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Sinocephale

Naam beteken: “Chinese head”1

Sinocephale was a small, dome-headed dinosaur that lived in what is now China. It walked on two legs and used its thick, bony skull to head-butt rivals. Only a piece of its skull has been found, but scientists think it was a plant-eater.1 5

Het geleef

84 tot 66 miljoen jaar gelede5

Laat Kryt

Fossiele gevind in

Inner Mongolia, China (Ulansuhai Formation)1 5

Lengte

2,1 m (6,9 ft)3

Gewig

47 kg (104 lb)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 swaar was dit?

so swaar soos 2,5 honde

so lank soos 4 huiskatte van neus tot stertso lank soos 12 piesangs punt aan puntso swaar soos 12 huiskatteso swaar soos 9 waatlemoeneso swaar soos 2,5 kleuterskoolkindersso swaar soos 1,5 skoolkinderskon 100 meter in 8,2 sekondes hardloop (die vinnigste mens het 9,6 nodig)

Hoe groot was Sinocephale 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)

Sinocephale 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

Sinocephale is the first pachycephalosaurid dinosaur ever found outside of North America.2

Its skull had a heart-shaped outline when viewed from above, because the back edge was deeply curved inward.1

The only known fossil is a piece of the skull roof, called a parietal bone. The original was lost, but plaster casts were found and used for study.1 2

Sinocephale was originally named as a species of Troodon in 1953, then moved to Stegoceras, and finally got its own genus in 2021.1

It lived during the Late Cretaceous, about 83 to 66 million years ago, in a floodplain environment with rivers.5 1

Sinocephale is related to famous dome-headed dinosaurs like Pachycephalosaurus and Prenocephale.1

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

?How big was Sinocephale?

Nobody knows for sure, because only a piece of the skull roof has been found. The dome was about 7.5 centimetres (3 inches) thick, but the full body size is unknown.1 4

?Did Sinocephale have a heart-shaped skull?

Yes. The back edge of its skull was deeply curved inward, giving the skull a heart-shaped outline when seen from above.1

?When did Sinocephale live?

Sinocephale lived during the Late Cretaceous, about 83 to 66 million years ago, in what is now Inner Mongolia, China.1

?What did Sinocephale eat?

Scientists think it was a plant-eater, based on its dome-headed dinosaur relatives, though no teeth or jaws have been found.1

Mite-breker

Mite: Some people think Sinocephale was a theropod dinosaur like Troodon.

Waarheid: Sinocephale is actually a pachycephalosaur, a dome-headed plant-eater, not a meat-eating theropod.1

Vir dino-kenners

Wetenskaplike naam: Sinocephale
Benoem deur: Evans et al. 20215
Groep: Koepelkoppe
Familie / klade: Pachycephalosauridae5
Klassifikasie: Ornithischia > Pachycephalosauria5
Ouderdom van die rotse: 84 tot 66 miljoen jaar (Campanian / Maastrichtian)5
Rotsformasies: Ulansuhai5
Lande: China5
Fossielrekords: 1 in The Paleobiology Database5
Ontdekking: The fossil was found in 1930 or 1931 by Swedish paleontologists in Inner Mongolia. It was named Troodon bexelli by Birger Bohlin in 1953, but later renamed Sinocephale bexelli in 2021.1
Steeds omstrede: Scientists are not sure exactly how old the Ulansuhai Formation is, so the age of Sinocephale is still debated.1

Waar die feite vandaan kom

Sinocephale (en.wikipedia.org)
Description and revised diagnosis of Asia’s first recorded pachycephalosaurid, Sinocephale bexelli gen. nov., from the Upper Cretaceous of Inner Mongolia, China (web.archive.org)
Sinocephale bexelli | Dinosaur Database by DinoAnimals.com (dinoanimals.com)
Description and revised diagnosis of Asia’s first recorded pachycephalosaurid, Sinocephale bexelli gen. nov., from the Upper Cretaceous of Inner Mongolia, China (cdnsciencepub.com)
Sinocephale in The Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0): ouderdom, plekke, rotsformasies, klassifikasie.

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