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Gongshuilong

O nome significa: “Gong River dragon”1
Comía: PlantasBicos de patoCretáceo Superior

Gongshuilong was a duck-billed dinosaur that lived in China near the end of the Age of Dinosaurs. It had a tall, sail-like tail made of extra-long bones, which made it look really cool. This plant-eater is special because it is the first named hadrosaur from South China!1

Viviu
hai entre 72 e 66 millóns de anos3
Cretáceo Superior
Fósiles atopados en
Lianhe Formation, Ganzhou City, Jiangxi Province, South China12
Lonxitude
7 m (23 ft)1
Altura
2,6 m (8,5 ft)
estimación
Velocidade máxima
uns 28 km/h (17 mph)
Correr, estimación

Cando viviu?

Triásico
Xurásico
Cretáceo
Hai 252 millóns de anos20114566, o asteroide

Como era de grande?

Canto medía de longo?

Gongshuilong uns 7 m de longo (23 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 canuns 0,5 m (1,6 ft)Un cabalouns 1,6 m (5,2 ft)Gongshuilonguns 2,6 m de alto (8,5 ft)Un elefanteuns 3,2 m (10 ft)

estimación

tan longo coma 7 cans do fociño á colatan longo coma 39 plátanos postos un tras outropodería correr 100 metros en 13 segundos (o humano máis rápido necesita 9,6)

Como era de grande Gongshuilong comparado CONTIGO?

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Que velocidade alcanzaba?

cousas xeniais

Datos curiosos

1

Gongshuilong's tail bones were super long, making the tail look like a sail. The neural spines were 8.5 times as tall as the bones they attached to, which is unique among all iguanodontian dinosaurs.1

2

It was a medium-sized hadrosaur, about 7 metres (23 feet) long, which is about as long as a small school bus.1

3

Gongshuilong is the second brachylophosaurin found in Asia, after Wulagasaurus. Most of its close relatives lived in North America, so it helps show that this group might have started in Asia.1

4

The fossils were found in a bonebed with at least two individuals, because scientists found two left lower jaws, two shoulder blades, and two shin bones of different sizes.1

5

Its name, Gongshuilong, comes from the Gong River near where it was found, and 'long' means dragon in Chinese.1

6

The species name 'fanwei' refers to the sail-like tail, because 'fan' means sail in Chinese.1

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

?What did Gongshuilong eat?

Gongshuilong was a plant-eater, like other duck-billed dinosaurs. It used its beak and many teeth to chew plants.1

?How big was Gongshuilong?

Gongshuilong was a medium sized hadrosaur, about 7 metres (23 feet) long, roughly the length of a small school bus.1

?When did Gongshuilong live?

Gongshuilong lived during the Late Cretaceous period, specifically in the Maastrichtian age, near the end of the Age of Dinosaurs.1

Cazamitos

Mito: Some people think all duck-billed dinosaurs lived in North America.

Verdade: Gongshuilong shows that duck-billed dinosaurs also lived in Asia, and it is the first named hadrosaur from South China.1

Para expertos en dinos

Nome científico
Gongshuilong
Bautizado por
Yao et al. 20263
Grupo
Bicos de pato
Familia / clado
Hadrosauridae3
Clasificación
Ornithischia > Ornithopoda > Iguanodontia > Hadrosauridae3
Idade das rochas
de 72 a 66 millóns de anos (Maastrichtian)3
Formacións rochosas
Lianhe3
Países
China3
Rexistros fósiles
1 na Paleobiology Database3
Descubrimento
In March 2021, construction workers found a bonebed in Ganzhou, China. Scientists from the Jiangxi Geological Survey and Exploration Institute dug out the fossils in two blocks, and in 2026 Han Yao and colleagues named the new species Gongshuilong fanwei.12
Aínda en debate
Scientists are still debating exactly how Gongshuilong is related to other brachylophosaurins, because the family tree shows a polytomy, meaning the relationships are not fully resolved.1

De onde veñen os datos

  1. Gongshuilong (en.wikipedia.org)
  2. MorphoBank V4 (beta.morphobank.org)
  3. Gongshuilong in The Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0): idade, lugares, formacións rochosas, clasificación.

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