Dino Wiki
Aardonyx: marrazkia
Dino txartela, 0001. zk. (2ย 027 guztira)

Aardonyx

Izenaren esanahia: “Earth claw”1
Jaten zuen: LandareakLepo-luzeakBehe Jurasikoa

Aardonyx was a dinosaur that lived in South Africa about 200 million years ago. It could walk on two legs or sometimes use all four legs, like a bridge between earlier dinosaurs and the giant long-necked sauropods. It ate plants and had leaf-shaped teeth for stripping leaves off branches.2

Bizi izan zen
Duela 201 eta 193 milioi urte artean5
Behe Jurasikoa
Fosilak hemen aurkitu dira:
Marc's Quarry on the farm Spion Kop 932, Senekal District, Free State, South Africa1
Luzera
8 m (26 ft)2
Pisua
1,5 tona (3ย 300 lb)2
Altuera
1,5 m (4,9 ft)23
Abiadura maximoa
26 km/h inguru (16 mph)
Korrika egitea, kalkulua

Noiz bizi izan zen?

Triasikoa
Jurasikoa
Kretazeoa
Duela 252 milioi urte20114566, asteroidea

Zein handia zen?

Zein luzea zen?

Aardonyx 8 m inguru luze (26 ft)Heldu baten bizikleta 1,8 m inguru (5,9 ft)Auto bat 4,5 m inguru (15 ft)Elefante bat, gaur egungo lehorreko animaliarik handiena 6,5 m inguru (21 ft)

Zein altua zen?

Txakur bat0,5 m inguru (1,6 ft)Aardonyx1,5 m inguru altu (4,9 ft)Zaldi bat1,6 m inguru (5,2 ft)Elefante bat3,2 m inguru (10 ft)

Zein astuna zen?

1 auto bezain astun
8 txakur bezain luze, sudurretik buztanerabata bestearen atzean jarritako 44 banana bezain luze75 txakur bezain astun300 angurria bezain astunhaur-eskolako 79 haur bezain astun47 eskolaume bezain astun3 hartz zuri bezain astun100 metro 14 segundotan egin zitzakeen korrika (gizakirik azkarrenak 9,6 behar ditu)

Zein handia zen Aardonyx ZUREKIN alderatuta?

Zure nabigatzaileko kalkulu hutsak. Ez da ezer gordetzen ez inora bidaltzen.

Zein azkarra zen?

gauza bikainak

Datu dibertigarriak

1

Aardonyx had narrow jaws that lacked fleshy cheeks, which was surprising because scientists thought wide jaws evolved before cheeks were lost.1

2

The name Aardonyx comes from Afrikaans 'aard' meaning Earth and Greek 'onyx' meaning claw, because many bones had a thick red coating of hematite.1

3

The only known fossils of Aardonyx are from two young individuals, not one full-grown dinosaur.2

4

Aardonyx could walk on two legs but also had features that helped it walk on all fours, like a special bump on its arm bone for strong muscles.1

5

Its foot bones show that the weight-bearing part shifted to the inside of the foot, a trait that later sauropods had.1

AAk eginaAardonyx: AAk egindako irudia
Aardonyx nolakoa izan zitekeen erakusten duen AAk egindako irudia, ordenagailu batek zientzialariek dakitenetik sortua. Asmakizun bat da: benetako animalia desberdina izan zitekeen, eta inork ez daki zein ziren bere benetako koloreak.
zure galderak

Aardonyx: gehien egindako galderak

?How big was Aardonyx?

About 7 metres (23 feet) long. The only known fossils are from two young individuals that were still growing, so adults may have been a bit larger.2

?What did Aardonyx eat?

Aardonyx was a herbivore that ate leaves and other foliage. It had leaf-shaped teeth for stripping vegetation from branches.2

?Could Aardonyx walk on two legs?

Yes, it usually walked on two legs but could also drop to all fours. Its skeleton shows features of both bipedal and quadrupedal movement.24

?When did Aardonyx live?

It lived during the Early Jurassic, about 200 to 190 million years ago.2

?Where was Aardonyx found?

Its fossils were discovered in South Africa, in the Elliot Formation.42

?Why is Aardonyx important?

It helps show how two-legged dinosaurs evolved into giant four-legged sauropods. It had a mix of features from both groups.24

Dino adituentzat

Izen zientifikoa
Aardonyx
Izendatzailea:
Yates et al. 20105
Taldea
Lepo-luzeak
Familia / klada
Sauropodiformes5
Sailkapena
Sauropodomorpha5
Arroken adina
201 eta 193 milioi urte artean (Hettangian / Sinemurian)5
Arroka-formazioak
Elliot5
Herrialdeak
Hegoafrika5
Fosil-erregistroak
1 The Paleobiology Database datu-basean5
Aurkikuntza
Aardonyx was named in 2009 by scientists Yates, Bonnan, Neveling, Chinsamy and Blackbeard. The fossils were found in South Africa and the species name 'celestae' honors Celeste Yates, who prepared many of the bones.21
Oraindik eztabaidagai
Scientists are still debating exactly how Aardonyx moved, because it shows a mix of two-legged and four-legged features.1

Datuak nondik datozen

  1. A new transitional sauropodomorph dinosaur from the Early Jurassic of South Africa and the evolution of sauropod feeding and quadrupedalism (pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov)
  2. Aardonyx | Natural History Museum (nhm.ac.uk)
  3. New African dinosaur was very down to earth | UCT News (news.uct.ac.za)
  4. Aardonyx (en.wikipedia.org)
  5. Aardonyx in The Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0): adina, tokiak, arroka-formazioak, sailkapena.

Orrialde honetako datu bakoitzak zenbaki bat du, bere iturrira eramaten zaituena. Zerbait gaizki badugu, barkatu, dino-zaleak gara, ez zientzia-aldizkari bat. Idatzi [email protected] helbidera eta konponduko dugu.

Rex gose da! Dino Wiki aita baten proiektua da, dinosauroak maite dituen bere semearentzat, doakoa, iragarkirik eta jarraitzailerik gabe. Helduek mokadutxo bat eman diezaiokete Rexi, sarean jarraitzen laguntzeko.Eman jaten Rexi

Talde bereko gehiago: Lepo-luzeak

Garai berekoak ere bai: Behe Jurasikoa

Eman jaten Rexihelduentzako eskupeko-kutxa