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Saurolophus

Naam beteken: “lizard crest”1

Saurolophus was a big, plant-eating dinosaur with a duck-like beak and a pointy crest on its head. It lived near the end of the Age of Dinosaurs in North America and Asia, and could walk on two legs or all fours.1

Het geleef

84 tot 66 miljoen jaar gelede4

Laat Kryt

Fossiele gevind in

Alberta, Canada; Mongolia; and Wyoming, USA1 4

Lengte

9 tot 12 m (30 tot 39 ft)1

Gewig

2 ton tot 5 ton (4 400 tot 11 000 lb)1

Hoogte

3 tot 4 m (9,8 tot 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?

Hoe hoog was dit?

Hoe swaar was dit?

so swaar soos 3 motors

so lank soos 2,5 motors in 'n ry geparkeerso lank soos 67 piesangs punt aan puntomtrent so swaar soos 'n olifantso swaar soos 1000 waatlemoeneso swaar soos 6 hele skoolklasse vol kindersso swaar soos 11 ysberekon 100 meter in 15 sekondes hardloop (die vinnigste mens het 9,6 nodig)

Hoe groot was Saurolophus 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)

Saurolophus 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

Saurolophus is one of the few dinosaurs known from both North America and Asia, which suggests they could cross land bridges.1

The first nearly complete dinosaur skeleton ever found in Canada was a Saurolophus, discovered in 1911.1

A huge bonebed in Mongolia called Dragon's Tomb contains at least 21 Saurolophus individuals, showing they lived in groups.1

Its teeth were packed into dental batteries, with hundreds of teeth that were constantly replaced, so it could chew tough plants.1

Saurolophus could reach food up to about 4 meters (13 feet) above the ground, thanks to its long neck and body.1

The crest on its head was a solid spike, not a hollow tube like in some other duck-billed dinosaurs.1

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

?How big was Saurolophus?

Saurolophus osborni was about 8.2 to 8.5 meters (27 to 28 feet) long, while the larger Mongolian species S. angustirostris reached about 12 to 13 meters (39 to 43 feet) long and weighed up to 11 tonnes (12 short tons).1 2

?What did Saurolophus eat?

Saurolophus was a herbivore, eating plants like conifer needles, twigs, and seeds. It had a toothless beak and hundreds of cheek teeth for grinding tough plant material.1 3

?Did Saurolophus have a crest?

Yes, Saurolophus had a distinctive spike-like crest on its head, made of nasal bones, which pointed up and back. It may have been used for display or heat regulation.1

?Could Saurolophus swim?

The sources do not say Saurolophus could swim. It was a land dinosaur that could walk on two legs or all fours, but no swimming adaptations are mentioned.1 3

?When did Saurolophus live?

Saurolophus lived during the Late Cretaceous, about 71.5 to 66 million years ago.1 2

?Where was Saurolophus found?

Saurolophus fossils have been found in North America (Canada, USA) and Asia (Mongolia, China). It is one of the few dinosaurs known from multiple continents.1 2

?Was Saurolophus a dinosaur?

Yes, Saurolophus was a dinosaur, specifically a hadrosaurid (duck-billed) dinosaur. It was an ornithopod, a plant-eating dinosaur.1 2

?Did Saurolophus live in herds?

Yes, evidence from a bonebed called Dragon's Tomb in Mongolia suggests Saurolophus lived in groups, with at least 21 individuals found together.1

Mite-breker

Mite: Some people think Saurolophus could swim in the ocean.

Waarheid: It lived near rivers and lakes, but it was a land animal that walked and ate plants on land.1

Vir dino-kenners

Wetenskaplike naam: Saurolophus
Benoem deur: Brown 19124
Groep: Eendbekke
Familie / klade: Hadrosauridae4
Klassifikasie: Ornithischia > Ornithopoda > Iguanodontia > Hadrosauridae4
Ouderdom van die rotse: 84 tot 66 miljoen jaar (Campanian / Maastrichtian)4
Rotsformasies: Nemegt, Horseshoe Canyon, Almond4
Lande: Mongolië, Kanada, VSA4
Fossielrekords: 38 in The Paleobiology Database4
Ontdekking: Barnum Brown named Saurolophus in 1912 from a nearly complete skeleton found in Alberta, Canada, in 1911.1
Steeds omstrede: Scientists still debate whether some fossils from California and Wyoming belong to Saurolophus or to a separate genus.1

Waar die feite vandaan kom

Saurolophus (en.wikipedia.org)
Saurolophus | Natural History Museum (nhm.ac.uk)
Saurolophus- Enchanted Learning Software (web.archive.org)
Saurolophus in The Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0): ouderdom, plekke, rotsformasies, klassifikasie.

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