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Isasicursor

O nome significa: “Isasi's runner”1
Comía: PlantasHerbívoros con bicoCretáceo Superior

Isasicursor was a fast, plant-eating dinosaur that lived in what is now Argentina. It had a beak and ran on two legs, like a big bird. It shared its home with giant sauropods and was hunted by fierce meat-eaters.1

Viviu
hai entre 72 e 66 millóns de anos3
Cretáceo Superior
Fósiles atopados en
Santa Cruz Province, Argentina12
Velocidade máxima
uns 41 km/h (25 mph)
Correr, estimación

Cando viviu?

Triásico
Xurásico
Cretáceo
Hai 252 millóns de anos20114566, o asteroide

Que velocidade alcanzaba?

cousas xeniais

Datos curiosos

1

Isasicursor is the youngest known ornithopod from the Southern Hemisphere, meaning it lived very late in the Age of Dinosaurs.1

2

Its fossils were found together with bones of young and old individuals, which scientists think means Isasicursor may have lived in herds.1

3

The first bone of Isasicursor was discovered by technician Marcelo Pablo Isasi, who the dinosaur is named after.1

4

Isasicursor had a special pin-and-hole connection between its first and second sacral vertebrae, which is unique among dinosaurs.1

5

It lived alongside the giant titanosaur Nullotitan, and the two probably ate different plants so they did not compete.1

6

Isasicursor was probably hunted by the huge megaraptorid Maip and the crocodile-like Kostensuchus.1

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

?How big was Isasicursor?

Scientists are not sure of its exact size because only partial bones have been found, but it was a medium-sized ornithopod, probably around 3 to 4 metres long.1

?What did Isasicursor eat?

Isasicursor was a herbivore, meaning it ate plants. It had a beak for cropping vegetation.13

?When did Isasicursor live?

Isasicursor lived during the Late Cretaceous Period, about 72 to 66 million years ago, in the Maastrichtian age.1

?Is Isasicursor a dinosaur?

Yes, Isasicursor is a dinosaur. It is an elasmarian ornithopod, a type of plant-eating dinosaur.1

Para expertos en dinos

Nome científico
Isasicursor
Bautizado por
Novas et al. 20193
Grupo
Herbívoros con bico
Familia / clado
Elasmaria3
Clasificación
Ornithischia > Ornithopoda > Iguanodontia3
Idade das rochas
de 72 a 66 millóns de anos (Maastrichtian)3
Formacións rochosas
Chorrillo3
Países
Arxentina3
Rexistros fósiles
2 na Paleobiology Database3
Descubrimento
Isasicursor was named in 2019 by Fernando Novas and colleagues. The first fossils were found in the Chorrillo Formation of Argentina, and the species is called Isasicursor santacrucensis.12
Aínda en debate
Scientists are not sure exactly where Isasicursor fits in the dinosaur family tree. It is placed in the group Elasmaria, but no detailed analysis has been done yet.1

De onde veñen os datos

  1. Isasicursor (en.wikipedia.org)
  2. PBDB Taxon (paleobiodb.org)
  3. Isasicursor in The Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0): idade, lugares, formacións rochosas, clasificación.

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