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Medusaceratops

Izenaren esanahia: “Medusa horned face”1
Jaten zuen: LandareakDino adardunakGoi Kretazeoa

Medusaceratops was a horned dinosaur that lived about 80 million years ago. It had a big frill on its head with curved spikes that looked like the snakes of Medusa from Greek myths. This plant-eater roamed what is now Montana, USA.12

Bizi izan zen
Duela 84 eta 72 milioi urte artean5
Goi Kretazeoa
Fosilak hemen aurkitu dira:
Mansfield bonebed in the Judith River Formation, Montana, USA52
Luzera
6 eta 7 m artean (20 eta 23 ft artean)1
Pisua
1,814 tona (4ย 000 lb)3
Altuera
2,2 m (7,2 ft)
kalkulua
Abiadura maximoa
34 km/h inguru (21 mph)
Korrika egitea, kalkulua

Noiz bizi izan zen?

Triasikoa
Jurasikoa
Kretazeoa
Duela 252 milioi urte20114566, asteroidea

Zein handia zen?

Zein luzea zen?

Medusaceratops 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)Medusaceratops2,2 m inguru altu (7,2 ft)Elefante bat3,2 m inguru (10 ft)

kalkulua

Zein astuna zen?

1 auto bezain astun
7 txakur bezain luze, sudurretik buztanerabata bestearen atzean jarritako 39 banana bezain luze91 txakur bezain astun360 angurria bezain astunhaur-eskolako 95 haur bezain astun57 eskolaume bezain astun4 hartz zuri bezain astun100 metro 11 segundotan egin zitzakeen korrika (gizakirik azkarrenak 9,6 behar ditu)

Zein handia zen Medusaceratops ZUREKIN alderatuta?

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

Zein azkarra zen?

gauza bikainak

Datu dibertigarriak

1

Medusaceratops was first thought to be a different dinosaur called Albertaceratops, but later scientists realized it was a new species.2

2

Its frill had at least five pairs of bony bumps called epiparietals, including a large hooked spike on each side.2

3

The Mansfield bonebed where Medusaceratops was found contains many skeletons of this dinosaur, suggesting they lived in herds.2

4

Medusaceratops is one of the oldest known centrosaurine ceratopsids, a group of horned dinosaurs with big nose horns.2

5

The type specimen of Medusaceratops is a partial skull roof, found in rocks that are between 83.6 and 72.2 million years old.15

AAk eginaMedusaceratops: AAk egindako irudia
Medusaceratops 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

Medusaceratops: gehien egindako galderak

?How big was Medusaceratops?

About 6 metres (20 feet) long, based on a 2010 estimate.4

?What did Medusaceratops eat?

It was a plant-eater, so it ate plants like ferns and leaves.4

?When did Medusaceratops live?

It lived about 77.5 million years ago, during the Late Cretaceous period.4

?Why is it called Medusaceratops?

Its name means 'Medusa's horned face' because its frill spikes looked like the snake hair of Medusa from Greek myths.4

?Was Medusaceratops a dinosaur?

Yes, it was a horned dinosaur, a type of ceratopsian.4

?Where was Medusaceratops found?

Its fossils were found in Montana, USA, in the Judith River Formation.4

Dino adituentzat

Izen zientifikoa
Medusaceratops
Izendatzailea:
Ryan et al. 20105
Taldea
Dino adardunak
Familia / klada
Ceratopsidae5
Sailkapena
Ornithischia > Ceratopsia > Ceratopsidae5
Arroken adina
84 eta 72 milioi urte artean (Campanian)5
Arroka-formazioak
Judith River5
Herrialdeak
AEB5
Fosil-erregistroak
1 The Paleobiology Database datu-basean5
Aurkikuntza
Medusaceratops was named by Michael Ryan, Anthony Russell, and Scott Hartman in 2010 based on fossils from the Judith River Formation in Montana.15
Oraindik eztabaidagai
Scientists are not sure whether Medusaceratops was a chasmosaurine or a centrosaurine ceratopsid, because its frill has features of both groups.2

Datuak nondik datozen

  1. PBDB Taxon (paleobiodb.org)
  2. New material and systematic re-evaluation of Medusaceratops lokii (Dinosauria, Ceratopsidae) from the Judith River Formation (Campanian, Montana) (cambridge.org)
  3. New horned dinosaur: Two-ton plant-eater lived 78 million years ago in Montana | ScienceDaily (sciencedaily.com)
  4. Medusaceratops - Wikipedia (en.wikipedia.org)
  5. Medusaceratops in The Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0): adina, tokiak, arroka-formazioak, sailkapena.

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