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Falcarius

O nome significa: “sickle cutter”1
Comía: PlantasDinos emplumados curiososCretáceo Inferior

Falcarius was a strange dinosaur that looked like a mix between an ostrich, a gorilla, and Edward Scissorhands! It had a small head, a long neck, and huge curved claws on its hands. This dinosaur lived in what is now Utah, USA, about 139 to 134 million years ago.1

Viviu
hai entre 143 e 133 millóns de anos5
Cretáceo Inferior
Fósiles atopados en
Grand County, Utah, USA1
Lonxitude
4 a 5 m (13 a 16 ft)1
Peso
100 kg (220 lb)1
Altura
1 a 1,4 m (3,3 a 4,6 ft)34
Velocidade máxima
uns 30 km/h (19 mph)
Correr, estimación

Cando viviu?

Triásico
Xurásico
Cretáceo
Hai 252 millóns de anos20114566, o asteroide

Como era de grande?

Canto medía de longo?

Falcarius uns 5 m de longo (16 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)Falcariusuns 1,4 m de alto (4,6 ft)Un cabalouns 1,6 m (5,2 ft)

Canto pesaba?

tan pesado coma 5 cans
tan longo coma 5 cans do fociño á colatan longo coma 28 plátanos postos un tras outrotan pesado coma 20 sandíastan pesado coma 5 nenos de infantiltan pesado coma 3 nenos de primariapodería correr 100 metros en 12 segundos (o humano máis rápido necesita 9,6)

Como era de grande Falcarius comparado CONTIGO?

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

Que velocidade alcanzaba?

cousas xeniais

Datos curiosos

1

Falcarius is one of the most primitive therizinosaurs ever found. It helps scientists understand how meat-eating dinosaurs turned into plant-eaters.2

2

Over 3,000 bones of Falcarius have been dug up from a single quarry in Utah. That's a lot of fossils!1

3

Falcarius had a long neck that let it reach leaves about 1.5 metres (5 feet) off the ground.1

4

Its hand claws were huge and curved, like sickles. That's how it got its name, which means 'sickle cutter'.1

5

Falcarius probably had feathers, like its close relatives from Asia.1

6

The smallest Falcarius was less than 1 metre (3.3 feet) long, but adults grew to about 4 to 5 metres (13 to 16 feet).1

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

?How big was Falcarius?

About 4 metres (13 feet) long and about 1.4 metres (4.5 feet) tall at the hip, weighing around 100 kilograms (220 pounds). The smallest known individual was less than 1 metre (3.3 feet) long.14

?What did Falcarius eat?

Mostly plants. Its leaf-shaped, serrated teeth were good for shredding leaves, but the pointed front teeth suggest it might have also eaten small animals like lizards sometimes.1

?Did Falcarius have feathers?

Scientists think yes. No feathers were found with its fossils, but its close feathered relatives from China make it very likely Falcarius had shaggy, hair-like proto-feathers.4

?How fast could Falcarius run?

Probably not very fast. Its lower legs were stubby, which suggests it no longer needed to run after prey like its meat-eating relatives did.4

?Why did Falcarius have long claws?

Its huge, curved hand claws were like sickles, which gave it the name 'sickle cutter'. They were probably used for gathering plants or maybe for defence.14

?Where was Falcarius found?

In what is now Utah, USA, in the Cedar Mountain Formation. A huge bonebed there has yielded thousands of bones from hundreds of individuals.12

Para expertos en dinos

Nome científico
Falcarius
Bautizado por
Kirkland et al. 20055
Grupo
Dinos emplumados curiosos
Familia / clado
Therizinosauria5
Clasificación
Theropoda > Therizinosauria5
Idade das rochas
de 143 a 133 millóns de anos (Berriasian / Valanginian)5
Formacións rochosas
Cedar Mountain5
Países
EUA5
Rexistros fósiles
2 na Paleobiology Database5
Descubrimento
Falcarius was discovered in 1999 by fossil collector Lawrence Walker in Utah. Scientists named it in 2005.1
Aínda en debate
Scientists are not sure if Falcarius was a pure plant-eater or if it also ate meat. Its front teeth are sharp and pointed, which might mean it ate small animals too.1

De onde veñen os datos

  1. Falcarius (en.wikipedia.org)
  2. A primitive therizinosauroid dinosaur from the Early Cretaceous of Utah | Nature (nature.com)
  3. A Primitive Therizinosauroid Dinosaur from the Early Cretaceous of Utah - DocsLib (docslib.org)
  4. Falcarius Utahensis - Utah Geological Survey (geology.utah.gov)
  5. Falcarius in The Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0): idade, lugares, formacións rochosas, clasificación.

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