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Zalmoxes

O nome significa: “named after Zalmoxis, a god in ancient Dacian mythology”1
Comía: PlantasHerbívoros con bicoCretáceo Superior

Zalmoxes was a small, plant-eating dinosaur that lived on an island called Hateg, in what is now Romania. It walked on two legs, had a beak, and ate tough plants. It was about the size of a small car, but some were even smaller!1

Viviu
hai entre 84 e 66 millóns de anos4
Cretáceo Superior
Fósiles atopados en
Fossils found in Romania, in the Hateg Island region, including the Sânpetru, Sebes, and Densuș-Ciula formations.14
Lonxitude
2 a 2,9 m (6,6 a 9,5 ft)1
Peso
45 kg (99 lb)1
Altura
0,91 m (3 ft)
estimación
Velocidade máxima
uns 44 km/h (27 mph)
Correr, estimación

Cando viviu?

Triásico
Xurásico
Cretáceo
Hai 252 millóns de anos20114566, o asteroide

Como era de grande?

Canto medía de longo?

Zalmoxes uns 2,9 m de longo (9,5 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 gato domésticouns 0,3 m (1 ft)Un canuns 0,5 m (1,6 ft)Zalmoxesuns 0,91 m de alto (3 ft)Un cabalouns 1,6 m (5,2 ft)

estimación

Canto pesaba?

tan pesado coma 2 cans
tan longo coma 3 cans do fociño á colatan longo coma 16 plátanos postos un tras outrotan pesado coma 11 gatos domésticostan pesado coma 9 sandíastan pesado coma 2,5 nenos de infantiltan pesado coma 1,5 nenos de primariapodería correr 100 metros en 8,2 segundos (o humano máis rápido necesita 9,6)

Como era de grande Zalmoxes comparado CONTIGO?

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Que velocidade alcanzaba?

cousas xeniais

Datos curiosos

1

Zalmoxes had a slow growth rate and a long growth period, which is different from many other dinosaurs.1

2

It lived on an island, and scientists think it might have been smaller than its relatives because of island dwarfism, though some think it was already small.1

3

Zalmoxes had a large triangular head and a beak, which helped it eat tough plants.1

4

Fossils of Zalmoxes have been found in Austria and France too, not just Romania.4

5

One species of Zalmoxes, called Z. shqiperorum, was later reclassified as a different type of dinosaur, a ceratopsian, not an ornithopod.1

6

Zalmoxes was one of the most common vertebrates in Transylvania during the latest Cretaceous period.1

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?How big was Zalmoxes?

Zalmoxes was small, with adults of Z. robustus reaching about 2.5 metres (8.2 feet) long and weighing about 45 kilograms (99 pounds). An unnamed species grew to about 2.9 metres (9.5 feet) long.1

?What did Zalmoxes eat?

Zalmoxes ate tough, fibrous plants like soft shoots, horsetails, angiosperms, pteridophytes, and ferns. It had a beak and could process C3 plants.1

?When did Zalmoxes live?

Zalmoxes lived during the Maastrichtian age of the Late Cretaceous, about 70 to 66 million years ago. It was one of the most common vertebrates in Transylvania at that time.13

?Where was Zalmoxes found?

Fossils of Zalmoxes have been found in Romania, specifically in the Hateg Basin of Transylvania. Some sources also mention finds in Austria and France, but the main site is Romania.13

?Was Zalmoxes a dinosaur?

Yes, Zalmoxes was a dinosaur, specifically a small ornithopod. It is classified as a probable rhabdodontid ornithopod, not a ceratopsian, though one species was later reclassified.13

?Why was Zalmoxes small?

Scientists once thought Zalmoxes was small due to island dwarfism, but later studies suggest it was already close to the size of its ancestors. Some related species were larger or smaller due to island effects.1

Cazamitos

Mito: Some people think Zalmoxes was a dwarf dinosaur because it lived on an island.

Verdade: Scientists now think Zalmoxes was already small, and its larger relative Rhabdodon had island gigantism, while a smaller relative Mochlodon had island dwarfism.1

Para expertos en dinos

Nome científico
Zalmoxes
Bautizado por
Weishampel et al. 20034
Grupo
Herbívoros con bico
Familia / clado
Rhabdodontoidea4
Clasificación
Ornithischia > Ornithopoda > Iguanodontia4
Idade das rochas
de 84 a 66 millóns de anos (Campanian / Maastrichtian)4
Formacións rochosas
Sebeş, Sînpetru, Densuș-Ciula4
Países
Romanía, Austria, Francia4
Rexistros fósiles
44 na Paleobiology Database4
Tamén coñecido como
Onychosaurus (nomes antigos que agora contan como o mesmo animal)4
Descubrimento
The first fossils were named Mochlodon robustus by Baron Franz Nopcsa in 1899. In 2003, scientists renamed them Zalmoxes robustus after studying new remains.12
Aínda en debate
Scientists still debate whether Zalmoxes was a dwarf species or just naturally small, and how it is related to other similar dinosaurs.1

De onde veñen os datos

  1. Zalmoxes (en.wikipedia.org)
  2. Osteology and phylogeny of Zalmoxes (n. g.), an unusual Euornithopod dinosaur from the latest Cretaceous of Romania (tandfonline.com)
  3. Zalmoxes | Natural History Museum (nhm.ac.uk)
  4. Zalmoxes in The Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0): idade, lugares, formacións rochosas, clasificación.

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