Diodorus

Naam beteken: “gift of Dionysus, after the mythical king of North Africa”1

Het geëet: PlantePlantvreters met snawelsLaat Trias

Diodorus was a small, plant-eating dinosaur relative that lived about 230 million years ago in what is now Morocco. It had a beak-like front on its lower jaw and leaf-shaped teeth for munching plants. Scientists think it could walk on all fours or run on its hind legs.2 3

Het geleef

237 tot 206 miljoen jaar gelede3

Laat Trias

Fossiele gevind in

Argana Basin, 2.9 km east of Imziln, Morocco3 2

Lengte

tot 2,3 m (7,5 ft)2

Hoogte

0,73 m (2,4 ft)

skatting

Topspoed

omtrent 44 km/h (27 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?

skatting

so lank soos 5 huiskatte van neus tot stertso lank soos 13 piesangs punt aan puntkon 100 meter in 8,2 sekondes hardloop (die vinnigste mens het 9,6 nodig)

Hoe groot was Diodorus 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)

Diodorus omtrent 44 km/h (27 mph)

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

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

cool goed

Prettige feite

Diodorus is one of the closest relatives of true dinosaurs, belonging to a group called Silesauridae.3

Its name comes from a mythical king of North Africa, and the species name 'scytobrachion' means 'leathery arm'.1

Diodorus had forward-tilted teeth that got smaller toward the front of its jaw, which is unusual.2

A ridge on the side of its lower jaw ran parallel to the tooth sockets, helping scientists tell it apart from other silesaurids.2

Its femur (thigh bone) was only 92 mm (3.6 in) long, showing it was a small animal.2

Diodorus lived alongside phytosaurs, prolacertiforms, fish, and temnospondyls in a Late Triassic ecosystem.1

It is the first silesaurid dinosaur relative ever found in northern Africa.3

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

Vir dino-kenners

Wetenskaplike naam: Diodorus
Benoem deur: Kammerer et al. 20123
Groep: Plantvreters met snawels
Familie / klade: Silesauridae3
Klassifikasie: Ornithischia3
Ouderdom van die rotse: 237 tot 206 miljoen jaar (Carnian / Norian)3
Rotsformasies: Timezgadiouine3
Lande: Marokko3
Fossielrekords: 1 in The Paleobiology Database3
Ontdekking: Diodorus was named in 2012 by Christian Kammerer, Sterling Nesbitt, and Neil Shubin. The first fossils were found by a Harvard University team in a quarry in Morocco, with support from the National Geographic Society.3 2
Steeds omstrede: Scientists are not sure whether Diodorus was strictly a plant-eater or also ate insects, because a close relative (Silesaurus) had beetle remains in its fossil dung.2

Waar die feite vandaan kom

The first silesaurid dinosauriform from the Late Triassic (app.pan.pl)
Diodorus scytobrachion (en.wikipedia.org)
Diodorus in The Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0): ouderdom, plekke, rotsformasies, klassifikasie.

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