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Saurolophus

Izenaren esanahia: “lizard crest”1

Jaten zuen: LandareakAhate-mokoakGoi Kretazeoa

Saurolophus was a big, plant-eating dinosaur with a duck-like beak and a pointy crest on its head. It lived near the end of the Age of Dinosaurs in North America and Asia, and could walk on two legs or all fours.1

Bizi izan zen

Duela 84 eta 66 milioi urte artean4

Goi Kretazeoa

Fosilak hemen aurkitu dira:

Alberta, Canada; Mongolia; and Wyoming, USA1 4

Luzera

9 eta 12 m artean (30 eta 39 ft artean)1

Pisua

2 tona eta 5 tona artean (4 400 eta 11 000 lb artean)1

Altuera

3 eta 4 m artean (9,8 eta 13 ft artean)1

Abiadura maximoa

24 km/h inguru (15 mph)

Korrika egitea, kalkulua

Noiz bizi izan zen?

Triasikoa

Jurasikoa

Kretazeoa

Duela 252 milioi urte20114566, asteroidea

Zein handia zen?

Zein luzea zen?

Zein altua zen?

Zein astuna zen?

3 auto bezain astun

ilaran aparkatutako 2,5 auto bezain luzebata bestearen atzean jarritako 67 banana bezain luzeelefante bat bezain astun, gutxi gorabehera1000 angurria bezain astunhaurrez betetako 6 ikasgela oso bezain astun11 hartz zuri bezain astun100 metro 15 segundotan egin zitzakeen korrika (gizakirik azkarrenak 9,6 behar ditu)

Zein handia zen Saurolophus ZUREKIN alderatuta?

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

Zein azkarra zen?

Pertsona bat oinez 5 km/h inguru (3 mph)

Haur bat bizikletan 12 km/h inguru (7 mph)

Saurolophus 24 km/h inguru (15 mph)

Zaldi bat lauhazka 65 km/h inguru (40 mph)

Gepardo bat 100 km/h inguru (62 mph)

gauza bikainak

Datu dibertigarriak

Saurolophus is one of the few dinosaurs known from both North America and Asia, which suggests they could cross land bridges.1

The first nearly complete dinosaur skeleton ever found in Canada was a Saurolophus, discovered in 1911.1

A huge bonebed in Mongolia called Dragon's Tomb contains at least 21 Saurolophus individuals, showing they lived in groups.1

Its teeth were packed into dental batteries, with hundreds of teeth that were constantly replaced, so it could chew tough plants.1

Saurolophus could reach food up to about 4 meters (13 feet) above the ground, thanks to its long neck and body.1

The crest on its head was a solid spike, not a hollow tube like in some other duck-billed dinosaurs.1

Saurolophus: AAk egindako irudia — Saurolophus 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

Saurolophus: gehien egindako galderak

?How big was Saurolophus?

Saurolophus osborni was about 8.2 to 8.5 meters (27 to 28 feet) long, while the larger Mongolian species S. angustirostris reached about 12 to 13 meters (39 to 43 feet) long and weighed up to 11 tonnes (12 short tons).1 2

?What did Saurolophus eat?

Saurolophus was a herbivore, eating plants like conifer needles, twigs, and seeds. It had a toothless beak and hundreds of cheek teeth for grinding tough plant material.1 3

?Did Saurolophus have a crest?

Yes, Saurolophus had a distinctive spike-like crest on its head, made of nasal bones, which pointed up and back. It may have been used for display or heat regulation.1

?Could Saurolophus swim?

The sources do not say Saurolophus could swim. It was a land dinosaur that could walk on two legs or all fours, but no swimming adaptations are mentioned.1 3

?When did Saurolophus live?

Saurolophus lived during the Late Cretaceous, about 71.5 to 66 million years ago.1 2

?Where was Saurolophus found?

Saurolophus fossils have been found in North America (Canada, USA) and Asia (Mongolia, China). It is one of the few dinosaurs known from multiple continents.1 2

?Was Saurolophus a dinosaur?

Yes, Saurolophus was a dinosaur, specifically a hadrosaurid (duck-billed) dinosaur. It was an ornithopod, a plant-eating dinosaur.1 2

?Did Saurolophus live in herds?

Yes, evidence from a bonebed called Dragon's Tomb in Mongolia suggests Saurolophus lived in groups, with at least 21 individuals found together.1

Mito-hauslea

Mitoa: Some people think Saurolophus could swim in the ocean.

Egia: It lived near rivers and lakes, but it was a land animal that walked and ate plants on land.1

Dino adituentzat

Izen zientifikoa: Saurolophus
Izendatzailea:: Brown 19124
Taldea: Ahate-mokoak
Familia / klada: Hadrosauridae4
Sailkapena: Ornithischia > Ornithopoda > Iguanodontia > Hadrosauridae4
Arroken adina: 84 eta 66 milioi urte artean (Campanian / Maastrichtian)4
Arroka-formazioak: Nemegt, Horseshoe Canyon, Almond4
Herrialdeak: Mongolia, Kanada, AEB4
Fosil-erregistroak: 38 The Paleobiology Database datu-basean4
Aurkikuntza: Barnum Brown named Saurolophus in 1912 from a nearly complete skeleton found in Alberta, Canada, in 1911.1
Oraindik eztabaidagai: Scientists still debate whether some fossils from California and Wyoming belong to Saurolophus or to a separate genus.1

Datuak nondik datozen

Saurolophus (en.wikipedia.org)
Saurolophus | Natural History Museum (nhm.ac.uk)
Saurolophus- Enchanted Learning Software (web.archive.org)
Saurolophus in The Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0): adina, tokiak, arroka-formazioak, sailkapena.

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