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Pegomastax

Izenaren esanahia: “strong jaw”1
Jaten zuen: LandareakLandarejale mokodunakBehe Jurasikoa

Pegomastax was a tiny, parrot-beaked dinosaur that lived in what is now South Africa. It used its strong jaws and sharp front teeth to chomp on tough plants, like a little dinosaur gardener.1

Bizi izan zen
Duela 201 eta 193 milioi urte artean6
Behe Jurasikoa
Fosilak hemen aurkitu dira:
Eastern Cape, South Africa2
Luzera
0,6 m (2 ft)34
Altuera
0,21 m (0,7 ft)
kalkulua
Abiadura maximoa
17 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?

Pegomastax 0,6 m inguru luze (2 ft)Etxeko katu bat 0,5 m inguru (1,6 ft)Txakur bat 1 m inguru (3,3 ft)Heldu baten bizikleta 1,8 m inguru (5,9 ft)

Zein altua zen?

Pegomastax0,21 m inguru altu (0,7 ft)Etxeko katu bat0,3 m inguru (1 ft)Txakur bat0,5 m inguru (1,6 ft)Zaldi bat1,6 m inguru (5,2 ft)

kalkulua

bata bestearen atzean jarritako 3 banana bezain luzeaulki baten azpitik ibiltzeko bezain txikia100 metro 21 segundotan egin zitzakeen korrika (gizakirik azkarrenak 9,6 behar ditu)

Zein handia zen Pegomastax ZUREKIN alderatuta?

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

Zein azkarra zen?

gauza bikainak

Datu dibertigarriak

1

Pegomastax had a very deep, parrot-like beak at the front of its jaw, which helped it bite into tough plants.1

2

Its skull was only about 73 mm (2.9 inches) long, smaller than a chicken's skull.1

3

Pegomastax lived alongside many other dinosaurs, including the long-necked Massospondylus and the small ornithischian Lesothosaurus.1

4

The only fossil of Pegomastax is a partial skull with a well-preserved lower jaw and teeth, found in the upper Elliot Formation.1

5

Scientists think Pegomastax may have been most closely related to a South American dinosaur called Manidens.1

6

Pegomastax had a mobile predentary bone in its lower jaw, which helped it move its beak up and down while chewing.1

AAk eginaPegomastax: AAk egindako irudia
Pegomastax 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

Pegomastax: gehien egindako galderak

?How big was Pegomastax?

About 0.6 metres (2 feet) long, about the size of a domestic cat.45

?Did Pegomastax have feathers?

Scientists think it was covered in porcupine-like quills, not feathers.4

?What did Pegomastax eat?

It was a plant-eater. It used its beak and cheek teeth like scissors to shear tough plants.14

?Why did Pegomastax have fangs?

It used its fangs for self-defense and competing for mates, like some modern plant-eating deer and peccaries.4

?When did Pegomastax live?

It lived during the Early Jurassic, about 200 to 190 million years ago.1

?Where was Pegomastax found?

Its only fossil was found in the upper Elliot Formation in South Africa.1

Dino adituentzat

Izen zientifikoa
Pegomastax
Izendatzailea:
Sereno 20126
Taldea
Landarejale mokodunak
Familia / klada
Heterodontosauridae6
Sailkapena
Ornithischia > Heterodontosauridae6
Arroken adina
201 eta 193 milioi urte artean (Hettangian / Sinemurian)6
Arroka-formazioak
Elliot6
Herrialdeak
Hegoafrika6
Fosil-erregistroak
1 The Paleobiology Database datu-basean6
Aurkikuntza
Pegomastax was named by American paleontologist Paul Sereno in 2012, based on a partial skull discovered in the 1966 to 1967 expedition to the Transkei District of Cape Province, South Africa.1
Oraindik eztabaidagai
Scientists are still debating whether the large canine teeth of Pegomastax were used for defense, display, or occasional omnivory.1

Datuak nondik datozen

  1. Pegomastax (en.wikipedia.org)
  2. PBDB Taxon (paleobiodb.org)
  3. Dwarf species of fanged dinosaur emerges from southern Africa | University of Chicago News (news.uchicago.edu)
  4. New Fanged Dwarf Dinosaur Found—"Would Be Nice Pet" | National Geographic (nationalgeographic.com)
  5. Dwarf 'vampire' dinosaur was a plant eater - BBC News (bbc.com)
  6. Pegomastax in The Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0): adina, tokiak, arroka-formazioak, sailkapena.

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