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Ceratocaudia

Izenaren esanahia: “horned tail”1
Jaten zuen: LandareakLepo-luzeakBehe Jurasikoa eta Erdi Jurasikoa artean

Ceratocaudia was a small, plant-eating sauropod dinosaur that lived in what is now India during the Jurassic Period. It had a horn-like crest on its tail bones, and scientists think it might have used its tail to scare away predators.1

Bizi izan zen
Duela 201 eta 168 milioi urte artean4
Behe Jurasikoa eta Erdi Jurasikoa artean
Fosilak hemen aurkitu dira:
Gujarat, India12
Luzera
7 m (23 ft)13
Altuera
1,9 m (6,2 ft)
kalkulua
Abiadura maximoa
30 km/h inguru (19 mph)
Korrika egitea, kalkulua

Noiz bizi izan zen?

Triasikoa
Jurasikoa
Kretazeoa
Duela 252 milioi urte20114566, asteroidea

Zein handia zen?

Zein luzea zen?

Ceratocaudia 7 m inguru luze (23 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)Zaldi bat1,6 m inguru (5,2 ft)Ceratocaudia1,9 m inguru altu (6,2 ft)Elefante bat3,2 m inguru (10 ft)

kalkulua

7 txakur bezain luze, sudurretik buztanerabata bestearen atzean jarritako 39 banana bezain luze100 metro 12 segundotan egin zitzakeen korrika (gizakirik azkarrenak 9,6 behar ditu)

Zein handia zen Ceratocaudia ZUREKIN alderatuta?

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

Zein azkarra zen?

gauza bikainak

Datu dibertigarriak

1

Ceratocaudia is one of the smallest known macronarian sauropods, measuring only about 7 metres (23 feet) long.1

2

The horn-like crest on its tail vertebrae gave the dinosaur its name, meaning 'horned tail'.1

3

Scientists think Ceratocaudia might have been a dwarf species because the only known skeleton is from an old individual but is still very small.13

4

The holotype skeleton includes neck bones, tail bones, an ulna, thighbones, shinbones, and even finger and toe bones.1

5

Ceratocaudia lived in an estuary environment alongside petrified wood, clams, and a much larger sauropod that was about 20 metres long.1

6

A muscle reconstruction of the tail suggests Ceratocaudia could swing it as a mild deterrent against predators.13

AAk eginaCeratocaudia: AAk egindako irudia
Ceratocaudia 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

Ceratocaudia: gehien egindako galderak

?How big was Ceratocaudia?

Ceratocaudia was about 7 metres (23 feet) long, making it one of the smallest known macronarian sauropods.1

?Did Ceratocaudia have a horn on its tail?

Yes, it had a horn-like crest on its tail bones, which is why its name means 'horned tail'.1

?What did Ceratocaudia eat?

Ceratocaudia was a plant-eater, or herbivore.4

?When did Ceratocaudia live?

Ceratocaudia lived during the Jurassic Period, from about 201 to 168 million years ago.4

?Where was Ceratocaudia found?

Its fossils were found in Gujarat, India, in rocks that were once a low-energy estuary.1

?Could Ceratocaudia use its tail to fight?

Scientists think it could swing its tail as a mild deterrent to scare away predators.1

Dino adituentzat

Izen zientifikoa
Ceratocaudia
Izendatzailea:
Natarajan et al. 20264
Taldea
Lepo-luzeak
Familia / klada
Macronaria4
Sailkapena
Sauropodomorpha > Sauropoda > Macronaria4
Arroken adina
201 eta 168 milioi urte artean (Hettangian / Bajocian)4
Arroka-formazioak
Kaladongar4
Herrialdeak
India4
Fosil-erregistroak
1 The Paleobiology Database datu-basean4
Aurkikuntza
Ceratocaudia antiqua was named by Abhishek Natarajan and colleagues in 2026 based on a partial skeleton found in the Kaladongar Formation of Gujarat, India.12
Oraindik eztabaidagai
Scientists are not sure if Ceratocaudia was a true dwarf species or just a small adult, and they debate its exact place on the sauropod family tree.13

Datuak nondik datozen

  1. Ceratocaudia (en.wikipedia.org)
  2. PBDB Taxon (paleobiodb.org)
  3. A new diminutive Jurassic neosauropod from the Kaladongar Formation (Khadir Uplift) of the Kachchh Basin, western India (exa.ai)
  4. Ceratocaudia in The Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0): adina, tokiak, arroka-formazioak, sailkapena.

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