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Mussaurus

Naam beteken: “mouse lizard”1
Het geëet: PlanteLangnekkeVroeë Jura

Mussaurus was a long-necked dinosaur that lived in what is now Argentina. When it hatched, it was tiny, about the size of a mouse, but adults grew as long as a school bus!1

Het geleef
200 tot 193 miljoen jaar gelede6
Vroeë Jura
Fossiele gevind in
Laguna Colorada Formation, Santa Cruz province, Patagonia, Argentina21
Lengte
0,2 tot 8 m (0,7 tot 26 ft)13
Gewig
0,053 kg tot 1,6 ton (0 tot 3 500 lb)1
Hoogte
2,1 m (6,9 ft)
skatting
Topspoed
omtrent 29 km/h (18 mph)
Hardloop, skatting

Wanneer het dit geleef?

Trias
Jura
Kryt
252 miljoen jaar gelede20114566, die asteroïde

Hoe groot was dit?

Hoe lank was dit?

Mussaurus omtrent 8 m lank (26 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)Mussaurusomtrent 2,1 m hoog (6,9 ft)'n Olifantomtrent 3,2 m (10 ft)

skatting

Hoe swaar was dit?

so swaar soos 1 motors
so lank soos 8 honde van neus tot stertso lank soos 44 piesangs punt aan puntso swaar soos 80 hondeso swaar soos 320 waatlemoeneso swaar soos 84 kleuterskoolkindersso swaar soos 50 skoolkindersso swaar soos 4 ysberekon 100 meter in 12 sekondes hardloop (die vinnigste mens het 9,6 nodig)

Hoe groot was Mussaurus 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

Mussaurus babies were only 20 cm (7.9 in) long and weighed about as much as a chicken egg.13

2

As it grew, Mussaurus changed from walking on all fours to walking on two legs.1

3

Scientists found over 100 eggs and 80 skeletons of Mussaurus together, showing they lived in herds.1

4

This dinosaur lived about 193 million years ago, during the Early Jurassic period.2

5

Adult Mussaurus could reach 8 metres (26 ft) long and weigh up to 1.6 metric tons (1.8 short tons).1

6

Mussaurus is one of the earliest dinosaurs known to have complex social behavior, like living in groups.1

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

?What did Mussaurus eat?

Mussaurus was an herbivore, meaning it ate plants. It had a long neck to reach leaves and ferns.1

?How big was a baby Mussaurus?

Baby Mussaurus were tiny, about 20 centimetres long and weighing as little as a chicken egg, around 53 to 77 grams.1

?Did Mussaurus live in herds?

Yes, Mussaurus is the earliest dinosaur known to have lived in herds. Scientists found over 100 eggs and 80 skeletons together, showing they lived in age-segregated groups.145

?How fast could Mussaurus run?

Nobody knows for sure, but since adults walked on two legs and were medium-sized, they could probably move at a moderate jogging speed.1

?When did Mussaurus live?

Mussaurus lived about 193 million years ago, during the Early Jurassic period.15

?Why is it called Mussaurus?

Mussaurus means 'mouse lizard' because the first fossils found were tiny babies, about the size of a mouse.1

Mite-breker

Mite: Mussaurus was always a tiny dinosaur.

Waarheid: Only the babies were tiny. Adults grew to be huge, up to 8 metres long.1

Vir dino-kenners

Wetenskaplike naam
Mussaurus
Benoem deur
Bonaparte and Vince 19796
Groep
Langnekke
Familie / klade
Sauropodiformes6
Klassifikasie
Sauropodomorpha6
Ouderdom van die rotse
200 tot 193 miljoen jaar (Sinemurian)6
Rotsformasies
Laguna Colorada6
Lande
Argentinië6
Fossielrekords
2 in The Paleobiology Database6
Ontdekking
Mussaurus was named by Jose Bonaparte and Martin Vince in 1979. They found tiny skeletons and eggs in the Laguna Colorada Formation in Argentina.23
Steeds omstrede
Scientists are still debating whether Mussaurus is a direct ancestor of the giant sauropods.1

Waar die feite vandaan kom

  1. Mussaurus (en.wikipedia.org)
  2. PBDB Taxon (paleobiodb.org)
  3. A M E G H I N I A N A (naturalhistory.si.edu)
  4. Earliest evidence of herd-living and age segregation amongst dinosaurs | Scientific Reports (nature.com)
  5. Fossil bonanza reveals earliest evidence of dinosaurs living in herds | National Geographic (nationalgeographic.com)
  6. Mussaurus in The Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0): ouderdom, plekke, rotsformasies, klassifikasie.

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