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Silutitan

Naam beteken: “Silk Road giant”1

Silutitan was a huge, long-necked plant-eater that lived in what is now China. Its fossils were found alongside many pterosaur bones, including eggs and babies. This dinosaur was one of the first big land animals discovered in that special fossil site.1 2

Het geleef

137 tot 133 miljoen jaar gelede3

Vroeë Kryt

Fossiele gevind in

Hami, Xinjiang, China1 3

Lengte

20 m (66 ft)1

Hoogte

4,5 m (15 ft)

skatting

Topspoed

omtrent 12 km/h (7 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?

skatting

so lank soos 4 motors in 'n ry geparkeerso lank soos 110 piesangs punt aan punthoog genoeg om op vloer 2 by 'n venster in te loerkon 100 meter in 30 sekondes hardloop (die vinnigste mens het 9,6 nodig)

Hoe groot was Silutitan 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)

Silutitan omtrent 12 km/h (7 mph)

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

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

cool goed

Prettige feite

Silutitan is known only from six neck bones and some ribs. Scientists used those bones to figure out its body length was over 20 metres (66 feet).1

Its name means 'Silk Road giant' because the fossils were found near the ancient Silk Road trade route in China.1

Silutitan lived about 137 to 132 million years ago, during the Early Cretaceous period.3

The bones of Silutitan were found in lake-bottom sandstones, along with many pterosaur fossils including eggs and embryos.1 2

Silutitan was a somphospondylan sauropod, a group of long-necked dinosaurs with air-filled bones that made them lighter.1

Its neck vertebrae had special bumps and ridges that helped scientists tell it apart from other sauropods.1

KI-prent van Silutitan — 'n KI-prent van hoe Silutitan 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.

Vir dino-kenners

Wetenskaplike naam: Silutitan
Benoem deur: Wang et al. 20213
Groep: Langnekke
Familie / klade: Euhelopodidae3
Klassifikasie: Sauropodomorpha > Sauropoda > Macronaria3
Ouderdom van die rotse: 137 tot 133 miljoen jaar (Valanginian)3
Rotsformasies: Shengjinkou3
Lande: China3
Fossielrekords: 1 in The Paleobiology Database3
Ontdekking: Silutitan was named in 2021 by a team of scientists led by Xiaolin Wang. The fossils were found in the Hami region of Xinjiang, China, starting in 2016.1 3
Steeds omstrede: Scientists are not sure exactly how long Silutitan's whole body was, because only its neck bones have been found. The length estimate of over 20 metres is based on comparing it to a similar dinosaur called Euhelopus.1

Waar die feite vandaan kom

nature.com (nature.com)
The first dinosaurs from the Early Cretaceous Hami Pterosaur Fauna, China (pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov)
Silutitan in The Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0): ouderdom, plekke, rotsformasies, klassifikasie.

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