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Vectaerovenator

O nome significa: “unexpected Isle of Wight air-filled hunter”1
Comía: CarneDinos carnívorosCretáceo Inferior

Vectaerovenator was a medium-sized meat-eating dinosaur that lived about 115 million years ago. Its bones were full of air pockets, like a bird's, which made its skeleton lighter. It was discovered on a beach in England, surprising scientists because such dinosaurs are rare in those rocks.15

Viviu
hai entre 120 e 113 millóns de anos5
Cretáceo Inferior
Fósiles atopados en
Knock Cliff, Isle of Wight, United Kingdom51
Lonxitude
4 m (13 ft)23
Peso
200 kg (441 lb)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?

Vectaerovenator uns 4 m de longo (13 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 pesaba?

tan pesado coma 10 cans
tan longo coma 4 cans do fociño á colatan longo coma 22 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 Vectaerovenator comparado CONTIGO?

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Que velocidade alcanzaba?

cousas xeniais

Datos curiosos

1

Vectaerovenator's name means 'unexpected Isle of Wight air-filled hunter' because it was a surprise find in rocks that rarely contain dinosaur fossils.1

2

Its vertebrae had large air spaces, called camerae, which are also seen in birds and some other theropods.1

3

The only known fossils are a few neck and back bones, plus a rib, found on a beach at Knock Cliff.1

4

It lived during the Aptian age of the Early Cretaceous, about 119 to 113 million years ago.5

5

Vectaerovenator is the first named theropod dinosaur from the Aptian of Europe that scientists consider a valid species.1

6

Scientists are not sure exactly which group of theropods Vectaerovenator belongs to, because its bones show a mix of features from different families.1

7

The fossils were discovered by a group of fossil hunters and later studied by researchers who named the dinosaur in 2020.1

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

?How big was Vectaerovenator?

About 4 metres (13 feet) long, based on the vertebrae. It was not fully grown, so adults may have been somewhat larger.24

?What did Vectaerovenator eat?

It was a meat-eating theropod dinosaur, so it ate other animals. Its exact diet is not known from the few bones found.2

?When did Vectaerovenator live?

It lived during the late Aptian age of the Early Cretaceous period, about 115 million years ago.24

?Where was Vectaerovenator found?

Its fossils were found on a beach at Knock Cliff on the Isle of Wight, England, in rocks that were once a shallow sea.24

Para expertos en dinos

Nome científico
Vectaerovenator
Bautizado por
Barker et al. 20205
Grupo
Dinos carnívoros
Familia / clado
Tetanurae5
Clasificación
Theropoda5
Idade das rochas
de 120 a 113 millóns de anos (Aptian)5
Formacións rochosas
Ferruginous Sands5
Países
Reino Unido5
Rexistros fósiles
1 na Paleobiology Database5
Descubrimento
Vectaerovenator was named in 2020 by Chris Barker and colleagues based on vertebrae found on the foreshore near Knock Cliff on the Isle of Wight, UK. The fossils were collected by several people and are now kept at Dinosaur Isle Museum.1
Aínda en debate
Scientists are unsure whether Vectaerovenator was a type of tyrannosauroid, megalosauroid, or allosauroid because its bones have features of many different groups.1

De onde veñen os datos

  1. A highly pneumatic middle Cretaceous theropod from the British Lower Greensand (onlinelibrary.wiley.com)
  2. Vectaerovenator (en.wikipedia.org)
  3. Vectaerovenator inopinatus | Dinosaur Database by DinoAnimals.com (dinoanimals.com)
  4. New species of dinosaur discovered on Isle of Wight (phys.org)
  5. Vectaerovenator in The Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0): idade, lugares, formacións rochosas, clasificación.

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