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Cetiosaurus

Naam beteken: “whale lizard”1

Het geëet: PlanteLangnekkeMiddel-Jura tot Vroeë Kryt

Cetiosaurus was one of the very first long-necked dinosaurs ever discovered. It lived in what is now England and France about 170 million years ago. This giant plant-eater was as long as a bus and weighed as much as two elephants!1 2

Het geleef

175 tot 120 miljoen jaar gelede6

Middel-Jura tot Vroeë Kryt

Fossiele gevind in

England, France, Switzerland, and Morocco1 6

Lengte

16 tot 18 m (52 tot 59 ft)1 2

Gewig

11 ton (24 300 lb)1

Hoogte

3 m (9,8 ft)3

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?

Hoe hoog was dit?

Hoe swaar was dit?

so swaar soos 7 motors

so lank soos 4 motors in 'n ry geparkeerso lank soos 100 piesangs punt aan puntso swaar soos 2 olifanteso swaar soos 2200 waatlemoeneso swaar soos 14 hele skoolklasse vol kindersso swaar soos 24 ysberekon 100 meter in 24 sekondes hardloop (die vinnigste mens het 9,6 nodig)

Hoe groot was Cetiosaurus 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)

Cetiosaurus 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

Cetiosaurus was named in 1841 by Sir Richard Owen, the same scientist who later invented the word 'dinosaur'. Owen thought it was a giant sea crocodile, not a land dinosaur.1

Its name means 'whale lizard' because Owen believed it was a marine reptile. We now know it was a long-necked dinosaur that walked on land.1

Cetiosaurus had a shorter neck and tail than many other sauropods, but its front legs were as long as its back legs.1

The first Cetiosaurus fossils were found near Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire, England, in the early 1800s.1

A nearly complete skeleton called the 'Rutland Dinosaur' was discovered in 1968 in a clay pit in Rutland, England. It took two years to identify it as Cetiosaurus.1

Cetiosaurus was about 16 to 18 metres long (52 to 59 feet) and weighed around 11 tonnes (12 short tons). That's as heavy as two African elephants!1 2

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

?How big was Cetiosaurus?

Cetiosaurus was about 16 metres (52 feet) long and weighed roughly 11 tonnes (12 short tons). That is as long as two double-decker buses and as heavy as two African elephants.1 4

?What did Cetiosaurus eat?

Cetiosaurus was a herbivore, meaning it ate plants. It had peg-like teeth for stripping leaves and branches.1 5

?When did Cetiosaurus live?

Cetiosaurus lived during the Middle Jurassic Period, about 171 to 165 million years ago.1

?Where was Cetiosaurus found?

Fossils of Cetiosaurus have been found mainly in England, but also in France, Switzerland and Morocco. The first fossils were discovered near Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire, England.1

?Is Cetiosaurus a dinosaur?

Yes, Cetiosaurus is a dinosaur. It is a sauropod dinosaur, a group of long-necked, plant-eating giants. When first discovered, scientists thought it was a marine reptile, but we now know it was a land dinosaur.1 5

?Why is it called Cetiosaurus?

Its name means 'whale lizard' because the scientist who named it, Sir Richard Owen, thought it was a giant sea reptile. We now know it was a land dinosaur.1

Mite-breker

Mite: Many people think Cetiosaurus was a whale or a sea monster because of its name.

Waarheid: Cetiosaurus was a land-dwelling dinosaur, not a whale or marine reptile. Its name was given before scientists knew it was a dinosaur.1

Vir dino-kenners

Wetenskaplike naam: Cetiosaurus
Benoem deur: Owen 18416
Groep: Langnekke
Familie / klade: Gravisauria6
Klassifikasie: Sauropodomorpha > Sauropoda6
Ouderdom van die rotse: 175 tot 120 miljoen jaar (Aalenian / Aptian)6
Rotsformasies: El Mers, Chipping Norton Limestone, Forest Marble6
Lande: Verenigde Koninkryk, Marokko, Spanje, Frankryk6
Fossielrekords: 30 in The Paleobiology Database6
Ontdekking: Cetiosaurus was named by Sir Richard Owen in 1841 based on fossils found near Chipping Norton, England. He thought it was a giant sea reptile, but later scientists realized it was a sauropod dinosaur.1
Steeds omstrede: Scientists still debate which species belong to Cetiosaurus. Many early species were based on poor fossils and may be different dinosaurs.1

Waar die feite vandaan kom

Cetiosaurus (en.wikipedia.org)
Cetiosaurus | Natural History Museum (nhm.ac.uk)
Cetiosaurus Fact Sheet - Enchanted Learning (enchantedlearning.com)
Britain's biggest Jurassic dinosaurs | Natural History Museum (nhm.ac.uk)
Cetiosaurus | Zoology | Research Starters | EBSCOhost (ebsco.com)
Cetiosaurus in The Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0): ouderdom, plekke, rotsformasies, klassifikasie.

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