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Malawisaurus

Izenaren esanahia: “Malawi lizard”1
Jaten zuen: LandareakLepo-luzeakBehe Kretazeoa

Malawisaurus was a long-necked plant eater that stomped through ancient Africa. It was smaller than many of its giant cousins, but still as long as a bus! It had bony plates in its skin, like armor.1

Bizi izan zen
Duela 121 eta 113 milioi urte artean4
Behe Kretazeoa
Fosilak hemen aurkitu dira:
Northern Malawi, Africa, in the Dinosaur Beds.14
Luzera
11 eta 15 m artean (36 eta 49 ft artean)1
Pisua
2,8 tona eta 10 tona artean (6ย 200 eta 22ย 000 lb artean)1
Altuera
3,5 m (11 ft)
kalkulua
Abiadura maximoa
18 km/h inguru (11 mph)
Korrika egitea, kalkulua

Noiz bizi izan zen?

Triasikoa
Jurasikoa
Kretazeoa
Duela 252 milioi urte20114566, asteroidea

Zein handia zen?

Zein luzea zen?

Malawisaurus 15 m inguru luze (49 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?

Zaldi bat1,6 m inguru (5,2 ft)Elefante bat3,2 m inguru (10 ft)Malawisaurus3,5 m inguru altu (11 ft)Jirafa bat5,5 m inguru (18 ft)

kalkulua

Zein astuna zen?

7 auto bezain astun
ilaran aparkatutako 3 auto bezain luzebata bestearen atzean jarritako 83 banana bezain luze1,5 elefante bezain astun2000 angurria bezain astunhaurrez betetako 12 ikasgela oso bezain astun22 hartz zuri bezain astun100 metro 20 segundotan egin zitzakeen korrika (gizakirik azkarrenak 9,6 behar ditu)

Zein handia zen Malawisaurus ZUREKIN alderatuta?

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

Zein azkarra zen?

gauza bikainak

Datu dibertigarriak

1

Malawisaurus had a blunter snout than most other sauropods, which is unusual for this group.2

2

Its teeth were flattened, not pencil-shaped like many other sauropods. This suggests that pencil-shaped teeth evolved more than once in sauropods.2

3

Bony plates called ossicles have been found with Malawisaurus, which probably covered its skin like armor.1

4

The vertebrae in the middle of its tail were longer than those in other parts, which is a unique feature.1

5

Malawisaurus lived about 121 to 113 million years ago, during the Aptian stage of the Early Cretaceous.4

6

An isolated tooth from Brazil might belong to Malawisaurus, which would mean it also lived in South America.1

AAk eginaMalawisaurus: AAk egindako irudia
Malawisaurus 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

Malawisaurus: gehien egindako galderak

?How big was Malawisaurus?

About 15 metres (49 feet) long and weighed about 10 tonnes (11 short tons), though a 2020 estimate gave a smaller size of 11 metres (36 feet) and 2.8 tonnes (3.1 short tons).1

?Where did Malawisaurus live?

It lived in what is now northern Malawi in Africa, during the Early Cretaceous period about 121 to 112 million years ago.13

?What did Malawisaurus eat?

It was an herbivore, meaning it ate plants.3

?Did Malawisaurus have armor?

Yes, bony plates called ossicles or dermal scutes were found with the skeleton, suggesting it had armor in its skin like some other titanosaurs.1

Mito-hauslea

Mitoa: Some people think Malawisaurus was a giant like Argentinosaurus.

Egia: Malawisaurus was actually one of the smaller sauropods, reaching only about 11 to 15 metres long.1

Dino adituentzat

Izen zientifikoa
Malawisaurus
Izendatzailea:
Jacobs et al. 19934
Taldea
Lepo-luzeak
Familia / klada
Lithostrotia4
Sailkapena
Sauropodomorpha > Sauropoda > Titanosauria > Macronaria4
Arroken adina
121 eta 113 milioi urte artean (Aptian)4
Arroka-formazioak
Dinosaur Beds4
Herrialdeak
Malawi4
Fosil-erregistroak
8 The Paleobiology Database datu-basean4
Aurkikuntza
The first fossils were found around 1924 in Malawi, and Sidney H. Haughton named the species in 1928. In 1993, Louis L. Jacobs and colleagues gave it the new name Malawisaurus after more bones were found.1
Oraindik eztabaidagai
Scientists are not sure if Malawisaurus lived in South America too, because only a single tooth from Brazil might belong to it.1

Datuak nondik datozen

  1. Malawisaurus (en.wikipedia.org)
  2. New material of an Early Cretaceous titanosaurid sauropod dinosaur from Malawi | The Palaeontological Association (palass.org)
  3. Malawisaurus | Natural History Museum (nhm.ac.uk)
  4. Malawisaurus in The Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0): adina, tokiak, arroka-formazioak, sailkapena.

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