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Timimus

O nome significa: “Tim's mimic”1
Comía: CarneTiranosaurosCretáceo Inferior a Cretáceo Superior

Timimus was a small, fast-running dinosaur that lived in ancient polar forests in Australia. It had long legs and sharp teeth, and it hunted smaller animals. Scientists used to think it was an ostrich mimic, but now they think it might be an early relative of T. rex!15

Viviu
hai entre 113 e 94 millóns de anos5
Cretáceo Inferior a Cretáceo Superior
Fósiles atopados en
Victoria, Australia (Dinosaur Cove East site, Eumeralla Formation)12
Lonxitude
2,5 a 4,3 m (8,2 a 14 ft)1
Peso
ata 200 kg (441 lb)1
Altura
1,5 m (4,9 ft)3
Velocidade máxima
uns 49 km/h (30 mph)
Correr, estimación

Cando viviu?

Triásico
Xurásico
Cretáceo
Hai 252 millóns de anos20114566, o asteroide

Como era de grande?

Canto medía de longo?

Timimus uns 4,3 m de longo (14 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)Timimusuns 1,5 m de alto (4,9 ft)Un cabalouns 1,6 m (5,2 ft)Un elefanteuns 3,2 m (10 ft)

Canto pesaba?

tan pesado coma 10 cans
tan longo coma 4 cans do fociño á colatan longo coma 24 plátanos postos un tras outrotan pesado coma 40 sandíastan pesado coma 11 nenos de infantiltan pesado coma 6 nenos de primariapodería correr 100 metros en 7,3 segundos (o humano máis rápido necesita 9,6)

Como era de grande Timimus comparado CONTIGO?

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Que velocidade alcanzaba?

cousas xeniais

Datos curiosos

1

Timimus lived about 106 million years ago, during the Early Cretaceous, in a polar region that had cold, dark winters.1

2

Its thighbone (femur) is 44 cm long, and scientists think the adult animal was about 2.5 to 4.3 metres long.1

3

The name Timimus honors both the discoverers' son Timothy Rich and paleontologist Tim Flannery.1

4

A study of its bone microstructure suggests Timimus may have hibernated during the cold, dark winter months.1

5

The holotype specimen is a single left thighbone (femur) from an adult, found in 1991 at Dinosaur Cove in Victoria, Australia.12

6

Scientists are not sure exactly what kind of dinosaur Timimus was. It was first thought to be an ornithomimosaur (ostrich mimic), but now many think it might be a tyrannosauroid, an early relative of Tyrannosaurus rex.15

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As preguntas máis frecuentes sobre Timimus

?How big was Timimus?

Timimus was about 2.5 to 4.3 metres long and weighed around 200 kg. It stood about 1.2 metres tall at the hips.14

?Did Timimus have feathers?

Scientists think Timimus may have had a partial covering of feathers or proto-feathers, especially since it lived in a cold polar climate. However, no direct fossil evidence of feathers has been found.4

?Could Timimus hibernate?

Yes, a study of its bone microstructure suggests Timimus may have hibernated during the cold, dark winter months. Its bones show a stop-start growth pattern, unlike some other dinosaurs from the same area.14

Cazamitos

Mito: Timimus was an ostrich-like dinosaur that ran very fast and ate plants.

Verdade: Timimus was originally thought to be an ornithomimosaur (ostrich mimic), but newer studies suggest it was a carnivorous theropod, possibly a tyrannosauroid. It was a meat-eater, not a plant-eater.1

Para expertos en dinos

Nome científico
Timimus
Bautizado por
Rich and Vickers-Rich 19945
Grupo
Tiranosauros
Familia / clado
Tyrannosauroidea5
Clasificación
Theropoda > Tyrannosauroidea5
Idade das rochas
de 113 a 94 millóns de anos (Albian / Cenomanian)5
Formacións rochosas
Eumeralla, Griman Creek5
Países
Australia5
Rexistros fósiles
2 na Paleobiology Database5
Descubrimento
Timimus was named in 1993/1994 by Dr. Thomas Rich and his wife Patricia Vickers-Rich. The fossils were found in 1991 at Dinosaur Cove East in Victoria, Australia. The species name hermani honors volunteer John Herman.12
Aínda en debate
Scientists still debate whether Timimus is a tyrannosauroid, a dromaeosaurid, or a different kind of coelurosaur. Some even consider it a nomen dubium (doubtful name) because the fossils are so incomplete.1

De onde veñen os datos

  1. Timimus (en.wikipedia.org)
  2. Timimus hermani Rich & Vickers-Rich, 1994 (collections.museumsvictoria.com.au)
  3. TIMIMUS - DinoChecker dinosaur archive (dinochecker.com)
  4. Timimus | Swift Tyrannosauroid of Early Cretaceous Australia (thedinosaurs.org)
  5. Timimus in The Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0): idade, lugares, formacións rochosas, clasificación.

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