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Tiantaisaurus

O nome significa: “Tiantai lizard”4
Comía: PlantasDinos emplumados curiososCretáceo Inferior

Tiantaisaurus was a big, plant-eating dinosaur with a birdlike skeleton. It had air pockets inside its back bones, just like birds do today. This made its heavy body lighter and helped it move around.1

Viviu
hai entre 106 e 100 millóns de anos4
Cretáceo Inferior
Fósiles atopados en
Zhejiang Province, China14
Lonxitude
5,5 m (18 ft)2
Altura
3 m (9,8 ft)3
Velocidade máxima
uns 21 km/h (13 mph)
Correr, estimación

Cando viviu?

Triásico
Xurásico
Cretáceo
Hai 252 millóns de anos20114566, o asteroide

Como era de grande?

Canto medía de longo?

Tiantaisaurus uns 5,5 m de longo (18 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 canuns 0,5 m (1,6 ft)Un cabalouns 1,6 m (5,2 ft)Tiantaisaurusuns 3 m de alto (9,8 ft)Un elefanteuns 3,2 m (10 ft)
tan longo coma 6 cans do fociño á colatan longo coma 31 plátanos postos un tras outropodería correr 100 metros en 17 segundos (o humano máis rápido necesita 9,6)

Como era de grande Tiantaisaurus comparado CONTIGO?

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Que velocidade alcanzaba?

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Datos curiosos

1

Tiantaisaurus lived about 106 to 100 million years ago, during the Early Cretaceous period.4

2

Its fossils include twelve neck bones, nine back bones, and twenty-eight tail bones, plus parts of its hips and legs.2

3

The air pockets in its vertebrae are called pneumaticity. They made its skeleton similar to modern bird skeletons.1

4

This dinosaur belongs to a group called therizinosaurs. These weird dinosaurs started out as meat-eaters but later became plant-eaters.1

5

Tiantaisaurus was first described scientifically in 2012 by Qian and colleagues. The fossils were found in 2005 in Zhejiang, China.42

Feito con IAImaxe de Tiantaisaurus feita con IA
Unha imaxe feita con IA de como podería ser Tiantaisaurus, 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 Tiantaisaurus

?How big was Tiantaisaurus?

It was a medium sized dinosaur, but its exact size is not known from the fossils found. Scientists estimate an adult length of about 2 to 3 metres, as the fossils are too incomplete for a precise measurement.4

?What did Tiantaisaurus eat?

It was a plant-eater. Its group, the therizinosaurs, started out as meat-eaters but later evolved to eat plants.1

?Did Tiantaisaurus have feathers?

Yes, it was a feathered theropod. Many therizinosaurs are known to have had feathers, and Tiantaisaurus belonged to that group.4

?When did Tiantaisaurus live?

It lived about 106 to 100 million years ago, during the Early Cretaceous period.4

?Where was Tiantaisaurus found?

Its fossils were found in 2005 in Tiantai, Zhejiang Province, China.1

?Is Tiantaisaurus a dinosaur?

Yes, it is a dinosaur. It belongs to the theropod group called Therizinosauridae.4

?Why did Tiantaisaurus have air pockets in its bones?

The air pockets, called pneumaticity, made its heavy body lighter and helped it move around, similar to modern bird skeletons.1

?Could Tiantaisaurus run fast?

Nobody knows for sure, but the air pockets in its vertebrae helped make it less bulky and more flexible, which might have helped it move.1

Para expertos en dinos

Nome científico
Tiantaisaurus
Bautizado por
Qian et al. 20124
Grupo
Dinos emplumados curiosos
Familia / clado
Therizinosauridae4
Clasificación
Theropoda > Therizinosauria4
Idade das rochas
de 106 a 100 millóns de anos (Albian)4
Formacións rochosas
Laijia4
Países
China4
Rexistros fósiles
1 na Paleobiology Database4
Descubrimento
Tiantaisaurus was discovered in 2005 in Tiantai, Zhejiang, China. It was named by Qian and colleagues in 2012.42
Aínda en debate
Scientists debate whether Tiantaisaurus ate only plants or also some meat, because its therizinosaur relatives changed from meat-eaters to plant-eaters.1

De onde veñen os datos

  1. 欢迎访问《地质学刊》编辑部网站! (journalofgeology1977.com)
  2. Therizinosauroidea (theropoddatabase.com)
  3. Re: Tiantai(o)saurus Dong et al. 2007, missed Chinese therizinosaur? (reptilis.net)
  4. Tiantaisaurus in The Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0): idade, lugares, formacións rochosas, clasificación.

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