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Citipati

O nome significa: “funeral pyre lord”1
Comía: Un pouco de todoDinos emplumados curiososCretáceo Superior

Citipati was a bird-like dinosaur that sat on its eggs like a chicken. It had a short, toothless beak and a tall crest on its head. This dinosaur lived in the desert of Mongolia about 75 million years ago.12

Viviu
hai entre 84 e 72 millóns de anos4
Cretáceo Superior
Fósiles atopados en
Ukhaa Tolgod, Djadokhta Formation, Gobi Desert, Mongolia12
Lonxitude
2,5 a 2,9 m (8,2 a 9,5 ft)1
Peso
75 kg a 110 kg (165 a 243 lb)1
Altura
1,2 m (3,9 ft)
estimación
Velocidade máxima
uns 48 km/h (30 mph)
Correr, estimación

Cando viviu?

Triásico
Xurásico
Cretáceo
Hai 252 millóns de anos20114566, o asteroide

Como era de grande?

Canto medía de longo?

Citipati uns 2,9 m de longo (9,5 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 gato domésticouns 0,3 m (1 ft)Un canuns 0,5 m (1,6 ft)Citipatiuns 1,2 m de alto (3,9 ft)Un cabalouns 1,6 m (5,2 ft)

estimación

Canto pesaba?

tan pesado coma 6 cans
tan longo coma 3 cans do fociño á colatan longo coma 16 plátanos postos un tras outrotan pesado coma 22 sandíastan pesado coma 6 nenos de infantiltan pesado coma 3 nenos de primariapodería correr 100 metros en 7,5 segundos (o humano máis rápido necesita 9,6)

Como era de grande Citipati comparado CONTIGO?

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Que velocidade alcanzaba?

cousas xeniais

Datos curiosos

1

Citipati means 'funeral pyre lord' in Sanskrit, named after a skeleton-like spirit in Tibetan folklore.1

2

One famous Citipati fossil is nicknamed 'Big Mama' because it was found sitting on a nest of eggs.1

3

Citipati had a pygostyle, a fused tailbone that supported a fan of feathers, just like modern birds.1

4

Its arms and tail were covered in long feathers that probably helped shade and protect its eggs and babies.1

5

Citipati was one of the largest oviraptorids, about the size of an emu, and weighed as much as a large dog.1

6

Scientists think Citipati may have brought small dinosaurs to its nest to feed its hatchlings.1

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

?How big was Citipati?

Citipati was about 2.5 to 2.9 metres long and weighed 75 to 110 kilograms. That is much larger than an emu.1

?What did Citipati eat?

Citipati was probably omnivorous, meaning it ate both plants and meat. Scientists think it may have brought small dinosaurs to its nest to feed its babies.12

?Did Citipati have feathers?

Yes, Citipati had long feathers on its arms and tail. These feathers probably helped protect its eggs and babies from sun, wind, and rain.1

?Why did Citipati sit on its eggs?

Citipati sat on its eggs to keep them warm and safe, just like birds do today. Its arms spread over the nest helped shade and protect the eggs.13

?When did Citipati live?

Citipati lived during the Late Cretaceous period, about 75 to 71 million years ago. It lived in the desert of Mongolia.12

?Was Citipati a dinosaur?

Yes, Citipati was a dinosaur, specifically a type of bird-like theropod called an oviraptorid. It was not a bird, but it was very closely related to birds.12

Cazamitos

Mito: Oviraptorids like Citipati were egg thieves.

Verdade: The name Oviraptor means 'egg thief', but fossils show Citipati was a caring parent that brooded its own eggs, not a robber.1

Para expertos en dinos

Nome científico
Citipati
Bautizado por
Clark et al. 20014
Grupo
Dinos emplumados curiosos
Familia / clado
Oviraptoridae4
Clasificación
Theropoda > Oviraptorosauria4
Idade das rochas
de 84 a 72 millóns de anos (Campanian)4
Formacións rochosas
Djadokhta4
Países
Mongolia4
Rexistros fósiles
2 na Paleobiology Database4
Descubrimento
Citipati was named in 2001 by paleontologists James Clark, Mark Norell, and Rinchen Barsbold. The first fossils were found in the 1990s at Ukhaa Tolgod in Mongolia.12
Aínda en debate
Scientists are not sure if Citipati was mostly a plant-eater or an omnivore that also ate meat.1

De onde veñen os datos

  1. Citipati (en.wikipedia.org)
  2. Citipati | Natural History Museum (nhm.ac.uk)
  3. Citipati Osmolskae: Get to Know a Dino | AMNH (amnh.org)
  4. Citipati in The Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0): idade, lugares, formacións rochosas, clasificación.

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