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Talos

Naam beteken: “mythological Greek giant who protected Crete, also a play on the word talon”1

Talos was a small, feathered dinosaur that lived about 76 million years ago. It was a fast runner with a big claw on its foot, and scientists think it was one of the closest dinosaur relatives of birds.1

Het geleef

84 tot 72 miljoen jaar gelede3

Laat Kryt

Fossiele gevind in

Utah, USA (Kaiparowits Formation)1

Lengte

2 m (6,6 ft)1

Gewig

38 kg (84 lb)1

Hoogte

0,69 m (2,3 ft)

skatting

Topspoed

omtrent 48 km/h (30 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

Hoe swaar was dit?

so swaar soos 10 huiskatte

so lank soos 4 huiskatte van neus tot stertso lank soos 11 piesangs punt aan puntso swaar soos 8 waatlemoenekon 100 meter in 7,5 sekondes hardloop (die vinnigste mens het 9,6 nodig)

Hoe groot was Talos 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)

Talos omtrent 48 km/h (30 mph)

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

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

cool goed

Prettige feite

Talos is known from a partial skeleton that includes parts of the spine, arms, hips, and legs.1

The fossil of Talos shows a healed injury on one of its foot bones, possibly from a fight or a struggle with prey.1

Talos was a troodontid, a group of dinosaurs known for having big brains and being very bird-like.1

It lived alongside other unique dinosaurs like the horned Utahceratops and the tyrannosaur Teratophoneus.1

Scientists think Talos was about 2 metres long and weighed around 38 kilograms, about as heavy as a large dog.1

The name Talos also sounds like 'talon' because of the big, hooked claw on its second toe.1

KI-prent van Talos — 'n KI-prent van hoe Talos 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: Talos
Benoem deur: Zanno et al. 20113
Groep: Raptors
Familie / klade: Troodontidae3
Klassifikasie: Theropoda > Troodontidae3
Ouderdom van die rotse: 84 tot 72 miljoen jaar (Campanian)3
Rotsformasies: Kaiparowits3
Lande: VSA3
Fossielrekords: 1 in The Paleobiology Database3
Ontdekking: Talos was named in 2011 by a team led by Lindsay Zanno. The skeleton was found in the Kaiparowits Formation in Utah, USA, in an area called 'The Blues'.1
Steeds omstrede: Scientists are not sure exactly how many different kinds of troodontids lived in North America, because their fossils are rare and often incomplete.1

Waar die feite vandaan kom

A New Troodontid Theropod, Talos sampsoni gen. et sp. nov., from the Upper Cretaceous Western Interior Basin of North America | PLOS One (journals.plos.org)
PBDB Taxon (paleobiodb.org)
Talos in The Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0): ouderdom, plekke, rotsformasies, klassifikasie.

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