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Pawpawsaurus

O nome significa: “Pawpaw lizard”1
Comía: PlantasDinos acoirazadosCretáceo Inferior

Pawpawsaurus was a medium-sized armoured dinosaur that lived in what is now Texas, USA, about 100 million years ago. It had a complete skull with bony eyelids, which is rare among its relatives. Scientists used CT scans to study its brain and inner ear, learning how it sensed the world.12

Viviu
hai entre 106 e 100 millóns de anos5
Cretáceo Inferior
Fósiles atopados en
Tarrant County, Texas, USA (Paw Paw Formation)15
Lonxitude
4,5 m (15 ft)1
Peso
350 kg (772 lb)3
Altura
1,3 m (4,3 ft)
estimación
Velocidade máxima
uns 22 km/h (14 mph)
Correr, estimación

Cando viviu?

Triásico
Xurásico
Cretáceo
Hai 252 millóns de anos20114566, o asteroide

Como era de grande?

Canto medía de longo?

Pawpawsaurus uns 4,5 m de longo (15 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 gato domésticouns 0,3 m (1 ft)Un canuns 0,5 m (1,6 ft)Pawpawsaurusuns 1,3 m de alto (4,3 ft)Un cabalouns 1,6 m (5,2 ft)

estimación

Canto pesaba?

tan pesado coma 18 cans
tan longo coma 4 cans do fociño á colatan longo coma 25 plátanos postos un tras outrotan pesado coma 70 sandíastan pesado coma 18 nenos de infantiltan pesado coma 11 nenos de primariapodería correr 100 metros en 16 segundos (o humano máis rápido necesita 9,6)

Como era de grande Pawpawsaurus comparado CONTIGO?

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Que velocidade alcanzaba?

cousas xeniais

Datos curiosos

1

Pawpawsaurus is the only nodosaurid known to have had bony eyelids, which are common in ankylosaurids.1

2

Its brain was about 96 millimetres (3.8 inches) long and 35 millimetres (1.4 inches) wide, which is 30% of the skull length.1

3

CT scans revealed that Pawpawsaurus had hearing similar to modern crocodilians, meaning it did not hear very well.1

4

Its sense of smell was more powerful than many meat-eating dinosaurs of its time, thanks to its large nasal cavities.1

5

The large nasal cavities may have helped cool blood going to the brain, find food, or detect danger.1

6

Pawpawsaurus lived about 105 to 100 million years ago during the Early Cretaceous.15

7

The only known specimen is a complete skull, which was found in 1992 by Cameron Campbell.1

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As preguntas máis frecuentes sobre Pawpawsaurus

?How big was Pawpawsaurus?

It was a medium sized nodosaur, about 4.5 metres (15 feet) long.1

?Did Pawpawsaurus have a club tail?

No, it did not have a club tail. Unlike Ankylosaurus, Pawpawsaurus and its group (Nodosauridae) lacked that weapon.4

?What did Pawpawsaurus eat?

It was a plant-eater. As an ankylosaur, it ate plants, though its exact diet is not known from the skull alone.1

?Could Pawpawsaurus hear well?

No, its hearing was similar to modern crocodilians, meaning it did not hear very well.12

Cazamitos

Mito: Pawpawsaurus is often thought to be a small dinosaur because of its name.

Verdade: Pawpawsaurus was actually a medium-sized dinosaur, measuring about 4.5 metres (15 feet) long.1

Para expertos en dinos

Nome científico
Pawpawsaurus
Bautizado por
Lee 19965
Grupo
Dinos acoirazados
Familia / clado
Nodosauridae5
Clasificación
Ornithischia > Ankylosauria > Nodosauridae > Thyreophora5
Idade das rochas
de 106 a 100 millóns de anos (Albian)5
Formacións rochosas
Paw Paw5
Países
EUA5
Rexistros fósiles
1 na Paleobiology Database5
Descubrimento
Pawpawsaurus was named by Y. N. Lee in 1996 based on a complete skull found in the Paw Paw Formation of Texas in May 1992 by Cameron Campbell.15
Aínda en debate
Scientists debate whether Pawpawsaurus might be the same species as another nodosaurid from the same formation, Texasetes pleurohalio.1

De onde veñen os datos

  1. Pawpawsaurus (en.wikipedia.org)
  2. Endocranial Morphology of the Primitive Nodosaurid Dinosaur Pawpawsaurus campbelli from the Early Cretaceous of North America | PLOS One (journals.plos.org)
  3. PAWPAWSAURUS - DinoChecker dinosaur archive (dinochecker.com)
  4. Early armored dino from Texas lacked cousin's club-tail weapon, but had a nose for danger | EurekAlert! (eurekalert.org)
  5. Pawpawsaurus in The Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0): idade, lugares, formacións rochosas, clasificación.

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