mongolia contained at least ten Avimimus individuals together. This suggests they lived in groups, maybe for safety or to find mates.2

5

Avimimus had a beak with no teeth, but some later fossils show tiny teeth in the front of the upper jaw. Scientists are still studying this.2

6

When Avimimus was first discovered, scientists thought it had no tail. Later finds proved it did have a tail, just like other dinosaurs.2

Deur KI gemaakKI-prent van Avimimus
'n KI-prent van hoe Avimimus 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 Avimimus

?How big was Avimimus?

About 1.5 metres long and weighed around 15 kilograms.24

?Did Avimimus have feathers?

Yes, most scientists now agree Avimimus had feathers. Quill knobs on its arm bones suggest feathers were attached there.24

?What did Avimimus eat?

It probably ate both plants and small animals, making it an omnivore. Its beak had no teeth, though some fossils show tiny front teeth.21

?How fast could Avimimus run?

It was a very fast runner, with long legs and shins longer than its thighs. One source compares its speed to an ostrich, which can reach 70 km/h.24

?When did Avimimus live?

It lived during the Late Cretaceous period, about 80 to 75 million years ago.14

?Is Avimimus a bird?

No, Avimimus is a dinosaur, not a bird. It belonged to a group of bird-like dinosaurs called oviraptorosaurs.2

Mite-breker

Mite: Avimimus could fly.

Waarheid: Some scientists once thought Avimimus could fly because it had bumps on its arm bones that might have held feathers. But most now agree it could not fly and was a fast runner instead.2

Vir dino-kenners

Wetenskaplike naam
Avimimus
Benoem deur
Kurzanov 19815
Groep
Snaakse dino's met vere
Familie / klade
Oviraptorosauria5
Klassifikasie
Theropoda > Oviraptorosauria5
Ouderdom van die rotse
84 tot 66 miljoen jaar (Campanian / Maastrichtian)5
Rotsformasies
Nemegt, Baruungoyot, Dinosaur Park5
Lande
Mongolië, Kanada5
Fossielrekords
8 in The Paleobiology Database5
Ontdekking
Avimimus was named by Russian paleontologist Sergei Kurzanov in 1981. He found the fossils in Mongolia and thought they came from the Djadokhta Formation, but later scientists think they actually came from the Nemegt Formation.25
Steeds omstrede
Scientists are not sure what Avimimus ate. It might have been an herbivore, an insectivore, or an omnivore. The beak and possible tiny teeth give clues, but no one knows for sure.2

Waar die feite vandaan kom

  1. Avimimus | Natural History Museum (nhm.ac.uk)
  2. Avimimus (en.wikipedia.org)
  3. Avimimus Kurzanov 1981 - Encyclopedia of Life (eol.org)
  4. Avimimus - ZoomDinosaurs.com (enchantedlearning.com)
  5. Avimimus in The Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0): ouderdom, plekke, rotsformasies, klassifikasie.

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