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Machairoceratops

O nome significa: “bent sword horned face”1
Comía: PlantasDinos con cornosCretáceo Superior

Machairoceratops was a horned dinosaur that lived in what is now Utah, USA, about 80 million years ago. It had two long, forward-curving spikes on the back of its frill, like bent swords. This dinosaur was a plant-eater that walked on four legs.12

Viviu
hai entre 84 e 72 millóns de anos4
Cretáceo Superior
Fósiles atopados en
Grand Staircase,Escalante National Monument, southern Utah, USA12
Lonxitude
6 a 8 m (20 a 26 ft)2
Peso
1 toneladas a 2 toneladas (2 200 a 4 400 lb)2
Altura
2,4 m (7,9 ft)
estimación
Velocidade máxima
uns 36 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?

Machairoceratops uns 8 m de longo (26 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)Machairoceratopsuns 2,4 m de alto (7,9 ft)Un elefanteuns 3,2 m (10 ft)

estimación

Canto pesaba?

tan pesado coma 1,5 coches
tan longo coma 8 cans do fociño á colatan longo coma 44 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 Machairoceratops comparado CONTIGO?

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Que velocidade alcanzaba?

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Datos curiosos

1

Machairoceratops had two long, forward-curving spikes on the top of its frill, each about 44 cm long. These spikes had a strange groove running from base to tip, and scientists are not sure what it was for.12

2

Its postorbital horns (above the eyes) were about 27 cm long, but they were found detached from the skull, so their exact angle is unknown.1

3

This dinosaur lived about 80 million years ago, during the Late Cretaceous. At that time, a huge sea split North America into two landmasses, and Machairoceratops lived on the western part called Laramidia.12

4

Machairoceratops is known from only one partial skull, found in 2006. The skull includes the braincase, left squamosal, and the unique frill bones.1

5

It was a centrosaurine ceratopsian, a group of horned dinosaurs that usually had large nose horns and fancy frills. Machairoceratops is one of the few centrosaurines found in the southern part of Laramidia.12

6

The name 'cronusi' refers to Cronus, a Greek god who used a curved blade. This matches the bent-sword shape of the dinosaur's frill spikes.1

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As preguntas máis frecuentes sobre Machairoceratops

?How big was Machairoceratops?

Scientists do not know its exact size, but its skull is very close in size to Diabloceratops, another horned dinosaur. It was a medium-sized ceratopsian, probably similar in length to a small car.1

?What did Machairoceratops eat?

It was a plant-eater (herbivore) that walked on four legs and used its beak to eat plants like ferns and cycads.1

?When did Machairoceratops live?

It lived about 80 million years ago, during the Late Cretaceous Period, in what is now Utah, USA.1

?Why does Machairoceratops have bent spikes?

The two long, forward-curving spikes on its frill looked like bent swords, which is how it got its name. Scientists are not sure exactly what they were used for, but they may have been for display or defense.1

Para expertos en dinos

Nome científico
Machairoceratops
Bautizado por
Lund et al. 20164
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
Wahweap4
Países
EUA4
Rexistros fósiles
1 na Paleobiology Database4
Descubrimento
Machairoceratops was named in 2016 by Eric K. Lund and colleagues. The only known fossil was found in 2006 in Grand Staircase,Escalante National Monument, Utah, and is stored at the Natural History Museum of Utah.12
Aínda en debate
Scientists are not sure why the frill spikes have a groove along their length. It might have been for display, or something else.2

De onde veñen os datos

  1. Machairoceratops (en.wikipedia.org)
  2. Paleontologists discover new species of horned dinosaur in southern Utah (nhmu.utah.edu)
  3. PBDB Taxon (paleobiodb.org)
  4. Machairoceratops in The Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0): idade, lugares, formacións rochosas, clasificación.

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