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Garrigatitan

Naam beteken: “garrigue giant, after the dry Mediterranean shrubland where it was found”1

Garrigatitan was a long-necked plant-eater that lived in what is now southern France. It was a medium-sized sauropod, and some individuals may have grown as long as a school bus!1 2

Het geleef

84 tot 72 miljoen jaar gelede4

Laat Kryt

Fossiele gevind in

Velaux-La Bastide Neuve, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France1 2

Lengte

4 tot 16 m (13 tot 52 ft)1 2

Gewig

2 ton tot 2,5 ton (4 400 tot 5 500 lb)1 2

Hoogte

3,7 m (12 ft)

skatting

Topspoed

omtrent 23 km/h (14 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 1,5 motors

so lank soos 4 motors in 'n ry geparkeerso lank soos 89 piesangs punt aan puntso swaar soos 120 hondeso swaar soos 500 waatlemoeneso swaar soos 3 hele skoolklasse vol kindersso swaar soos 6 ysberekon 100 meter in 16 sekondes hardloop (die vinnigste mens het 9,6 nodig)

Hoe groot was Garrigatitan 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)

Garrigatitan omtrent 23 km/h (14 mph)

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

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

cool goed

Prettige feite

Garrigatitan lived about 74 to 70 million years ago, during the Late Cretaceous Period.1

Its fossils were found in two bonebeds at the same site, alongside another titanosaur called Atsinganosaurus.2

The name Garrigatitan comes from the Occitan word 'garriga', meaning dry thicket, and the Greek word 'titan' for giant.1

Scientists think Garrigatitan belonged to a group of titanosaurs called Lirainosaurinae, which lived in Europe.1

Some bones show that even the smaller individuals had reached full adulthood, with growth rings like tree rings.2

Garrigatitan had hourglass-shaped upper arm bones, a unique feature among titanosaurs.2

KI-prent van Garrigatitan — 'n KI-prent van hoe Garrigatitan 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: Garrigatitan
Benoem deur: Díez Díaz et al. 20214
Groep: Langnekke
Familie / klade: Lirainosaurinae4
Klassifikasie: Sauropodomorpha > Sauropoda > Titanosauria > Macronaria4
Ouderdom van die rotse: 84 tot 72 miljoen jaar (Campanian)4
Lande: Frankryk4
Fossielrekords: 1 in The Paleobiology Database4
Ontdekking: Garrigatitan was named in 2021 by Verónica Díez Díaz and colleagues. The first fossils were found between 2009 and 2012 during excavations by the Palaios Association and the University of Poitiers.1 2
Steeds omstrede: Scientists are not sure whether Garrigatitan was a lirainosaurine or a member of a different group called Lognkosauria, because its fossils are fragmentary.1

Waar die feite vandaan kom

Garrigatitan (en.wikipedia.org)
ORBi: A new titanosaur (Dinosauria: Sauropoda) from the Upper Cretaceous of Velaux-La-Bastide Neuve (southern France) - 2021 (orbi.uliege.be)
PBDB Taxon (paleobiodb.org)
Garrigatitan in The Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0): ouderdom, plekke, rotsformasies, klassifikasie.

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