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Falcarius

Naam beteken: “sickle cutter”1
Het geëet: PlanteSnaakse dino's met vereVroeë Kryt

Falcarius was a strange dinosaur that looked like a mix between an ostrich, a gorilla, and Edward Scissorhands! It had a small head, a long neck, and huge curved claws on its hands. This dinosaur lived in what is now Utah, USA, about 139 to 134 million years ago.1

Het geleef
143 tot 133 miljoen jaar gelede5
Vroeë Kryt
Fossiele gevind in
Grand County, Utah, USA1
Lengte
4 tot 5 m (13 tot 16 ft)1
Gewig
100 kg (220 lb)1
Hoogte
1 tot 1,4 m (3,3 tot 4,6 ft)34
Topspoed
omtrent 30 km/h (19 mph)
Hardloop, skatting

Wanneer het dit geleef?

Trias
Jura
Kryt
252 miljoen jaar gelede20114566, die asteroïde

Hoe groot was dit?

Hoe lank was dit?

Falcarius omtrent 5 m lank (16 ft)'n Grootmensfiets omtrent 1,8 m (5,9 ft)'n Motor omtrent 4,5 m (15 ft)'n Olifant, die grootste landdier vandag omtrent 6,5 m (21 ft)

Hoe hoog was dit?

'n Huiskatomtrent 0,3 m (1 ft)'n Hondomtrent 0,5 m (1,6 ft)Falcariusomtrent 1,4 m hoog (4,6 ft)'n Perdomtrent 1,6 m (5,2 ft)

Hoe swaar was dit?

so swaar soos 5 honde
so lank soos 5 honde van neus tot stertso lank soos 28 piesangs punt aan puntso swaar soos 20 waatlemoeneso swaar soos 5 kleuterskoolkindersso swaar soos 3 skoolkinderskon 100 meter in 12 sekondes hardloop (die vinnigste mens het 9,6 nodig)

Hoe groot was Falcarius vergeleke met JOU?

Net wiskunde in jou blaaier. Niks word gestoor of êrens heen gestuur nie.

Hoe vinnig was dit?

cool goed

Prettige feite

1

Falcarius is one of the most primitive therizinosaurs ever found. It helps scientists understand how meat-eating dinosaurs turned into plant-eaters.2

2

Over 3,000 bones of Falcarius have been dug up from a single quarry in Utah. That's a lot of fossils!1

3

Falcarius had a long neck that let it reach leaves about 1.5 metres (5 feet) off the ground.1

4

Its hand claws were huge and curved, like sickles. That's how it got its name, which means 'sickle cutter'.1

5

Falcarius probably had feathers, like its close relatives from Asia.1

6

The smallest Falcarius was less than 1 metre (3.3 feet) long, but adults grew to about 4 to 5 metres (13 to 16 feet).1

Deur KI gemaakKI-prent van Falcarius
'n KI-prent van hoe Falcarius 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 Falcarius

?How big was Falcarius?

About 4 metres (13 feet) long and about 1.4 metres (4.5 feet) tall at the hip, weighing around 100 kilograms (220 pounds). The smallest known individual was less than 1 metre (3.3 feet) long.14

?What did Falcarius eat?

Mostly plants. Its leaf-shaped, serrated teeth were good for shredding leaves, but the pointed front teeth suggest it might have also eaten small animals like lizards sometimes.1

?Did Falcarius have feathers?

Scientists think yes. No feathers were found with its fossils, but its close feathered relatives from China make it very likely Falcarius had shaggy, hair-like proto-feathers.4

?How fast could Falcarius run?

Probably not very fast. Its lower legs were stubby, which suggests it no longer needed to run after prey like its meat-eating relatives did.4

?Why did Falcarius have long claws?

Its huge, curved hand claws were like sickles, which gave it the name 'sickle cutter'. They were probably used for gathering plants or maybe for defence.14

?Where was Falcarius found?

In what is now Utah, USA, in the Cedar Mountain Formation. A huge bonebed there has yielded thousands of bones from hundreds of individuals.12

Vir dino-kenners

Wetenskaplike naam
Falcarius
Benoem deur
Kirkland et al. 20055
Groep
Snaakse dino's met vere
Familie / klade
Therizinosauria5
Klassifikasie
Theropoda > Therizinosauria5
Ouderdom van die rotse
143 tot 133 miljoen jaar (Berriasian / Valanginian)5
Rotsformasies
Cedar Mountain5
Lande
VSA5
Fossielrekords
2 in The Paleobiology Database5
Ontdekking
Falcarius was discovered in 1999 by fossil collector Lawrence Walker in Utah. Scientists named it in 2005.1
Steeds omstrede
Scientists are not sure if Falcarius was a pure plant-eater or if it also ate meat. Its front teeth are sharp and pointed, which might mean it ate small animals too.1

Waar die feite vandaan kom

  1. Falcarius (en.wikipedia.org)
  2. A primitive therizinosauroid dinosaur from the Early Cretaceous of Utah | Nature (nature.com)
  3. A Primitive Therizinosauroid Dinosaur from the Early Cretaceous of Utah - DocsLib (docslib.org)
  4. Falcarius Utahensis - Utah Geological Survey (geology.utah.gov)
  5. Falcarius in The Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0): ouderdom, plekke, rotsformasies, klassifikasie.

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