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Bellusaurus

Naam beteken: “beautiful lizard”1

Bellusaurus was a small, lightly built long-necked dinosaur that lived in China during the Late Jurassic. It is known from many young skeletons found together, which suggests it traveled in herds.1 2

Het geleef

159 tot 158 miljoen jaar gelede4

Laat Jura

Fossiele gevind in

Shishugou Formation, northeastern Junggar Basin, Xinjiang, China1 3

Lengte

4,8 tot 5 m (16 tot 16 ft)1 2

Topspoed

omtrent 15 km/h (9 mph)

Hardloop, skatting

Wanneer het dit geleef?

Trias

Jura

Kryt

252 miljoen jaar gelede20114566, die asteroïde

Hoe groot was dit?

Hoe lank was dit?

so lank soos 5 honde van neus tot stertso lank soos 28 piesangs punt aan puntkon 100 meter in 24 sekondes hardloop (die vinnigste mens het 9,6 nodig)

Hoe groot was Bellusaurus 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)

Bellusaurus omtrent 15 km/h (9 mph)

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

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

cool goed

Prettige feite

Seventeen Bellusaurus skeletons were found in a single quarry, which scientists think means a whole herd died together in a flash flood.1

The known Bellusaurus fossils are all from young animals, maybe only about two years old, and they were still growing fast when they died.1

Bellusaurus was small and lightly built compared to many other sauropods, which is why its name means beautiful lizard.1

The species name sui honors Youling Sui, a dinosaur fossil restorer, and Bellusaurus was the last restoration he worked on.1

Scientists do not agree on exactly where Bellusaurus belongs in the dinosaur family tree. Some place it near the base of Macronaria, while a 2023 study suggests it was a mamenchisaurid.1

KI-prent van Bellusaurus — 'n KI-prent van hoe Bellusaurus 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 Bellusaurus

?How big was Bellusaurus?

About 4.8 metres (16 feet) long, but these are all young animals, so adults may have been larger.1 2

?What did Bellusaurus eat?

It was a herbivore, meaning it ate plants.2

?When did Bellusaurus live?

It lived during the Middle to Late Jurassic, about 166 to 159 million years ago.2

?Why is Bellusaurus called that?

Its name means 'beautiful lizard' in Latin and Greek, because it was small and lightly built.1

Vir dino-kenners

Wetenskaplike naam: Bellusaurus
Benoem deur: Dong 19904
Groep: Langnekke
Familie / klade: Mamenchisauridae4
Klassifikasie: Sauropodomorpha > Sauropoda4
Ouderdom van die rotse: 159 tot 158 miljoen jaar ()4
Rotsformasies: Shishugou4
Lande: China4
Fossielrekords: 1 in The Paleobiology Database4
Ontdekking: Bellusaurus was named by Chinese paleontologist Dong Zhiming in 1990. The fossils were found in the Shishugou Formation in China, and the type species is Bellusaurus sui.1 3
Steeds omstrede: Scientists debate whether Bellusaurus was a mamenchisaurid or a more primitive sauropod, because the known fossils are all from juveniles.1

Waar die feite vandaan kom

Bellusaurus (en.wikipedia.org)
Bellusaurus | Natural History Museum (nhm.ac.uk)
PBDB Taxon (paleobiodb.org)
Bellusaurus in The Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0): ouderdom, plekke, rotsformasies, klassifikasie.

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