Shuangbaisaurus

O nome significa: “Shuangbai lizard, named after Shuangbai County in China”1

Comía: CarneDinos carnívorosXurásico Inferior

Shuangbaisaurus was a meat-eating dinosaur that lived in China about 200 million years ago. It had two ridges on its skull above its eyes, like a pair of eyebrows made of bone.2

Viviu

hai entre 201 e 200 millóns de anos3

Xurásico Inferior

Fósiles atopados en

Liuna Village, Anlongbao Town, Shuangbai County, Yunnan Province, China2

Velocidade máxima

uns 47 km/h (29 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)

Shuangbaisaurus uns 47 km/h (29 mph)

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

Un guepardo uns 100 km/h (62 mph)

cousas xeniais

Datos curiosos

Shuangbaisaurus is known from only one partial skull and part of its lower jaw.1

The skull of Shuangbaisaurus was about 54 centimeters (21 inches) long.2

It had two bony crests that ran along the top edges of its eye sockets, called parasagittal crests.2

Shuangbaisaurus lived during the Early Jurassic Period, about 201 to 199 million years ago.3

Its fossils were found in purple muddy siltstone, which is a type of rock formed from ancient mud.1

The name Shuangbaisaurus comes from Shuangbai County, where the fossil was discovered.1

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

?What did Shuangbaisaurus eat?

Shuangbaisaurus was a meat-eating dinosaur, so it ate other animals. It lived in China about 200 million years ago.1

?How big was Shuangbaisaurus?

Its skull was about 54 centimeters (21 inches) long. Scientists do not know its full body size because only a partial skull has been found.1 2

?Why did Shuangbaisaurus have crests?

Scientists are not sure why it had crests. The crests were thin, paired ridges of bone along the top edges of its eye sockets, and they may have been used for display or to tell species apart.1 2

Para expertos en dinos

Nome científico: Shuangbaisaurus
Bautizado por: Wang et al. 20173
Grupo: Dinos carnívoros
Familia / clado: Theropoda3
Clasificación: Theropoda3
Idade das rochas: de 201 a 200 millóns de anos (Hettangian)3
Formacións rochosas: Fengjiahe3
Países: China3
Rexistros fósiles: 1 na Paleobiology Database3
Descubrimento: Shuangbaisaurus was named in 2017 by Wang Guo-Fu, You Hai-Lu, Pan Shi-Gang, and Wang Tao based on a partial skull found in Yunnan Province, China.1
Aínda en debate: Scientists are not sure exactly how big Shuangbaisaurus was because only a partial skull has been found.1

De onde veñen os datos

Shuangbaisaurus (en.wikipedia.org)
A new crested theropod dinosaur from the Early Jurassic of Yunnan Province, China (ivpp.ac.cn)
Shuangbaisaurus in The Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0): idade, lugares, formacións rochosas, clasificación.

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