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Elaltitan

Naam beteken: “Elal's giant, after the Tehuelche god Elal and the Greek word for giant”1

Elaltitan was a giant, long-necked plant-eater that lived in what is now Argentina. It was one of the biggest dinosaurs ever, as heavy as a herd of elephants!1

Het geleef

90 tot 86 miljoen jaar gelede3

Laat Kryt

Fossiele gevind in

Chubut Province, Argentina1

Lengte

20 m (66 ft)1

Gewig

23 ton tot 42,8 ton (50 700 tot 94 400 lb)1

Hoogte

4,5 m (15 ft)

skatting

Topspoed

omtrent 10 km/h (6 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

Hoe swaar was dit?

so swaar soos 7 olifante

so lank soos 4 motors in 'n ry geparkeerso lank soos 110 piesangs punt aan puntso swaar soos 8600 waatlemoeneso swaar soos 54 hele skoolklasse vol kindersso swaar soos 95 ysberehoog genoeg om op vloer 2 by 'n venster in te loerkon 100 meter in 36 sekondes hardloop (die vinnigste mens het 9,6 nodig)

Hoe groot was Elaltitan 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)

Elaltitan omtrent 10 km/h (6 mph)

'n Kind op 'n fiets omtrent 12 km/h (7 mph)

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

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

cool goed

Prettige feite

Elaltitan is the first titanosaur skeleton ever found with a preserved calcaneum, a bone in the ankle.1

Its fossils were originally thought to belong to another dinosaur, Antarctosaurus, before scientists realized it was a new species.1

Elaltitan lived about 96 to 89 million years ago, during the Late Cretaceous period.1

The complete femur (thigh bone) of Elaltitan would have been about 2.3 meters (7.5 feet) long, as tall as a person.1

Scientists estimate Elaltitan weighed between 23 and 43 tonnes, making it one of the heaviest dinosaurs known.1

The name Elaltitan honors the Tehuelche people's god Elal, from the region where the fossils were found.1

KI-prent van Elaltitan — 'n KI-prent van hoe Elaltitan 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: Elaltitan
Benoem deur: Mannion and Otero 20123
Groep: Langnekke
Familie / klade: Lithostrotia3
Klassifikasie: Sauropodomorpha > Sauropoda > Titanosauria > Macronaria3
Ouderdom van die rotse: 90 tot 86 miljoen jaar (Coniacian)3
Rotsformasies: Lago Colhué Huapi3
Lande: Argentinië3
Fossielrekords: 1 in The Paleobiology Database3
Ontdekking: Elaltitan was named in 2012 by Philip Mannion and Alejandro Otero. The fossils were collected by an expedition led by José Bonaparte from the Bajo Barreal Formation in Argentina.1
Steeds omstrede: Scientists are not sure exactly where Elaltitan fits in the titanosaur family tree. More fossils might help solve this puzzle.2

Waar die feite vandaan kom

Elaltitan (en.wikipedia.org)
A reappraisal of the Late Cretaceous Argentinean sauropod dinosaur Argyrosaurus superbus, with a description of a new titanosaur genus (ri.conicet.gov.ar)
Elaltitan in The Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0): ouderdom, plekke, rotsformasies, klassifikasie.

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