Siamodon

O nome significa: “Siam tooth”1

Comía: PlantasHerbívoros con bicoCretáceo Inferior

Siamodon was a plant-eating dinosaur that lived in what is now Thailand. It had a beak and strong cheek teeth to chew tough plants. This dinosaur was about the size of a cow.2 1

Viviu

hai entre 121 e 113 millóns de anos4

Cretáceo Inferior

Fósiles atopados en

Ban Saphan Hin, Nakhon Ratchasima Province, northeastern Thailand4

Velocidade máxima

uns 41 km/h (25 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)

Siamodon uns 41 km/h (25 mph)

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

Un guepardo uns 100 km/h (62 mph)

cousas xeniais

Datos curiosos

Siamodon is known from a nearly complete left upper jaw bone called a maxilla, which held several teeth.4

Scientists also found an isolated tooth and a braincase that they think belong to Siamodon.1

Siamodon lived during the Aptian age of the Early Cretaceous, about 125 to 113 million years ago.2

Siamodon was an advanced iguanodontian, a group of plant-eating dinosaurs that are close relatives of the duck-billed hadrosaurs.1

The fossils of Siamodon were found in the Khok Kruat Formation, a rock layer that was once a river floodplain.4 1

Siamodon was a ground-dwelling dinosaur that walked on four legs but could probably rear up on two legs to reach higher plants.2

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

?What did Siamodon eat?

Siamodon was a plant-eater. It had a beak and strong cheek teeth to chew tough plants.3

?How big was Siamodon?

Siamodon was about the size of a cow. Its upper jaw bone was 230 millimeters long.3

?When did Siamodon live?

Siamodon lived during the Aptian age of the Early Cretaceous, about 125 to 113 million years ago.3

Para expertos en dinos

Nome científico: Siamodon
Bautizado por: Buffetaut and Suteethorn 20114
Grupo: Herbívoros con bico
Familia / clado: Hadrosauriformes4
Clasificación: Ornithischia > Ornithopoda > Iguanodontia4
Idade das rochas: de 121 a 113 millóns de anos (Aptian)4
Formacións rochosas: Khok Kruat4
Países: Tailandia4
Rexistros fósiles: 1 na Paleobiology Database4
Descubrimento: Siamodon was named by French paleontologist Eric Buffetaut and Thai paleontologist Varavudh Suteethorn in 2011. They described it from a well-preserved upper jaw found in northeastern Thailand.4 1
Aínda en debate: Scientists are not sure exactly how big Siamodon was, because only a few bones have been found so far.2

De onde veñen os datos

A new iguanodontian dinosaur from the Khok Kruat Formation (Early Cretaceous, Aptian) of northeastern Thailand - EM consulte (em-consulte.com)
PBDB Taxon (paleobiodb.org)
Siamodon (en.wikipedia.org)
Siamodon in The Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0): idade, lugares, formacións rochosas, clasificación.

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