Iyuku

O nome significa: “Xhosa for 'hatchling'”1

Comía: PlantasHerbívoros con bicoCretáceo Inferior

Iyuku was a small, plant-eating dinosaur that lived in what is now South Africa. What makes it really special is that almost all the fossils found are from babies and very young dinosaurs! Scientists think a whole group of Iyuku hatchlings died together during a dry season.2 1

Viviu

hai entre 137 e 133 millóns de anos4

Cretáceo Inferior

Fósiles atopados en

Kirkwood Lookout, near the Sundays River in Eastern Cape Province, South Africa1

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?

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

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

Iyuku uns 41 km/h (25 mph)

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

Un guepardo uns 100 km/h (62 mph)

cousas xeniais

Datos curiosos

Iyuku is one of only two ornithopod dinosaurs known from the Cretaceous of southern Africa.2 1

All the juvenile Iyuku bones were found in a single, small bonebed, suggesting a group of hatchlings died together.2 1

The name Iyuku comes from the Xhosa language and means 'hatchling', because almost all the fossils are from very young animals.1

Iyuku lived during the Early Cretaceous period, about 137 to 132 million years ago.4

The bonebed where Iyuku was found also contained rare theropod teeth, crocodile teeth, turtle shell fragments, and fish bones.1

Scientists think the Iyuku hatchlings died because the climate was becoming drier and more seasonal, which may have caused a drought.2 1

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

ti preguntaches

As preguntas máis frecuentes sobre Iyuku

?How big was Iyuku?

Iyuku was a small dinosaur. A subadult's shin bone was about 35 to 42 centimetres long, so the whole animal was probably the size of a large dog.3

?What did Iyuku eat?

Iyuku was a plant-eating dinosaur. It ate plants like ferns and leaves.3

?Why is Iyuku called a hatchling?

Its name comes from the Xhosa word for 'hatchling' because almost all the fossils found are from babies and very young dinosaurs.3

?When did Iyuku live?

Iyuku lived during the Early Cretaceous period, about 137 to 132 million years ago.3

Para expertos en dinos

Nome científico: Iyuku
Bautizado por: Forster et al. 20224
Grupo: Herbívoros con bico
Familia / clado: Euiguanodontia4
Clasificación: Ornithischia > Ornithopoda > Iguanodontia4
Idade das rochas: de 137 a 133 millóns de anos (Valanginian)4
Formacións rochosas: Kirkwood4
Países: Suráfrica4
Rexistros fósiles: 1 na Paleobiology Database4
Descubrimento: Iyuku was named in 2022 by Catherine Forster and her team based on fossils collected from 1995 to 1999 in the Kirkwood Formation, South Africa. The species name honors Dr. Michael Raath for his work on southern African fossils.1
Aínda en debate: Scientists are not sure exactly how big Iyuku grew, because almost all the fossils are from babies and juveniles, not adults.1

De onde veñen os datos

Iyuku raathi , a new iguanodontian dinosaur from the Early Cretaceous Kirkwood Formation, South Africa (anatomypubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com)
Iyuku raathi, a new iguanodontian dinosaur from the Early Cretaceous Kirkwood Formation, South Africa (pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov)
Iyuku (en.wikipedia.org)
Iyuku in The Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0): idade, lugares, formacións rochosas, clasificación.

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