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Atlasaurus

O nome significa: “Atlas lizard, named after the Atlas Mountains and the Titan Atlas who held up the sky”1
Comía: PlantasPescozos longosXurásico Medio

Atlasaurus was a giant, long-necked plant eater that stomped through Morocco about 165 million years ago. It was as long as a big bus and weighed as much as several elephants!1

Viviu
hai entre 168 e 165 millóns de anos2
Xurásico Medio
Fósiles atopados en
Morocco, in the Guettioua Formation of the High Atlas Mountains12
Lonxitude
15 m (49 ft)1
Peso
22,5 toneladas (49 600 lb)1
Altura
3,5 m (11 ft)
estimación
Velocidade máxima
uns 12 km/h (7 mph)
Correr, estimación

Cando viviu?

Triásico
Xurásico
Cretáceo
Hai 252 millóns de anos20114566, o asteroide

Como era de grande?

Canto medía de longo?

Atlasaurus uns 15 m de longo (49 ft)Unha bici de adulto uns 1,8 m (5,9 ft)Un coche uns 4,5 m (15 ft)Un elefante, o animal terrestre máis grande de hoxe uns 6,5 m (21 ft)

Canto medía de alto?

Un cabalouns 1,6 m (5,2 ft)Un elefanteuns 3,2 m (10 ft)Atlasaurusuns 3,5 m de alto (11 ft)Unha xirafauns 5,5 m (18 ft)

estimación

Canto pesaba?

tan pesado coma 4 elefantes
tan longo coma 3 coches aparcados en filatan longo coma 83 plátanos postos un tras outrotan pesado coma 15 cochestan pesado coma 4500 sandíastan pesado coma 28 clases enteiras de nenostan pesado coma 50 osos polarespodería correr 100 metros en 30 segundos (o humano máis rápido necesita 9,6)

Como era de grande Atlasaurus comparado CONTIGO?

Só son contas no teu navegador. Non se garda nin se envía nada.

Que velocidade alcanzaba?

cousas xeniais

Datos curiosos

1

Atlasaurus had a shorter neck than its relative Brachiosaurus, but its neck was still about 3.86 metres (12.7 feet) long.1

2

Its thigh bone (femur) was about 2 metres (6 feet 7 inches) long, which is taller than most people!1

3

The lower jaw of Atlasaurus was about 69 centimetres (27 inches) long, and its teeth were spoon-shaped with tiny serrations.1

4

Atlasaurus had longer arms compared to its legs than many other sauropods, with an upper arm bone (humerus) that was almost as long as its thigh bone.1

5

A nearly complete tail of Atlasaurus was found in Morocco and took 300 hours to piece back together in Utah, USA.1

6

Scientists first thought Atlasaurus was a kind of primitive sauropod called a cetiosaur, but later they saw it was more like Brachiosaurus.1

Feito con IAImaxe de Atlasaurus feita con IA
Unha imaxe feita con IA de como podería ser Atlasaurus, 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 Atlasaurus

?How big was Atlasaurus?

Atlasaurus was about 15 metres long and weighed around 22.5 tonnes. That is as long as a big bus and as heavy as several elephants.1

?What did Atlasaurus eat?

Atlasaurus was a plant eater, or herbivore. It had spoon-shaped teeth with tiny serrations to help chew plants.1

?Where was Atlasaurus found?

Atlasaurus was found in the High Atlas Mountains of Morocco, in North Africa. Its fossils come from the Guettioua Formation, which is about 165 million years old.1

?Was Atlasaurus related to Brachiosaurus?

Yes, Atlasaurus is thought to be closely related to Brachiosaurus. It had a shorter neck and longer tail than Brachiosaurus, but similar limb bones.1

Cazamitos

Mito: Some people think Atlasaurus was a type of Brachiosaurus.

Verdade: Atlasaurus is a separate genus, but it is closely related to Brachiosaurus and shares many features.1

Para expertos en dinos

Nome científico
Atlasaurus
Bautizado por
Monbaron et al. 19992
Grupo
Pescozos longos
Familia / clado
Macronaria2
Clasificación
Sauropodomorpha > Sauropoda > Macronaria2
Idade das rochas
de 168 a 165 millóns de anos (Bathonian)2
Formacións rochosas
Guettioua2
Países
Marrocos2
Rexistros fósiles
1 na Paleobiology Database2
Descubrimento
The first Atlasaurus skeleton was found in 1981 in Morocco, and scientists Monbaron, Russell, and Taquet described it in 1999.1
Aínda en debate
Scientists still debate exactly where Atlasaurus belongs in the sauropod family tree. Some think it is a turiasaur, while others think it is a brachiosaurid.1

De onde veñen os datos

  1. Atlasaurus (en.wikipedia.org)
  2. Atlasaurus in The Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0): idade, lugares, formacións rochosas, clasificación.

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