Hulsanpes
Hulsanpes was a small, speedy dinosaur that lived in what is now Mongolia. It had long legs and sharp claws, and scientists think it might have been a good runner that could also swim. This little raptor was about the size of a chicken!16
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Hulsanpes is known from only a partial braincase and a few foot bones, making it one of the most mysterious raptors.1
The name Hulsanpes means 'Khulsan foot' because its fossils were found at a place called Khulsan in the Gobi Desert.1
Scientists think Hulsanpes was a young animal when it died, because its bones look rough and not fully grown.1
Hulsanpes belonged to a group called Halszkaraptorinae, which includes dinosaurs that may have lived partly in water.1
Its foot bones were slender and not fused together, which helped it run fast on the ground.1
Hulsanpes lived about 75 to 72 million years ago, during the Late Cretaceous period.1

Mees gevraagde vrae oor Hulsanpes
?How big was Hulsanpes?
Hulsanpes was a very small dinosaur, about the size of a chicken. Its foot bones were only about 3.4 to 3.9 cm long.34
?What did Hulsanpes eat?
Scientists think Hulsanpes was a meat-eater, like other raptors. It probably ate small animals, but we don't know exactly what.3
Mite-breker
Mite: Some people think Hulsanpes was a bird because of its small size and light bones.
Waarheid: Hulsanpes was a non-avian dinosaur, a type of raptor called a dromaeosaurid, not a bird.1
Vir dino-kenners
- Wetenskaplike naam
- Hulsanpes
- Benoem deur
- Osmolska 19826
- Groep
- Raptors
- Familie / klade
- Dromaeosauridae6
- Klassifikasie
- Theropoda > Dromaeosauridae6
- Ouderdom van die rotse
- 84 tot 72 miljoen jaar (Campanian)6
- Rotsformasies
- Baruungoyot6
- Lande
- Mongolië6
- Fossielrekords
- 1 in The Paleobiology Database6
- Ontdekking
- Hulsanpes was discovered in 1970 during a Polish-Mongolian expedition to the Gobi Desert. It was named and described by Polish paleontologist Halszka Osmólska in 1982.1
- Steeds omstrede
- Scientists are still debating whether Hulsanpes was mostly a runner or spent a lot of time swimming, because its foot bones show features of both lifestyles.1
Waar die feite vandaan kom
- Hulsanpes (en.wikipedia.org)
- Details on Hulsanpes (dml.reptilis.net)
- Hulsanpes (Wikipedia) (Wikipedia)
- Hulsanpes - Wikipedia (en.m.wikipedia.org)
- Redescription and affinities ofHulsanpes perlei(Dinosauria, Theropoda) from the Upper Cretaceous of Mongolia (exa.ai)
- Hulsanpes in The Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0): ouderdom, plekke, rotsformasies, klassifikasie.
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