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Tapuiasaurus

Naam beteken: “Tapuia lizard”1

Tapuiasaurus was a long-necked plant-eater that lived in Brazil during the Early Cretaceous. It had a long, low skull like a Diplodocus, and its teeth were shaped like pencils and only grew at the front of its mouth.1

Het geleef

121 tot 113 miljoen jaar gelede4

Vroeë Kryt

Fossiele gevind in

Embira-Branca hills near Coração de Jesus, northern Minas Gerais, Brazil4 1

Lengte

10,8 m (35 ft)2

Gewig

2,8 ton (6 200 lb)2

Hoogte

2,7 m (8,9 ft)

skatting

Topspoed

omtrent 22 km/h (14 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 2 motors

so lank soos 2,5 motors in 'n ry geparkeerso lank soos 60 piesangs punt aan puntso swaar soos 140 hondeso swaar soos 560 waatlemoeneso swaar soos 4 hele skoolklasse vol kindersso swaar soos 6 ysberekon 100 meter in 16 sekondes hardloop (die vinnigste mens het 9,6 nodig)

Hoe groot was Tapuiasaurus 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)

Tapuiasaurus omtrent 22 km/h (14 mph)

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

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

cool goed

Prettige feite

Tapuiasaurus is the earliest known advanced titanosaurian, showing that this group had already started to diversify at least 30 million years before the Late Cretaceous.1

Its skull is the most complete skull ever found for a titanosaurian sauropod, and it was discovered in South America.1

The skull of Tapuiasaurus was long and low, with nostrils that were pulled back to the level of the eyes, similar to Diplodocus.1

Its teeth were narrow and cylindrical, only found at the front of the snout, perfect for stripping leaves off branches.1

Tapuiasaurus lived in the Aptian age, about 121 to 113 million years ago, in what is now Brazil.4 1

The name Tapuiasaurus honors the Tapuia people, an indigenous group from the interior of Brazil.1

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

?How big was Tapuiasaurus?

Scientists do not know its exact size yet, but it was a sauropod dinosaur with a long neck and a nearly complete skull about 30 to 40 centimeters long.1 3

?What did Tapuiasaurus eat?

Tapuiasaurus was a plant-eater. Its narrow, pencil-shaped teeth at the front of its mouth were perfect for stripping leaves off branches.1

?When did Tapuiasaurus live?

Tapuiasaurus lived during the Early Cretaceous period, in the Aptian age, about 121 to 113 million years ago.3

?Where was Tapuiasaurus found?

Its fossils were discovered in the Quiricó Formation of the São Francisco Basin in Minas Gerais, eastern Brazil.3

Vir dino-kenners

Wetenskaplike naam: Tapuiasaurus
Benoem deur: Zaher et al. 20114
Groep: Langnekke
Familie / klade: Saltasauroidea4
Klassifikasie: Sauropodomorpha > Sauropoda > Titanosauria > Macronaria4
Ouderdom van die rotse: 121 tot 113 miljoen jaar (Aptian)4
Rotsformasies: Quiricó4
Lande: Brasilië4
Fossielrekords: 1 in The Paleobiology Database4
Ontdekking: Tapuiasaurus was named in 2011 by a team led by Hussam Zaher, based on a partial skeleton with a nearly complete skull found in the Quiricó Formation of Brazil. The species name macedoi honors Ubirajara Alves Macedo, who first found the fossil site.4 1
Steeds omstrede: Scientists are still debating exactly how Tapuiasaurus is related to other advanced titanosaurians, because its skull shows features that appear earlier than expected.1

Waar die feite vandaan kom

A Complete Skull of an Early Cretaceous Sauropod and the Evolution of Advanced Titanosaurians | PLOS One (journals.plos.org)
Tapuiasaurus macedoi | Dinosaur Database by DinoAnimals.com (dinoanimals.com)
Tapuiasaurus (en.wikipedia.org)
Tapuiasaurus in The Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0): ouderdom, plekke, rotsformasies, klassifikasie.

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