Ardetosaurus
Ardetosaurus was a giant, long-necked dinosaur that lived in what is now Wyoming, USA, about 150 million years ago. It was a diplodocid, meaning it had a super long neck and a whip-like tail. This plant-eater was one of many different sauropods that lived together in the same place.14
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Datos curiosos
Ardetosaurus was named in 2024, making it a very recently discovered dinosaur.4
Its full name, Ardetosaurus viator, means 'burning lizard traveler'.1
The only known skeleton is partly articulated, meaning many bones were still connected when found.2
Ardetosaurus lived between 150.44 and 149.21 million years ago, during the Kimmeridgian stage of the Jurassic.2
It is the first fully grown sauropod specimen described from the Howe-Stephens Quarry.2
Scientists think the shape of its first chevron bone might help tell male and female sauropods apart.2

As preguntas máis frecuentes sobre Ardetosaurus
?How big was Ardetosaurus?
Scientists have not estimated its exact size, but as a diplodocid sauropod it had a very long neck and whip-like tail, with a small head and columnar legs.1
?What did Ardetosaurus eat?
It was a plant-eater. Its pencil-like teeth at the front of its jaws helped it strip leaves from branches.1
Para expertos en dinos
- Nome científico
- Ardetosaurus
- Bautizado por
- van der Linden et al. 20244
- Grupo
- Pescozos longos
- Familia / clado
- Diplodocidae4
- Clasificación
- Sauropodomorpha > Sauropoda > Diplodocoidea4
- Idade das rochas
- de 155 a 149 millóns de anos (Kimmeridgian)4
- Formacións rochosas
- Morrison4
- Países
- EUA4
- Rexistros fósiles
- 1 na Paleobiology Database4
- Descubrimento
- The fossil was dug up in 1993 at the Howe-Stephens Quarry in Wyoming. It was named Ardetosaurus viator by van der Linden and colleagues in 2024.42
- Aínda en debate
- Scientists are still debating exactly how many different sauropod species lived together in the Morrison Formation, and how Ardetosaurus fits into that group.2
De onde veñen os datos
- Ardetosaurus (en.wikipedia.org)
- New diplodocine sauropod (palaeo-electronica.org)
- Ardetosaurus viator | Dinosaur Database by DinoAnimals.com (dinoanimals.com)
- Ardetosaurus in The Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0): idade, lugares, formacións rochosas, clasificación.
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