Dinokaart nr. 1012 van 2 027

Laplatasaurus

Naam beteken: “La Plata lizard, named after La Plata, Argentina”1

Laplatasaurus was a huge, long-necked plant-eater that lived in South America during the Late Cretaceous. It had a relatively slender build for a sauropod, and some scientists think it may have had bony plates on its back for protection.1

Het geleef

84 tot 72 miljoen jaar gelede3

Laat Kryt

Fossiele gevind in

Argentina, in the Anacleto Formation of Patagonia1 3

Lengte

18 m (59 ft)1

Hoogte

4,1 m (13 ft)

skatting

Topspoed

omtrent 13 km/h (8 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

so lank soos 4 motors in 'n ry geparkeerso lank soos 100 piesangs punt aan puntkon 100 meter in 28 sekondes hardloop (die vinnigste mens het 9,6 nodig)

Hoe groot was Laplatasaurus 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)

Laplatasaurus omtrent 13 km/h (8 mph)

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

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

cool goed

Prettige feite

Laplatasaurus was named in 1927 by Friedrich von Huene, but he did not describe it properly until 1929.1

The only definite fossils of Laplatasaurus are a shin bone (tibia) and a calf bone (fibula) that were chosen as the lectotype in 1979.1 2

Some scientists think Laplatasaurus was closely related to other titanosaurs like Bonitasaura, Futalognkosaurus, and Mendozasaurus.1 2

A dinosaur egg from the same area, once thought to belong to Titanosaurus, might actually have been laid by Laplatasaurus.1

Bony plates called osteoderms have been found with Laplatasaurus fossils, but scientists are not sure if they really belonged to this dinosaur.1

Laplatasaurus lived about 80 to 70 million years ago, during the Campanian stage of the Late Cretaceous.1

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

?How big was Laplatasaurus?

About 18 metres (59 ft) long, making it a rather large sauropod.1

?What did Laplatasaurus eat?

It was a plant-eater, like other sauropods.1

?Did Laplatasaurus have armor?

Some scientists think it may have had bony plates on its back, but the association is uncertain.1

Vir dino-kenners

Wetenskaplike naam: Laplatasaurus
Benoem deur: Huene 19273
Groep: Langnekke
Familie / klade: Titanosauria3
Klassifikasie: Sauropodomorpha > Sauropoda > Titanosauria > Macronaria3
Ouderdom van die rotse: 84 tot 72 miljoen jaar (Campanian)3
Rotsformasies: Anacleto3
Lande: Argentinië3
Fossielrekords: 1 in The Paleobiology Database3
Ontdekking: Friedrich von Huene named Laplatasaurus in 1927 based on fossils from Argentina, but he first described it properly in 1929. The fossils were found in three locations in the Anacleto Formation.1
Steeds omstrede: Scientists are not sure which of the many fossils originally assigned to Laplatasaurus really belong to it. A 2015 study kept only the lectotype shin bones as certain Laplatasaurus, and moved other bones to different dinosaurs.1 2

Waar die feite vandaan kom

Laplatasaurus (en.wikipedia.org)
REASSESSMENT OF LAPLATASAURUS ARAUKANICUS (SAUROPODA: TITANOSAURIA) FROM THE UPPER CRETACEOUS OF PATAGONIA, ARGENTINA | Ameghiniana (ameghiniana.org.ar)
Laplatasaurus in The Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0): ouderdom, plekke, rotsformasies, klassifikasie.

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