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Apatoraptor

O nome significa: “deceptive thief”1
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Apatoraptor was a toothless, feathered dinosaur that lived in what is now Alberta, Canada. It had long wings covered in feathers, but it could not fly. Instead, it probably used its flashy wings to show off and attract mates.1

Viviu
hai entre 72 e 66 millóns de anos4
Cretáceo Superior
Fósiles atopados en
Horseshoe Canyon Formation, Alberta, Canada42
Lonxitude
2 m (6,6 ft)3
Peso
180 kg (397 lb)3
Altura
0,82 m (2,7 ft)
estimación
Velocidade máxima
uns 47 km/h (29 mph)
Correr, estimación

Cando viviu?

Triásico
Xurásico
Cretáceo
Hai 252 millóns de anos20114566, o asteroide

Como era de grande?

Canto medía de longo?

Apatoraptor uns 2 m de longo (6,6 ft)Un can uns 1 m (3,3 ft)Unha bici de adulto uns 1,8 m (5,9 ft)Un coche uns 4,5 m (15 ft)

Canto medía de alto?

Un gato domésticouns 0,3 m (1 ft)Un canuns 0,5 m (1,6 ft)Apatoraptoruns 0,82 m de alto (2,7 ft)Un cabalouns 1,6 m (5,2 ft)

estimación

Canto pesaba?

tan pesado coma 9 cans
tan longo coma 4 gatos domésticos do fociño á colatan longo coma 11 plátanos postos un tras outrotan pesado coma 36 sandíastan pesado coma 9 nenos de infantiltan pesado coma 6 nenos de primariapodería correr 100 metros en 7,7 segundos (o humano máis rápido necesita 9,6)

Como era de grande Apatoraptor comparado CONTIGO?

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Que velocidade alcanzaba?

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Datos curiosos

1

Apatoraptor had no teeth. Its beak was toothless, like a bird's.2

2

Its name means 'deceptive thief' because its skeleton was mistaken for a different kind of dinosaur for many years.1

3

The fossil was found in 1993 but sat on a shelf for 15 years before scientists realized it was something new.1

4

Apatoraptor had pits on its arm bones that show it had feathers on its wings. These wings were probably used for display, not flight.1

5

It is one of the most complete caenagnathid skeletons ever found in Alberta, with many bones still in their original positions.1

6

Apatoraptor lived during the Maastrichtian age, about 72 to 66 million years ago.4

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Its neck was long and made of at least 11 vertebrae, and its ribs had finger-like extensions called uncinate processes.2

Feito con IAImaxe de Apatoraptor feita con IA
Unha imaxe feita con IA de como podería ser Apatoraptor, creada por un ordenador a partir do que saben os científicos. É unha suposición: o animal real podía ser diferente, e ninguén sabe as súas cores de verdade.
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As preguntas máis frecuentes sobre Apatoraptor

?How big was Apatoraptor?

It was about 2 metres long and weighed around 180 kilograms, which is larger than a human.3

?Could Apatoraptor fly?

No. It had long wings covered in feathers, but it was too heavy to fly. It used its wings for display instead.3

?When did Apatoraptor live?

It lived about 70 million years ago, during the Campanian age of the Late Cretaceous, in what is now Alberta, Canada.3

Cazamitos

Mito: Apatoraptor could fly because it had feathered wings.

Verdade: Apatoraptor had wings with feathers, but they were too small and weak for flight. They were probably used to show off to other dinosaurs.1

Para expertos en dinos

Nome científico
Apatoraptor
Bautizado por
Funston and Currie 20164
Grupo
Dinos emplumados curiosos
Familia / clado
Caenagnathidae4
Clasificación
Theropoda > Oviraptorosauria4
Idade das rochas
de 72 a 66 millóns de anos (Maastrichtian)4
Formacións rochosas
Horseshoe Canyon4
Países
Canadá4
Rexistros fósiles
1 na Paleobiology Database4
Descubrimento
Apatoraptor was named in 2016 by Gregory Funston and Philip Currie. The skeleton was found in 1993 in Alberta, Canada, but was mistaken for a different dinosaur until it was prepared years later.41
Aínda en debate
Scientists are still debating exactly how Apatoraptor and other caenagnathids are related to each other. This skeleton helped clear up some of those relationships.2

De onde veñen os datos

  1. Deceptive feathered dinosaur finally gets a name (ualberta.ca)
  2. tandfonline.com (tandfonline.com)
  3. Newly identified Alberta dinosaur had arm muscles fit to lift feathers | CBC News (cbc.ca)
  4. Apatoraptor in The Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0): idade, lugares, formacións rochosas, clasificación.

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