Dinokaart nr. 1171 van 2 027

Mesetasaurus

Naam beteken: “Meseta de Artigas lizard”1

Mesetasaurus was a long-necked plant-eater that lived in what is now Uruguay. It is known from two well-preserved tail bones that were found in the 1980s. This dinosaur was a type of titanosaur, a group of huge sauropods.1 2

Het geleef

86 tot 72 miljoen jaar gelede4

Laat Kryt

Fossiele gevind in

Paysandú Department, Uruguay1 2

Topspoed

omtrent 15 km/h (9 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)

Mesetasaurus omtrent 15 km/h (9 mph)

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

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

cool goed

Prettige feite

Mesetasaurus is the second non-bird dinosaur ever described from Uruguay.1

Its fossils were found on a plateau called Meseta de Artigas, which gave the dinosaur its name.1 2

The only known bones are two tail vertebrae, which are very well preserved.1 2

Mesetasaurus belonged to a group called Aeolosaurini, which lived in South America during the Late Cretaceous.1 3

Scientists think Mesetasaurus lived between about 85 and 72 million years ago.3

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

?How big was Mesetasaurus?

Nobody knows for sure. Only two tail bones have been found, so scientists cannot estimate its full size.1

?What did Mesetasaurus eat?

It was a plant eater. As a titanosaurian, it ate plants.1

?When did Mesetasaurus live?

It lived during the Late Cretaceous, probably between about 85 and 72 million years ago.1

?Where was Mesetasaurus found?

Its fossils were found in the Guichón Formation of Paysandú Department, Uruguay.1

Vir dino-kenners

Wetenskaplike naam: Mesetasaurus
Benoem deur: Soto Núñez et al. 20264
Groep: Langnekke
Familie / klade: Aeolosaurini4
Klassifikasie: Sauropodomorpha > Sauropoda > Titanosauria > Macronaria4
Ouderdom van die rotse: 86 tot 72 miljoen jaar (Santonian / Campanian)4
Rotsformasies: Guichón4
Lande: Uruguay4
Fossielrekords: 1 in The Paleobiology Database4
Ontdekking: Mesetasaurus was named by Matías Soto Núñez and colleagues in 2026. The two tail bones were found in the 1980s in the Guichón Formation of Uruguay.1 2
Steeds omstrede: Because only two tail bones have been found, scientists are not sure about the exact size or full appearance of Mesetasaurus.1 2

Waar die feite vandaan kom

Mesetasaurus (en.wikipedia.org)
Manuscript LSID: urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:070DE7BE-8486-43F7-930B-8B6B90439258 Genus LSID: urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:2AA8934F-021E-46F1-9F98-893629A66E6F Species LSID urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:061C5A20-06A7-4B1A-ADCA-CC472978910C (ameghiniana.org.ar)
PBDB Taxon (paleobiodb.org)
Mesetasaurus in The Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0): ouderdom, plekke, rotsformasies, klassifikasie.

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