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Machairoceratops

Naam beteken: “bent sword horned face”1

Het geëet: PlanteDino's met horingsLaat Kryt

Machairoceratops was a horned dinosaur that lived in what is now Utah, USA, about 80 million years ago. It had two long, forward-curving spikes on the back of its frill, like bent swords. This dinosaur was a plant-eater that walked on four legs.1 2

Het geleef

84 tot 72 miljoen jaar gelede4

Laat Kryt

Fossiele gevind in

Grand Staircase,Escalante National Monument, southern Utah, USA1 2

Lengte

6 tot 8 m (20 tot 26 ft)2

Gewig

1 ton tot 2 ton (2 200 tot 4 400 lb)2

Hoogte

2,4 m (7,9 ft)

skatting

Topspoed

omtrent 36 km/h (22 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 8 honde van neus tot stertso lank soos 44 piesangs punt aan puntso swaar soos 100 hondeso swaar soos 400 waatlemoeneso swaar soos 2,5 hele skoolklasse vol kindersso swaar soos 4 ysberekon 100 meter in 10 sekondes hardloop (die vinnigste mens het 9,6 nodig)

Hoe groot was Machairoceratops 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)

Machairoceratops omtrent 36 km/h (22 mph)

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

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

cool goed

Prettige feite

Machairoceratops had two long, forward-curving spikes on the top of its frill, each about 44 cm long. These spikes had a strange groove running from base to tip, and scientists are not sure what it was for.1 2

Its postorbital horns (above the eyes) were about 27 cm long, but they were found detached from the skull, so their exact angle is unknown.1

This dinosaur lived about 80 million years ago, during the Late Cretaceous. At that time, a huge sea split North America into two landmasses, and Machairoceratops lived on the western part called Laramidia.1 2

Machairoceratops is known from only one partial skull, found in 2006. The skull includes the braincase, left squamosal, and the unique frill bones.1

It was a centrosaurine ceratopsian, a group of horned dinosaurs that usually had large nose horns and fancy frills. Machairoceratops is one of the few centrosaurines found in the southern part of Laramidia.1 2

The name 'cronusi' refers to Cronus, a Greek god who used a curved blade. This matches the bent-sword shape of the dinosaur's frill spikes.1

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

?How big was Machairoceratops?

Scientists do not know its exact size, but its skull is very close in size to Diabloceratops, another horned dinosaur. It was a medium-sized ceratopsian, probably similar in length to a small car.1

?What did Machairoceratops eat?

It was a plant-eater (herbivore) that walked on four legs and used its beak to eat plants like ferns and cycads.1

?When did Machairoceratops live?

It lived about 80 million years ago, during the Late Cretaceous Period, in what is now Utah, USA.1

?Why does Machairoceratops have bent spikes?

The two long, forward-curving spikes on its frill looked like bent swords, which is how it got its name. Scientists are not sure exactly what they were used for, but they may have been for display or defense.1

Vir dino-kenners

Wetenskaplike naam: Machairoceratops
Benoem deur: Lund et al. 20164
Groep: Dino's met horings
Familie / klade: Ceratopsidae4
Klassifikasie: Ornithischia > Ceratopsia > Ceratopsidae4
Ouderdom van die rotse: 84 tot 72 miljoen jaar (Campanian)4
Rotsformasies: Wahweap4
Lande: VSA4
Fossielrekords: 1 in The Paleobiology Database4
Ontdekking: Machairoceratops was named in 2016 by Eric K. Lund and colleagues. The only known fossil was found in 2006 in Grand Staircase,Escalante National Monument, Utah, and is stored at the Natural History Museum of Utah.1 2
Steeds omstrede: Scientists are not sure why the frill spikes have a groove along their length. It might have been for display, or something else.2

Waar die feite vandaan kom

Machairoceratops (en.wikipedia.org)
Paleontologists discover new species of horned dinosaur in southern Utah (nhmu.utah.edu)
PBDB Taxon (paleobiodb.org)
Machairoceratops in The Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0): ouderdom, plekke, rotsformasies, klassifikasie.

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