Mesetasaurus

O nome significa: “Meseta de Artigas lizard”1

Comía: PlantasPescozos longosCretáceo Superior

Mesetasaurus was a long-necked plant-eater that lived in what is now Uruguay. It is known from two well-preserved tail bones that were found in the 1980s. This dinosaur was a type of titanosaur, a group of huge sauropods.1 2

Viviu

hai entre 86 e 72 millóns de anos4

Cretáceo Superior

Fósiles atopados en

Paysandú Department, Uruguay1 2

Velocidade máxima

uns 15 km/h (9 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)

Mesetasaurus uns 15 km/h (9 mph)

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

Un guepardo uns 100 km/h (62 mph)

cousas xeniais

Datos curiosos

Mesetasaurus is the second non-bird dinosaur ever described from Uruguay.1

Its fossils were found on a plateau called Meseta de Artigas, which gave the dinosaur its name.1 2

The only known bones are two tail vertebrae, which are very well preserved.1 2

Mesetasaurus belonged to a group called Aeolosaurini, which lived in South America during the Late Cretaceous.1 3

Scientists think Mesetasaurus lived between about 85 and 72 million years ago.3

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

?How big was Mesetasaurus?

Nobody knows for sure. Only two tail bones have been found, so scientists cannot estimate its full size.1

?What did Mesetasaurus eat?

It was a plant eater. As a titanosaurian, it ate plants.1

?When did Mesetasaurus live?

It lived during the Late Cretaceous, probably between about 85 and 72 million years ago.1

?Where was Mesetasaurus found?

Its fossils were found in the Guichón Formation of Paysandú Department, Uruguay.1

Para expertos en dinos

Nome científico: Mesetasaurus
Bautizado por: Soto Núñez et al. 20264
Grupo: Pescozos longos
Familia / clado: Aeolosaurini4
Clasificación: Sauropodomorpha > Sauropoda > Titanosauria > Macronaria4
Idade das rochas: de 86 a 72 millóns de anos (Santonian / Campanian)4
Formacións rochosas: Guichón4
Países: Uruguai4
Rexistros fósiles: 1 na Paleobiology Database4
Descubrimento: Mesetasaurus was named by Matías Soto Núñez and colleagues in 2026. The two tail bones were found in the 1980s in the Guichón Formation of Uruguay.1 2
Aínda en debate: Because only two tail bones have been found, scientists are not sure about the exact size or full appearance of Mesetasaurus.1 2

De onde veñen os datos

Mesetasaurus (en.wikipedia.org)
Manuscript LSID: urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:070DE7BE-8486-43F7-930B-8B6B90439258 Genus LSID: urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:2AA8934F-021E-46F1-9F98-893629A66E6F Species LSID urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:061C5A20-06A7-4B1A-ADCA-CC472978910C (ameghiniana.org.ar)
PBDB Taxon (paleobiodb.org)
Mesetasaurus in The Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0): idade, lugares, formacións rochosas, clasificación.

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