Seitaad
Seitaad was an early long-necked dinosaur that lived about 190 million years ago. It was a plant-eater that walked on two legs and could also use all fours. This dinosaur is one of the most complete fossils ever found in the Navajo Sandstone of Utah.31
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Seitaad's name comes from a Navajo legend about a sand monster that buried its victims in dunes.1
The only known fossil of Seitaad was found at the base of a collapsed sand dune, which may have buried the animal after it died.1
Seitaad is one of the few early sauropodomorph dinosaurs known from North America.1
The species name ruessi honors Everett Ruess, a young artist and explorer who disappeared in southern Utah in 1934.1
Seitaad had a plate-like bone on its shoulder blade that helped support its arm.1
This dinosaur lived during the Early Jurassic period, when the climate was warm and deserts covered much of the area.1

Mees gevraagde vrae oor Seitaad
?How big was Seitaad?
About 3 to 4.5 metres long and 1 metre tall at the hips. It weighed around 70 to 90 kilograms, about the size of a large human.2
?What did Seitaad eat?
Seitaad ate plants. It had leaf-shaped teeth and a small head, just like its later giant relatives the sauropods.2
?Could Seitaad walk on two legs?
Yes, Seitaad could walk on two legs or on all fours. It had a long neck and tail, and a large curved claw on its thumb.2
?When did Seitaad live?
Seitaad lived during the Early Jurassic Period, about 183 to 190 million years ago. That is millions of years before the famous giant sauropods like Diplodocus.2
Vir dino-kenners
- Wetenskaplike naam
- Seitaad
- Benoem deur
- Sertich and Loewen 20103
- Groep
- Langnekke
- Familie / klade
- Sauropodiformes3
- Klassifikasie
- Sauropodomorpha3
- Ouderdom van die rotse
- 193 tot 175 miljoen jaar (Pliensbachian / Toarcian)3
- Rotsformasies
- Navajo Sandstone3
- Lande
- VSA3
- Fossielrekords
- 1 in The Paleobiology Database3
- Ontdekking
- Seitaad was named by scientists Joseph Sertich and Michael Loewen in 2010. The partial skeleton was found in the Navajo Sandstone of southern Utah, near a cliff dwelling called Eagle's Nest.31
- Steeds omstrede
- Scientists are not sure exactly how Seitaad is related to other early sauropodomorphs, because its fossils do not give a clear family tree.1
Waar die feite vandaan kom
- pone.0009789 1..17 (journals.plos.org)
- New Dinosaur from Utah’s Red Rocks – UNews Archive (archive.unews.utah.edu)
- Seitaad in The Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0): ouderdom, plekke, rotsformasies, klassifikasie.
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