Baiyinosaurus

O nome significa: “Baiyin reptile”1

Comía: PlantasDinos con placasXurásico Medio

Baiyinosaurus was an early stegosaur that lived in China during the Middle Jurassic. It had a row of plates and spikes along its back and tail, and it walked on all four legs munching plants.1

Viviu

hai entre 168 e 165 millóns de anos3

Xurásico Medio

Fósiles atopados en

Pingchuan District, Baiyin City, Gansu Province, China3 1

Velocidade máxima

uns 15 km/h (9 mph)

Correr, estimación

Cando viviu?

Triásico

Xurásico

Cretáceo

Hai 252 millóns de anos20114566, o asteroide

Que velocidade alcanzaba?

Unha persoa camiñando uns 5 km/h (3 mph)

Un neno en bici uns 12 km/h (7 mph)

Baiyinosaurus uns 15 km/h (9 mph)

Un cabalo ao galope uns 65 km/h (40 mph)

Un guepardo uns 100 km/h (62 mph)

cousas xeniais

Datos curiosos

Baiyinosaurus is the only stegosaur named from Gansu Province, China.1

Its frontal bone is wider than long, a unique feature among stegosaurs.2

The fossils were discovered in 2016 by Li Daqing and his team.1

Baiyinosaurus lived about 168 to 165 million years ago, during the late Bathonian age.3

Its back vertebrae have short neural arches and broad neural spines, different from later stegosaurs.2

Baiyinosaurus is a transitional form between early armored dinosaurs and early stegosaurs.2

Nearby fossils include possible mamenchisaurid sauropods and large theropod teeth.1

Imaxe de Baiyinosaurus feita con IA — Unha imaxe feita con IA de como podería ser Baiyinosaurus, 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.

ti preguntaches

As preguntas máis frecuentes sobre Baiyinosaurus

?How big was Baiyinosaurus?

Scientists do not know its exact size yet because only a partial skeleton has been found. It was a medium-sized stegosaur, but no total length or weight has been estimated from the known bones.1 2

?What did Baiyinosaurus eat?

Baiyinosaurus was a plant-eater (herbivore). It had leaf-shaped teeth in its jaws and a beak at the front of its mouth for cropping low-growing plants.1 2

?When did Baiyinosaurus live?

Baiyinosaurus lived during the Middle Jurassic period, about 168 to 165 million years ago (late Bathonian age).1 2

?Where was Baiyinosaurus found?

Its fossils were discovered in the Wangjiashan Formation in Pingchuan District, Baiyin City, Gansu Province, China.1 2

Para expertos en dinos

Nome científico: Baiyinosaurus
Bautizado por: Li et al. 20243
Grupo: Dinos con placas
Familia / clado: Huayangosauridae3
Clasificación: Ornithischia > Stegosauria > Thyreophora3
Idade das rochas: de 168 a 165 millóns de anos (Bathonian)3
Formacións rochosas: Wangjiashan3
Países: China3
Rexistros fósiles: 1 na Paleobiology Database3
Descubrimento: Baiyinosaurus was named in 2024 by Li Ning and colleagues based on a partial skeleton found in Gansu, China. The name comes from Baiyin City and the Baojishan Basin.1 2
Aínda en debate: Scientists debate whether the plates and spikes on stegosaurs like Baiyinosaurus were used for display, species recognition, or temperature control.1

De onde veñen os datos

Baiyinosaurus (en.wikipedia.org)
A new stegosaur (Dinosauria: Ornithischia) from the Middle Jurassic of Gansu Province, China (pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov)
Baiyinosaurus in The Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0): idade, lugares, formacións rochosas, clasificación.

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