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Lokiceratops

O nome significa: “Loki's horned face”4
Comía: PlantasDinos con cornosCretáceo Superior

Lokiceratops was a horned dinosaur that lived about 78 million years ago in what is now Montana. It had a big frill on its head and two long, curved horns above its eyes. This plant-eater was a close relative of Triceratops.41

Viviu
hai entre 84 e 72 millóns de anos4
Cretáceo Superior
Fósiles atopados en
Kennedy Coulee region, Montana, USA41
Lonxitude
6 a 7 m (20 a 23 ft)1
Peso
1,5 toneladas a 2 toneladas (3 300 a 4 400 lb)1
Altura
2,2 m (7,2 ft)
estimación
Velocidade máxima
uns 35 km/h (22 mph)
Correr, estimación

Cando viviu?

Triásico
Xurásico
Cretáceo
Hai 252 millóns de anos20114566, o asteroide

Como era de grande?

Canto medía de longo?

Lokiceratops 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)Lokiceratopsuns 2,2 m de alto (7,2 ft)Un elefanteuns 3,2 m (10 ft)

estimación

Canto pesaba?

tan pesado coma 1,5 coches
tan longo coma 7 cans do fociño á colatan longo coma 39 plátanos postos un tras outrotan pesado coma 100 canstan pesado coma 400 sandíastan pesado coma 2,5 clases enteiras de nenostan pesado coma 4 osos polarespodería correr 100 metros en 10 segundos (o humano máis rápido necesita 9,6)

Como era de grande Lokiceratops comparado CONTIGO?

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Que velocidade alcanzaba?

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Datos curiosos

1

Lokiceratops was named after the Norse god Loki because its horns look like the curved blades Loki used.1

2

It lived alongside at least three other horned dinosaurs in the same area, which is very rare.1

3

Lokiceratops belonged to a group called centrosaurines, which had big nose horns and smaller brow horns.4

4

Its fossils were found in rocks that were once a coastal plain along an ancient sea.1

5

The full name Lokiceratops rangiformis means 'Loki's horned face that looks like a reindeer' because of its antler-like horns.1

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As preguntas máis frecuentes sobre Lokiceratops

?How big was Lokiceratops?

It was about 6.7 metres (22 feet) long and weighed around 5 tonnes (11,000 pounds). That makes it one of the largest known centrosaurine horned dinosaurs.3

?Did Lokiceratops have a nose horn?

No, unlike its closest relatives, Lokiceratops appears to have lacked a nose horn. Instead, it had two huge, blade-like horns on its frill.3

?What did Lokiceratops eat?

Lokiceratops was a plant-eater. It lived alongside other horned dinosaurs that had very similar jaws and teeth, so they probably ate similar plants.3

?Where was Lokiceratops found?

Its fossils were discovered in the badlands of northern Montana, near the Canadian border, in rocks that were once a coastal plain beside an ancient sea.3

?When did Lokiceratops live?

Lokiceratops lived about 78 million years ago, during the Late Cretaceous Period.3

?Is Lokiceratops a dinosaur?

Yes, Lokiceratops is a dinosaur. It is a type of horned dinosaur called a ceratopsian, closely related to Triceratops.3

Cazamitos

Mito: Lokiceratops is often thought to be a type of Triceratops.

Verdade: Lokiceratops is a centrosaurine, not a chasmosaurine like Triceratops. It had a different skull shape and horn arrangement.4

Para expertos en dinos

Nome científico
Lokiceratops
Bautizado por
Loewen et al. 20244
Grupo
Dinos con cornos
Familia / clado
Ceratopsidae4
Clasificación
Ornithischia > Ceratopsia > Ceratopsidae4
Idade das rochas
de 84 a 72 millóns de anos (Campanian)4
Formacións rochosas
Judith River4
Países
EUA4
Rexistros fósiles
1 na Paleobiology Database4
Descubrimento
Lokiceratops was named in 2024 by a team led by Mark Loewen from the Natural History Museum of Utah. The fossils were found in the Judith River Formation in Montana.42
Aínda en debate
Scientists are still debating why so many horned dinosaurs lived in the same small area at the same time.1

De onde veñen os datos

  1. Lokiceratops rangiformis gen. et sp. nov. (Ceratopsidae: Centrosaurinae) from the Campanian Judith River Formation of Montana reveals rapid regional radiations and extreme endemism within centrosaurine dinosaurs (exa.ai)
  2. Lokiceratops rangiformis gen. et sp. nov. (Ceratopsidae: Centrosaurinae) from the Campanian Judith River Formation of Montana reveals rapid regional radiations and extreme endemism within centrosaurine dinosaurs. - Abstract - Europe PMC (europepmc.org)
  3. Lokiceratops (en.wikipedia.org)
  4. Lokiceratops in The Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0): idade, lugares, formacións rochosas, clasificación.

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