Moros

Naam beteken: “embodiment of impending doom”1

Het geëet: VleisTirannosourusseLaat Kryt

Moros was a tiny, fast-running cousin of the giant T. rex. It lived about 96 million years ago in what is now Utah, USA. Despite its scary name, it was only about the size of a modern human!1 2

Het geleef

100 tot 94 miljoen jaar gelede4

Laat Kryt

Fossiele gevind in

Emery County, Utah, USA1

Gewig

tot 78 kg (172 lb)1

Topspoed

omtrent 51 km/h (32 mph)

Hardloop, skatting

Wanneer het dit geleef?

Trias

Jura

Kryt

252 miljoen jaar gelede20114566, die asteroïde

Hoe groot was dit?

Hoe swaar was dit?

so swaar soos 4 honde

so swaar soos 16 waatlemoeneso swaar soos 4 kleuterskoolkindersso swaar soos 2,5 skoolkinderskon 100 meter in 7,1 sekondes hardloop (die vinnigste mens het 9,6 nodig)

Hoe groot was Moros 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)

Moros omtrent 51 km/h (32 mph)

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

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

cool goed

Prettige feite

Moros is the oldest Cretaceous tyrannosauroid ever found in North America, pushing the record back by about 15 million years.1

It weighed only about 78 kilograms (172 pounds), making it one of the smallest tyrannosauroids of the Cretaceous.1

The fossil is a partial hind leg from an animal that was nearly full-grown at 6 to 7 years old.1

Moros had long, slender legs built for running fast, a very different body plan from later giant tyrannosaurs.1

Its name comes from Greek and Latin words meaning 'doom' and 'intrepid', referring to the arrival of tyrannosaurs in North America.1

Moros lived in a coastal mudflat environment about 96 million years ago.1

KI-prent van Moros — 'n KI-prent van hoe Moros 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: Moros
Benoem deur: Zanno et al. 20194
Groep: Tirannosourusse
Familie / klade: Tyrannosauroidea4
Klassifikasie: Theropoda > Tyrannosauroidea4
Ouderdom van die rotse: 100 tot 94 miljoen jaar (Cenomanian)4
Rotsformasies: Cedar Mountain4
Lande: VSA4
Fossielrekords: 1 in The Paleobiology Database4
Ontdekking: Moros was named by paleontologist Lindsay Zanno and her team in 2019. The fossils were found in the Cedar Mountain Formation in Utah, USA.1 3
Steeds omstrede: Scientists are not sure exactly how fast Moros grew or how it is related to later giant tyrannosaurs.1

Waar die feite vandaan kom

Diminutive fleet-footed tyrannosauroid narrows the 70-million-year gap in the North American fossil record | Communications Biology (nature.com)
Diminutive fleet-footed tyrannosauroid narrows the 70-million-year gap in the North American fossil record (pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov)
PBDB Taxon (paleobiodb.org)
Moros in The Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0): ouderdom, plekke, rotsformasies, klassifikasie.

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