Tarxeta de dino n.º 0893 de 2 027

Itemirus

O nome significa: “Itemir lizard”1

Comía: CarneRaptoresCretáceo Superior

Itemirus was a small, fast, meat-eating dinosaur that lived in what is now Uzbekistan. It was a type of raptor, related to famous dinosaurs like Velociraptor. Scientists know it from just one piece of its skull, found near a village called Itemir.1 3

Viviu

hai entre 94 e 90 millóns de anos3

Cretáceo Superior

Fósiles atopados en

Uzbekistan (Navoi region)1 2

Velocidade máxima

uns 43 km/h (27 mph)

Correr, estimación

Cando viviu?

Triásico

Xurásico

Cretáceo

Hai 252 millóns de anos20114566, o asteroide

Que velocidade alcanzaba?

Unha persoa camiñando uns 5 km/h (3 mph)

Un neno en bici uns 12 km/h (7 mph)

Itemirus uns 43 km/h (27 mph)

Un cabalo ao galope uns 65 km/h (40 mph)

Un guepardo uns 100 km/h (62 mph)

cousas xeniais

Datos curiosos

Itemirus is known from just one small, damaged braincase (the part of the skull that holds the brain).1

The fossil was found in 1958 near the village of Itemir in Uzbekistan.1

Itemirus lived during the Turonian stage of the Late Cretaceous, about 91 million years ago.1

Scientists have disagreed about which group Itemirus belongs to. It has been placed in the tyrannosaur family, the velociraptor subfamily, and the dromaeosaur subfamily.1

The name Itemirus comes from the village Itemir, where the fossil was found.1

The species name medullaris refers to the medulla oblongata, a part of the brain that the fossil braincase protected.1

Imaxe de Itemirus feita con IA — Unha imaxe feita con IA de como podería ser Itemirus, 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 Itemirus

?How big was Itemirus?

Nobody knows for sure because only a small piece of its skull has been found. It was probably a small dinosaur, like other raptors.1

?What did Itemirus eat?

It was a meat-eating dinosaur. As a raptor, it likely hunted small animals.1

?Is Itemirus a dinosaur?

Yes, it is a dinosaur. It is a type of dromaeosaurid theropod dinosaur.1

?When did Itemirus live?

It lived about 91 million years ago, during the Turonian stage of the Late Cretaceous.1

Para expertos en dinos

Nome científico: Itemirus
Bautizado por: Kurzanov 19763
Grupo: Raptores
Familia / clado: Dromaeosauridae3
Clasificación: Theropoda > Dromaeosauridae3
Idade das rochas: de 94 a 90 millóns de anos (Turonian)3
Formacións rochosas: Bissekty3
Países: Usbequistán3
Rexistros fósiles: 5 na Paleobiology Database3
Descubrimento: Itemirus was named by Soviet paleontologist Sergei Kurzanov in 1976. He described the single braincase fossil, which had been found in 1958 near the village of Itemir in Uzbekistan.1 3
Aínda en debate: Scientists still debate which group of dinosaurs Itemirus belongs to. It has been classified as a tyrannosaur, a velociraptor, and a dromaeosaur at different times.1

De onde veñen os datos

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

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