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Nipponosaurus

Naam beteken: “Japanese lizard”1

Nipponosaurus was a duck-billed dinosaur that lived on an island that is now part of Russia. It was a plant-eater with a big, flat beak like a duck, and it probably walked on two legs or all fours.1 2

Het geleef

86 tot 72 miljoen jaar gelede3

Laat Kryt

Fossiele gevind in

Sinegorsk, Sakhalin Island, Russia1

Lengte

4 m (13 ft)1

Topspoed

omtrent 24 km/h (15 mph)

Hardloop, skatting

Wanneer het dit geleef?

Trias

Jura

Kryt

252 miljoen jaar gelede20114566, die asteroïde

Hoe groot was dit?

Hoe lank was dit?

so lank soos 4 honde van neus tot stertso lank soos 22 piesangs punt aan puntkon 100 meter in 15 sekondes hardloop (die vinnigste mens het 9,6 nodig)

Hoe groot was Nipponosaurus 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)

Nipponosaurus omtrent 24 km/h (15 mph)

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

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

cool goed

Prettige feite

Nipponosaurus was the first dinosaur ever named from Japanese territory, though Sakhalin Island was later annexed by the Soviet Union.1

The only known skeleton is about 60% complete and belonged to a juvenile, not a full-grown adult.1

Scientists used bone histology (looking at thin slices of bone under a microscope) to confirm that the Nipponosaurus fossil was a youngster.1

Nipponosaurus lived near the coast, and its body was buried in marine sediments, meaning it probably died close to the shore.1

For many years, some scientists thought Nipponosaurus might be the same as other Asian duck-billed dinosaurs, but newer studies show it is a valid, distinct species.1

The fossil was discovered in 1934 by miners digging a hospital foundation on Sakhalin Island.1

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

?How big was Nipponosaurus?

The only known skeleton is about 4 metres (13 feet) long, but it was a juvenile, so adults may have been bigger.1

?What did Nipponosaurus eat?

It was a herbivore, meaning it ate plants. It had a big, flat beak like a duck for cropping vegetation.2

?When did Nipponosaurus live?

It lived during the Late Cretaceous, about 89 to 84 million years ago, or around 80 million years ago according to some estimates.2 1

?Where was Nipponosaurus found?

Its fossil was found on Sakhalin Island, which is now part of Russia, but was Japanese territory when it was discovered in 1934.1 2

?Was Nipponosaurus a dinosaur?

Yes, it was a type of duck-billed dinosaur called a hadrosaur, specifically a lambeosaurine.2

?Why is it called Nipponosaurus?

The name means 'Japanese lizard' because it was the first dinosaur named from Japanese territory, though the island later became part of Russia.1 2

Mite-breker

Mite: Nipponosaurus was a full-grown adult when it died.

Waarheid: The skeleton is from a juvenile, as shown by its small size and microscopic bone features.1

Vir dino-kenners

Wetenskaplike naam: Nipponosaurus
Benoem deur: Nagao 19363
Groep: Eendbekke
Familie / klade: Hadrosauridae3
Klassifikasie: Ornithischia > Ornithopoda > Iguanodontia > Hadrosauridae3
Ouderdom van die rotse: 86 tot 72 miljoen jaar (Santonian / Campanian)3
Lande: Rusland3
Fossielrekords: 1 in The Paleobiology Database3
Ontdekking: Nipponosaurus was named in 1936 by Japanese paleontologist Takumi Nagao, based on a skeleton found in 1934 on Sakhalin Island.1 3
Steeds omstrede: Scientists are not sure exactly how big a full-grown Nipponosaurus was, because only a juvenile skeleton has been found.1

Waar die feite vandaan kom

Nipponosaurus (en.wikipedia.org)
Nipponosaurus (nhm.ac.uk)
Nipponosaurus in The Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0): ouderdom, plekke, rotsformasies, klassifikasie.

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