Lepidus

Naam beteken: “fascinating”1

Het geëet: VleisVleisvretende dino'sLaat Trias

Lepidus was a small, meat-eating dinosaur that lived in what is now Texas, USA, during the Late Triassic period. It was one of the earliest neotheropods, a group that includes famous dinosaurs like Coelophysis. Scientists know it from just a few bones, including an ankle and a piece of its upper jaw.2 1

Het geleef

227 tot 206 miljoen jaar gelede2

Laat Trias

Fossiele gevind in

Howard County, Texas, USA1

Topspoed

omtrent 47 km/h (29 mph)

Hardloop, skatting

Wanneer het dit geleef?

Trias

Jura

Kryt

252 miljoen jaar gelede20114566, die asteroïde

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)

Lepidus omtrent 47 km/h (29 mph)

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

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

cool goed

Prettige feite

Lepidus was named in 2015 by scientists Sterling Nesbitt and Martín Ezcurra.2

Its name comes from Latin and means 'fascinating' or 'charming'.1

Lepidus is known from only a few bones: an ankle, a piece of the upper jaw, and a thigh bone.1

It lived during the Norian stage of the Late Triassic, about 227 to 205 million years ago.2

Lepidus was a coelophysoid neotheropod, meaning it was more closely related to Coelophysis than to Allosaurus.1

The fossils were found near the famous Otis Chalk localities in Texas, which are among the oldest dinosaur sites in North America.1

KI-prent van Lepidus — 'n KI-prent van hoe Lepidus 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: Lepidus
Benoem deur: Nesbitt and Ezcurra 20152
Groep: Vleisvretende dino's
Familie / klade: Coelophysidae2
Klassifikasie: Theropoda > Coelophysoidea2
Ouderdom van die rotse: 227 tot 206 miljoen jaar (Norian)2
Lande: VSA2
Fossielrekords: 1 in The Paleobiology Database2
Ontdekking: Lepidus was discovered by a Works Progress Administration paleontology team in the 1940s, but it was not named until 2015 by Sterling Nesbitt and Martín Ezcurra.1
Steeds omstrede: Scientists are not sure exactly how old the Lepidus fossils are, because the rocks where they were found have not been dated with radiometric methods.1

Waar die feite vandaan kom

The early fossil record of dinosaurs in North America: A new neotheropod from the base of the Upper Triassic Dockum Group of Texas (app.pan.pl)
Lepidus in The Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0): ouderdom, plekke, rotsformasies, klassifikasie.

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