Datonglong

Erinnya litegeeza: “Datong dragon, after the city of Datong in China”1

Yalyanga: EbimeraEzirya ebimera ez'omumwa ng'ogw'ekinyonyiEnkomerero ya Kuretasi

Datonglong was a plant-eating dinosaur that lived in what is now China during the Late Cretaceous. It had a special jaw with two teeth in each tooth spot, which helped it chew tough plants.1 2

Yabeerawo

emyaka obukadde 100 okutuuka ku 72 emabega4

Enkomerero ya Kuretasi

Ebisigalira byazuulibwa mu

Shanxi Province, China3 1

Sipiidi esinga

nga 41 km/h (25 mph)

Okudduka, kuteebereza

Yabeerawo ddi?

Tiriyasi

Jurasiki

Kuretasi

Emyaka obukadde 252 emabega20114566, asteroyidi

Yali wa mbiro kwenkana wa?

Omuntu atambula nga 5 km/h (3 mph)

Omwana ku kagaali nga 12 km/h (7 mph)

Datonglong nga 41 km/h (25 mph)

Embalaasi edduka ennyo nga 65 km/h (40 mph)

Cheetah nga 100 km/h (62 mph)

ebintu ebinyuvu

Ebyewuunyisa

Datonglong had two functional teeth in each tooth socket, which is different from most other hadrosauroids.2

The only known fossil of Datonglong is a piece of its lower jaw, called a dentary, which is 34 centimeters (13 inches) long.1

Its teeth could be up to 5.5 centimeters (2.2 inches) tall, even before they fully grew in.1

Datonglong lived between about 100 and 72 million years ago, during the Late Cretaceous period.3

The name Datonglong means 'Datong dragon', after the city of Datong in China where the fossil was found.1

Datonglong is a hadrosauroid, meaning it is closely related to duck-billed dinosaurs but not a true hadrosaurid.1

The fossil was discovered in 2008 by a team from the Shanxi Museum of Geological and Mineral Science and Technology.1

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wabuuza

Ebibuuzo ebisinga okubuuzibwa ku Datonglong

?What did Datonglong eat?

It was a plant-eater. Its special jaw with two teeth in each spot helped it chew tough plants.1

?How big was Datonglong?

Nobody knows for sure because only a piece of its lower jaw, 34 centimetres (13 inches) long, has been found. Scientists cannot estimate its full size from just that.1

?When did Datonglong live?

It lived during the Late Cretaceous period, roughly between 95 and 80 million years ago.1

Eri abakugu mu dayinoso

Erinnya lya ssaayansi: Datonglong
Yatuumibwa: Xu et al. 20164
Ekibinja: Ezirya ebimera ez'omumwa ng'ogw'ekinyonyi
Ekika / ekibinja: Hadrosauroidea4
Engabanya: Ornithischia > Ornithopoda > Iguanodontia4
Emyaka gy'enjazi: emyaka obukadde 100 okutuuka ku 72 (Cenomanian / Campanian)4
Ensengeka z'enjazi: Huiquanpu4
Ensi: Cayina4
Ebisigalira ebyazuulibwa: 1 mu The Paleobiology Database4
Okuzuulibwa: Datonglong was named and described in 2016 by Xu Shicha and colleagues, based on a lower jaw found in the Huiquanpu Formation of Shanxi, China.1 2
Kikyakubaganyizibwako ebirowoozo: Scientists are not sure exactly how old the Datonglong fossil is, but it likely dates from between 100 and 72 million years ago.1

Ebituufu gye biva

Datonglong (en.wikipedia.org)
A New Hadrosauroid Dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous of Tianzhen, Shanxi Province, China (vertpala.ac.cn)
PBDB Taxon (paleobiodb.org)
Datonglong in The Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0): emyaka, ebifo, ensengeka z'enjazi, engabanya.

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