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Datai

O nome significa: “The name combines parts of the Chinese words 'tongda' (to understand) and 'antai' (stable), meaning something like 'understanding and stable'.”1
Comía: PlantasDinos acoirazadosCretáceo Superior

Datai was an armored dinosaur that walked on four legs and had bony plates and spikes on its body. It had a pair of horns on its cheeks, which made it look extra tough. It lived in what is now China, about 90 million years ago.12

Viviu
hai entre 94 e 86 millóns de anos3
Cretáceo Superior
Fósiles atopados en
Fossils were found in the Zhoutian Formation in Jiangxi Province, China, at the Mazhou site.13
Lonxitude
3,5 a 4 m (11 a 13 ft)2
Altura
1,2 m (3,9 ft)
estimación
Velocidade máxima
uns 20 km/h (12 mph)
Correr, estimación

Cando viviu?

Triásico
Xurásico
Cretáceo
Hai 252 millóns de anos20114566, o asteroide

Como era de grande?

Canto medía de longo?

Datai uns 4 m de longo (13 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)Dataiuns 1,2 m de alto (3,9 ft)Un cabalouns 1,6 m (5,2 ft)

estimación

tan longo coma 4 cans do fociño á colatan longo coma 22 plátanos postos un tras outropodería correr 100 metros en 18 segundos (o humano máis rápido necesita 9,6)

Como era de grande Datai comparado CONTIGO?

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Que velocidade alcanzaba?

cousas xeniais

Datos curiosos

1

Datai had a pair of horns on its cheeks, which is unusual and helped scientists identify it as a new species.2

2

The two Datai fossils were found lying on top of each other, likely because they were buried quickly by wind-blown sand.2

3

The neck bones of one Datai had curved holes about 2 cm wide, probably made by small creatures like mollusks burrowing in the sediment after the dinosaur died.2

4

Datai's tail had ossified tendons, which suggests it may have had a tail club for defense.1

5

Scientists used Datai's features to help make the family tree of ankylosaurs more stable, because before, many relationships were uncertain.1

6

Datai lived during the Late Cretaceous, about 96 to 90 million years ago, which is a time when many armored dinosaurs roamed.1

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

?What did Datai eat?

Datai was a plant-eating dinosaur. It was a ground-dwelling herbivore, so it likely ate low-growing plants.3

?Did Datai have a tail club?

It likely did. Its tail bones were surrounded by ossified tendons, which suggests it may have had a tail club for defense.1

?How big was Datai?

Scientists don't know exactly, because the fossils are from young, not fully grown individuals. The known specimens were immature, so their adult size is uncertain.1

?When did Datai live?

Datai lived during the Late Cretaceous, about 96 to 90 million years ago, in what is now China.1

Cazamitos

Mito: Some people think all armored dinosaurs had tail clubs, but not all did.

Verdade: Datai likely had a tail club because of ossified tendons near its tail, but many other ankylosaurs did not have one.1

Para expertos en dinos

Nome científico
Datai
Bautizado por
Xing et al. 20243
Grupo
Dinos acoirazados
Familia / clado
Ankylosauridae3
Clasificación
Ornithischia > Ankylosauria > Ankylosauridae > Thyreophora3
Idade das rochas
de 94 a 86 millóns de anos (Turonian / Coniacian)3
Formacións rochosas
Zhoutian3
Países
China3
Rexistros fósiles
1 na Paleobiology Database3
Descubrimento
The fossils were found in 2016 in Jiangxi Province, China, and later acquired by the Yingliang Stone Natural History Museum. In 2024, a team led by Xing Lida named the new species Datai yingliangis.12
Aínda en debate
Scientists are still debating exactly where Datai fits in the ankylosaur family tree. Depending on the analysis, it appears either as a basal ankylosaurine or as a close relative of Pinacosaurus.1

De onde veñen os datos

  1. Datai (en.wikipedia.org)
  2. Fossils of new armored dinosaur species found in east China-Xinhua (english.news.cn)
  3. Datai in The Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0): idade, lugares, formacións rochosas, clasificación.

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