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Morelladon

Naam beteken: “Morella tooth”1
Het geëet: PlantePlantvreters met snawelsVroeë Kryt

Morelladon was a medium-sized plant-eating dinosaur that lived in what is now Spain. It had very tall spines on its back that may have supported a sail, making it look a bit like a lizard with a fin!2

Het geleef
126 tot 121 miljoen jaar gelede5
Vroeë Kryt
Fossiele gevind in
Morella, Castellón, Spain15
Lengte
6 m (20 ft)1
Gewig
2 ton (4 400 lb)1
Hoogte
2,5 m (8,2 ft)3
Topspoed
omtrent 27 km/h (17 mph)
Hardloop, skatting

Wanneer het dit geleef?

Trias
Jura
Kryt
252 miljoen jaar gelede20114566, die asteroïde

Hoe groot was dit?

Hoe lank was dit?

Morelladon omtrent 6 m lank (20 ft)'n Grootmensfiets omtrent 1,8 m (5,9 ft)'n Motor omtrent 4,5 m (15 ft)'n Olifant, die grootste landdier vandag omtrent 6,5 m (21 ft)

Hoe hoog was dit?

'n Hondomtrent 0,5 m (1,6 ft)'n Perdomtrent 1,6 m (5,2 ft)Morelladonomtrent 2,5 m hoog (8,2 ft)'n Olifantomtrent 3,2 m (10 ft)

Hoe swaar was dit?

so swaar soos 1,5 motors
so lank soos 6 honde van neus tot stertso lank soos 33 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 13 sekondes hardloop (die vinnigste mens het 9,6 nodig)

Hoe groot was Morelladon vergeleke met JOU?

Net wiskunde in jou blaaier. Niks word gestoor of êrens heen gestuur nie.

Hoe vinnig was dit?

cool goed

Prettige feite

1

Morelladon's back spines were very tall. The longest ones were over four times taller than the bones of the vertebrae they sat on.1

2

This dinosaur lived about 130 million years ago, during the Early Cretaceous period.1

3

Morelladon is known from a partial skeleton that includes seven back vertebrae, part of the hip bones, and a tooth.1

4

Scientists think Morelladon may have had a sail on its back, made of skin stretched over those tall spines.2

5

Morelladon was a styracosternan, meaning it was a close relative of Iguanodon.2

6

The name Morelladon honors the town of Morella in Spain, where the fossil was found.1

Deur KI gemaakKI-prent van Morelladon
'n KI-prent van hoe Morelladon 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 Morelladon

?How big was Morelladon?

Morelladon was about 6 metres (20 feet) long and weighed around 2 tonnes (about 4,400 pounds).1

?Did Morelladon have a sail?

Scientists think it may have had a sail on its back, made of skin stretched over its very tall neural spines. The longest spines were over four times taller than the vertebrae they sat on.14

?What did Morelladon eat?

Morelladon was a herbivore, meaning it ate plants. It had a tooth in its lower jaw for chewing plant material.1

?When did Morelladon live?

Morelladon lived during the Early Cretaceous period, about 130 million years ago.1

Vir dino-kenners

Wetenskaplike naam
Morelladon
Benoem deur
Gasulla et al. 20155
Groep
Plantvreters met snawels
Familie / klade
Hadrosauroidea5
Klassifikasie
Ornithischia > Ornithopoda > Iguanodontia5
Ouderdom van die rotse
126 tot 121 miljoen jaar (Barremian)5
Rotsformasies
Arcillas de Morella5
Lande
Spanje5
Fossielrekords
1 in The Paleobiology Database5
Ontdekking
Morelladon was named in 2015 by a team of Spanish paleontologists. The skeleton was found in a quarry near Morella, Spain, and prepared by several technicians.1
Steeds omstrede
Scientists are not sure if the tall spines on Morelladon's back supported a sail or a hump, because no skin impressions have been found.2

Waar die feite vandaan kom

  1. Morelladon (en.wikipedia.org)
  2. A New Sail-Backed Styracosternan (Dinosauria: Ornithopoda) from the Early Cretaceous of Morella, Spain (pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov)
  3. UNED | COMUNICACIÓN Nuevo Dinosaurio (portal.uned.es)
  4. A New Sail-Backed Styracosternan (Dinosauria: Ornithopoda) from the Early Cretaceous of Morella, Spain | PLOS One (journals.plos.org)
  5. Morelladon in The Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0): ouderdom, plekke, rotsformasies, klassifikasie.

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