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Zapalasaurus

Izenaren esanahia: “lizard of Zapala, named after the city of Zapala in Argentina”1
Jaten zuen: LandareakLepo-luzeakBehe Kretazeoa

Zapalasaurus was a long-necked plant-eater that lived in what is now Patagonia, Argentina, about 130 to 120 million years ago. It walked on four sturdy legs and used its long neck to reach leaves and ferns without moving its body much. This dinosaur was a early relative of the famous Diplodocus.1

Bizi izan zen
Duela 126 eta 120 milioi urte artean3
Behe Kretazeoa
Fosilak hemen aurkitu dira:
Puesto Morales, La Picaza, Neuquén Province, Argentina31
Abiadura maximoa
15 km/h inguru (9 mph)
Korrika egitea, kalkulua

Noiz bizi izan zen?

Triasikoa
Jurasikoa
Kretazeoa
Duela 252 milioi urte20114566, asteroidea

Zein azkarra zen?

gauza bikainak

Datu dibertigarriak

1

The first fossils of Zapalasaurus were found in 1995 at a place called Puesto Morales, and more bones were dug up in 2004.1

2

Zapalasaurus is named after the city of Zapala, which is about 80 kilometres (50 miles) north of where its bones were discovered.1

3

Unlike some other long-necked dinosaurs, Zapalasaurus probably fed at ground level, while other sauropods in the same area ate plants higher up.1

4

Its tail vertebrae double in length from front to back, a feature shared with the more advanced diplodocines.2

5

Zapalasaurus belonged to a group called rebbachisaurids, which were early cousins of Diplodocus and lived mainly in the Early Cretaceous.31

6

The species name bonapartei honors the famous Argentine paleontologist José Bonaparte, who helped collect the first bones.1

AAk eginaZapalasaurus: AAk egindako irudia
Zapalasaurus 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

Zapalasaurus: gehien egindako galderak

?How big was Zapalasaurus?

Scientists do not know its exact size because only a partial skeleton has been found. It was a medium-sized sauropod, but no length or weight estimates have been published.1

?What did Zapalasaurus eat?

Zapalasaurus was a plant-eater. It used its long neck to browse a wide variety of low-growing plants and greens without having to walk very far.1

?When did Zapalasaurus live?

Zapalasaurus lived during the Early Cretaceous, about 130 to 120 million years ago.1

?Did Zapalasaurus have feathers?

No. Zapalasaurus was a sauropod dinosaur, and there is no evidence that any sauropod had feathers.1

Dino adituentzat

Izen zientifikoa
Zapalasaurus
Izendatzailea:
Salgado et al. 20063
Taldea
Lepo-luzeak
Familia / klada
Rebbachisauridae3
Sailkapena
Sauropodomorpha > Sauropoda > Diplodocoidea3
Arroken adina
126 eta 120 milioi urte artean (Barremian / Aptian)3
Arroka-formazioak
La Amarga3
Herrialdeak
Argentina3
Fosil-erregistroak
1 The Paleobiology Database datu-basean3
Aurkikuntza
Zapalasaurus was first described in 2006 by a team led by Leonardo Salgado. The bones were collected by scientists from the Bernardino Rivadavia Natural Sciences Museum and the Juan A. Olsacher Museum, with help from José Bonaparte.1
Oraindik eztabaidagai
Scientists are not sure exactly how big Zapalasaurus grew, because only a partial skeleton has been found.1

Datuak nondik datozen

  1. Zapalasaurus (en.wikipedia.org)
  2. Translated by Michael D’Emic University of Michigan (naturalhistory.si.edu)
  3. Zapalasaurus in The Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0): adina, tokiak, arroka-formazioak, sailkapena.

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