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Dyslocosaurus

Naam beteken: “hard-to-place lizard”1

Het geëet: PlanteLangnekkeLaat Jura tot Vroeë Kryt

Dyslocosaurus was a long-necked sauropod that lived during the Late Jurassic Period. It had many claws on its feet, maybe four or five, which is unusual for a sauropod. Its name means 'hard-to-place lizard' because scientists were not sure where it came from.1

Het geleef

155 tot 143 miljoen jaar gelede5

Laat Jura tot Vroeë Kryt

Fossiele gevind in

Wyoming, USA1 2

Lengte

10 tot 100 m (33 tot 328 ft)2

Gewig

7,5 ton (16 500 lb)4

Hoogte

10 tot 100 m (33 tot 328 ft)2

Topspoed

omtrent 16 km/h (10 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 5 motors

so lank soos 22 motors in 'n ry geparkeerso lank soos 560 piesangs punt aan puntomtrent so swaar soos 'n olifantso swaar soos 1500 waatlemoeneso hoog soos 18 kameelperde op mekaarso swaar soos 9 hele skoolklasse vol kindersso swaar soos 17 ysberehoog genoeg om op vloer 34 by 'n venster in te loerkon 100 meter in 22 sekondes hardloop (die vinnigste mens het 9,6 nodig)

Hoe groot was Dyslocosaurus 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)

Dyslocosaurus omtrent 16 km/h (10 mph)

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

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

cool goed

Prettige feite

Dyslocosaurus may have had four or five claws on each foot, while most other diplodocid sauropods had only three.1

The only known fossil of Dyslocosaurus is a set of limb bones kept at the Amherst College Museum of Natural History.1

Scientists are not sure how old the Dyslocosaurus fossils are. They might be from the Late Jurassic or possibly from the Late Cretaceous.1

Some scientists think the foot bones with many claws might not belong to the same animal as the leg bones, so Dyslocosaurus might not have had extra claws after all.1

Dyslocosaurus was named in 1992 by John Stanton McIntosh, William Coombs, and Dale Russell.1

The species name polyonychius means 'many claws' in Greek.1

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

?What did Dyslocosaurus eat?

Dyslocosaurus was a herbivore, meaning it ate plants. It lived on the ground and was actively mobile.5

?How big was Dyslocosaurus?

Scientists estimate it was between 10 and 20 metres long, but they do not know the exact size. It was a sauropod, so it had a long neck and tail.5

?When did Dyslocosaurus live?

It lived during the Late Jurassic Period, about 154 to 143 million years ago. Some scientists think the fossils might be from the Late Cretaceous instead.5 1

?Where was Dyslocosaurus found?

The only fossil was found in Wyoming, North America. It was collected by professor Frederic Brewster Loomis and is kept at the Amherst College Museum of Natural History.1

Mite-breker

Mite: Dyslocosaurus definitely had four or five claws on its feet.

Waarheid: The foot bone with many claws may belong to a different animal, so scientists are not sure if Dyslocosaurus really had extra claws.1

Vir dino-kenners

Wetenskaplike naam: Dyslocosaurus
Benoem deur: Mcintosh et al. 19925
Groep: Langnekke
Familie / klade: Dicraeosauridae5
Klassifikasie: Sauropodomorpha > Sauropoda > Diplodocoidea5
Ouderdom van die rotse: 155 tot 143 miljoen jaar (Kimmeridgian / Tithonian)5
Rotsformasies: Morrison5
Lande: VSA5
Fossielrekords: 1 in The Paleobiology Database5
Ontdekking: The only known Dyslocosaurus fossil was collected by professor Frederic Brewster Loomis, but its exact location is unknown. In 1992, John Stanton McIntosh, William Coombs, and Dale Russell named it Dyslocosaurus polyonychius.1
Steeds omstrede: Scientists debate whether Dyslocosaurus lived in the Late Jurassic or the Late Cretaceous, and whether it really had more than three claws on its feet.1

Waar die feite vandaan kom

Dyslocosaurus (en.wikipedia.org)
PBDB Taxon (paleobiodb.org)
Dyslocosaurus Mcintosh et al. 1992 - Encyclopedia of Life (eol.org)
Dyslocosaurus polyonychius | Dinosaur Database by DinoAnimals.com (dinoanimals.com)
Dyslocosaurus in The Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0): ouderdom, plekke, rotsformasies, klassifikasie.

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