Gasparinisaura
Gasparinisaura was a tiny, speedy plant-eater that lived in Argentina during the Late Cretaceous. It had a long tail with special triangular bones and swallowed little stones to help grind up tough plants in its stomach.1
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Gasparinisaura had a rounded head with very large eye sockets placed high on the skull.1
Its tail had low, plate-like triangular bones called chevrons that were expanded toward the back, a feature unique among euornithopods.1
Juvenile Gasparinisaura skeletons were found with clusters of up to 140 polished stones in their bellies, which acted as a gastric mill to grind food.1
The gastroliths made up about 0.3% of the dinosaur's body weight and were about 8 millimetres across on average.1
Gasparinisaura had long hindlimbs with a short thighbone and a long lower leg, making it a fast runner.1
Its first toe bone (metatarsal) was reduced to a splint, a specialized feature for running.1

Ebibuuzo ebisinga okubuuzibwa ku Gasparinisaura
?How big was Gasparinisaura?
Gasparinisaura was about 1.7 metres (5.6 ft) long and weighed about 13 kilograms (29 lb).1
?What did Gasparinisaura eat?
Gasparinisaura was a herbivore, meaning it ate plants. It swallowed small stones to help grind up tough plant material in its stomach.12
?When did Gasparinisaura live?
Gasparinisaura lived during the Late Cretaceous, about 86 to 71 million years ago.2
?Where was Gasparinisaura found?
Gasparinisaura fossils were found in Argentina, near the city of Cinco Saltos in Río Negro Province.1
?Why did Gasparinisaura swallow stones?
Gasparinisaura swallowed stones, called gastroliths, to help grind up tough plants in its stomach, like a bird's gizzard.13
?Was Gasparinisaura a fast runner?
Yes, Gasparinisaura had long hindlimbs with a short thighbone and a long lower leg, which made it a fast runner.1
Eri abakugu mu dayinoso
- Erinnya lya ssaayansi
- Gasparinisaura
- Yatuumibwa
- Coria and Salgado 19964
- Ekibinja
- Ezirya ebimera ez'omumwa ng'ogw'ekinyonyi
- Ekika / ekibinja
- Elasmaria4
- Engabanya
- Ornithischia > Ornithopoda > Iguanodontia4
- Emyaka gy'enjazi
- emyaka obukadde 84 okutuuka ku 72 (Campanian)4
- Ensengeka z'enjazi
- Anacleto4
- Ensi
- Arigentina4
- Ebisigalira ebyazuulibwa
- 3 mu The Paleobiology Database4
- Okuzuulibwa
- The first fossils were found in 1992 near Cinco Saltos, Argentina. The dinosaur was named and described in 1996 by Rodolfo Coria and Leonardo Salgado, who honored paleontologist Zulma Brandoni de Gasparini.1
- Kikyakubaganyizibwako ebirowoozo
- Scientists are still debating exactly where Gasparinisaura fits in the dinosaur family tree. Some studies place it as a basal member of the group Elasmaria, but its exact relationships are not fully settled.1
Ebituufu gye biva
- Gasparinisaura (en.wikipedia.org)
- Gasparinisaura | Natural History Museum (nhm.ac.uk)
- Brief report: Gastroliths in an ornithopod dinosaur (app.pan.pl)
- Gasparinisaura in The Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0): emyaka, ebifo, ensengeka z'enjazi, engabanya.
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