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Rugops

Naam beteken: “wrinkle face”1

Het geëet: VleisVleisvretende dino'sLaat Kryt

Rugops was a meat-eating dinosaur that lived in what is now Niger, Africa, about 95 million years ago. It had a wrinkled, bumpy face and a delicate skull, which scientists think means it was a scavenger rather than a fierce hunter.1 2

Het geleef

100 tot 94 miljoen jaar gelede4

Laat Kryt

Fossiele gevind in

Niger, Africa (Echkar Formation)2 4

Lengte

4,4 tot 5,3 m (14 tot 17 ft)2

Gewig

410 kg (904 lb)2

Hoogte

2,4 m (7,9 ft)3

Topspoed

omtrent 44 km/h (27 mph)

Hardloop, skatting

Wanneer het dit geleef?

Trias

Jura

Kryt

252 miljoen jaar gelede20114566, die asteroïde

Hoe groot was dit?

Hoe lank was dit?

Hoe hoog was dit?

Hoe swaar was dit?

so swaar soos 20 honde

so lank soos 5 honde van neus tot stertso lank soos 29 piesangs punt aan puntso swaar soos 82 waatlemoeneso swaar soos 22 kleuterskoolkindersso swaar soos 13 skoolkinderskon 100 meter in 8,2 sekondes hardloop (die vinnigste mens het 9,6 nodig)

Hoe groot was Rugops 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)

Rugops omtrent 44 km/h (27 mph)

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

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

cool goed

Prettige feite

Rugops is known from only a partial skull, which is about 31.5 centimetres (12.4 inches) long.2

The top of its skull had many pits and bumps, which would have supported scales and a tough, armour-like skin on its snout.2

Rows of holes in the skull may mean Rugops had a crest or some kind of display structure on its head.1

Rugops lived alongside other huge predators like Carcharodontosaurus and Spinosaurus.2

The type specimen might have been a subadult, because its skull bones were not fully fused together.2

Rugops was one of the earliest abelisaurids, a group of horned, short-snouted theropods that lived in the southern continents.2

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

?How big was Rugops?

Scientists estimate Rugops was about 4.4 to 5.3 metres (14 to 17 feet) long and weighed around 410 kilograms (900 pounds). Some earlier estimates suggested it was up to 6 metres (20 feet) long and 750 kilograms (1,650 pounds).2

?What did Rugops eat?

Rugops was a carnivore, meaning it ate meat. Its delicate skull suggests it was a scavenger that fed on dead animals rather than a hunter that killed its own prey.1 3

?Where did Rugops live?

Rugops lived in what is now Niger, Africa, about 95 million years ago. Its fossils were found in the Echkar Formation, which was a river and lake environment.2

?Did Rugops have feathers?

Nobody knows for sure. Rugops is known only from a skull, and no feathers or feather impressions have been found with it. Its skull had pits and bumps that supported scales, not feathers.2

?Why is it called Rugops?

Rugops means 'wrinkle face' in Latin and Greek. It was named for the wrinkled, bumpy texture on its skull bones.2

?Was Rugops bigger than T. rex?

No, Rugops was much smaller. Rugops was about 4.4 to 5.3 metres (14 to 17 feet) long, while T. rex was over 12 metres (40 feet) long.2

Vir dino-kenners

Wetenskaplike naam: Rugops
Benoem deur: Sereno et al. 20044
Groep: Vleisvretende dino's
Familie / klade: Abelisauridae4
Klassifikasie: Theropoda > Ceratosauria > Abelisauridae4
Ouderdom van die rotse: 100 tot 94 miljoen jaar (Cenomanian)4
Rotsformasies: Echkar4
Lande: Niger4
Fossielrekords: 1 in The Paleobiology Database4
Ontdekking: Rugops was named in 2004 by paleontologist Paul Sereno and his team, based on a partial skull found in the Echkar Formation of Niger during an expedition funded by the National Geographic Society.2
Steeds omstrede: Scientists are not sure exactly how Rugops is related to other abelisaurids; some studies place it as the most primitive, while others put it in a group with several other genera.2

Waar die feite vandaan kom

Rugops | Natural History Museum (nhm.ac.uk)
Rugops (en.wikipedia.org)
Discoveries | Paul Sereno - Paleontologist | The University of Chicago (paulsereno.uchicago.edu)
Rugops in The Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0): ouderdom, plekke, rotsformasies, klassifikasie.

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