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Puertasaurus

O nome significa: “Puerta's lizard, after fossil hunter Pablo Puerta”1
Comía: PlantasPescozos longosCretáceo Superior

Puertasaurus was a giant, long-necked plant-eater that lived in what is now Argentina. It was one of the biggest dinosaurs ever, maybe as long as three school buses parked end to end!1

Viviu
hai entre 84 e 72 millóns de anos3
Cretáceo Superior
Fósiles atopados en
Santa Cruz Province, Patagonia, Argentina1
Lonxitude
27 a 30 m (89 a 98 ft)1
Peso
45 toneladas a 60 toneladas (99 200 a 132 300 lb)1
Altura
6,4 m (21 ft)
estimación
Velocidade máxima
uns 9 km/h (6 mph)
Correr, estimación

Cando viviu?

Triásico
Xurásico
Cretáceo
Hai 252 millóns de anos20114566, o asteroide

Como era de grande?

Canto medía de longo?

Puertasaurus uns 30 m de longo (98 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 cabalouns 1,6 m (5,2 ft)Un elefanteuns 3,2 m (10 ft)Unha xirafauns 5,5 m (18 ft)Puertasaurusuns 6,4 m de alto (21 ft)

estimación

Canto pesaba?

tan pesado coma 10 elefantes
tan longo coma 7 coches aparcados en filatan longo coma 170 plátanos postos un tras outrotan pesado coma 12000 sandíastan pesado coma 75 clases enteiras de nenostan alto que podería asomarse a unha xanela do andar 3podería correr 100 metros en 40 segundos (o humano máis rápido necesita 9,6)

Como era de grande Puertasaurus comparado CONTIGO?

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Que velocidade alcanzaba?

cousas xeniais

Datos curiosos

1

Only four bones of Puertasaurus have been found: one neck bone, one back bone, and two tail bones.1

2

The back bone is the widest known of any sauropod, measuring 1.68 meters (5.5 feet) across.1

3

Puertasaurus lived about 76 to 70 million years ago, during the Late Cretaceous Period.1

4

Its home was a warm, wet forest with lots of rain, where it shared the land with another giant sauropod called Dreadnoughtus.1

5

Scientists are not sure exactly how big Puertasaurus was because so few bones have been found, but they think it was one of the heaviest dinosaurs.1

6

The neck bone of Puertasaurus shows it had strong muscles and ligaments to hold up its huge neck.1

Feito con IAImaxe de Puertasaurus feita con IA
Unha imaxe feita con IA de como podería ser Puertasaurus, 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.
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As preguntas máis frecuentes sobre Puertasaurus

?How big was Puertasaurus?

Scientists are not sure, but estimates range from about 27 to 40 meters long. Most recent estimates put it around 30 meters long and 50 to 60 metric tons.12

?What did Puertasaurus eat?

Puertasaurus was a plant-eater, like all sauropods. It likely ate leaves and other plants from the trees in its forest home.2

?When did Puertasaurus live?

Puertasaurus lived during the Late Cretaceous Period, about 76 to 70 million years ago.21

?Where was Puertasaurus found?

Its bones were found in Argentina, in the Santa Cruz Province of southern Patagonia. Only four bones from one individual have been discovered.12

?Was Puertasaurus bigger than Argentinosaurus?

It is hard to say. Some early estimates made Puertasaurus as big as Argentinosaurus, but later studies suggest it was probably smaller, maybe around 30 meters long, while Argentinosaurus may have reached up to 35 meters long.1

?Why is Puertasaurus famous?

Puertasaurus is famous for being one of the biggest dinosaurs ever, even though we only have four of its bones. Its back bone is the widest known of any sauropod.12

Cazamitos

Mito: Some people think Puertasaurus was the largest dinosaur ever.

Verdade: It was huge, but other titanosaurs like Argentinosaurus and Patagotitan may have been even bigger.1

Para expertos en dinos

Nome científico
Puertasaurus
Bautizado por
Novas et al. 20053
Grupo
Pescozos longos
Familia / clado
Colossosauria3
Clasificación
Sauropodomorpha > Sauropoda > Titanosauria > Macronaria3
Idade das rochas
de 84 a 72 millóns de anos (Campanian)3
Formacións rochosas
Cerro Fortaleza3
Países
Arxentina3
Rexistros fósiles
1 na Paleobiology Database3
Descubrimento
The fossils were found in January 2001 by Pablo Puerta and Santiago Reuil in Argentina. Scientists named it Puertasaurus reuili in 2005.1
Aínda en debate
Scientists debate the exact size of Puertasaurus because only a few bones are known, and different estimates give different lengths and weights.1

De onde veñen os datos

  1. Puertasaurus (en.wikipedia.org)
  2. Puertasaurus | Natural History Museum (nhm.ac.uk)
  3. Puertasaurus in The Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0): idade, lugares, formacións rochosas, clasificación.

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