Notoceratops

Erinnya litegeeza: “southern horned face”1

Yalyanga: EbimeraDayinoso ez'amayembeEnkomerero ya Kuretasi

Notoceratops was a plant-eating dinosaur that lived in what is now Argentina, near the end of the Age of Dinosaurs. It is known from just a single piece of jawbone, so scientists are not totally sure what it looked like. Some think it was a horned dinosaur, while others think it might have been a duck-billed dinosaur instead.1 4

Yabeerawo

emyaka obukadde 72 okutuuka ku 66 emabega4

Enkomerero ya Kuretasi

Ebisigalira byazuulibwa mu

Argentina, in the Lago Colhué Huapi area of Chubut Province, from rocks of the Lago Colhué Huapi Formation.1 2

Sipiidi esinga

nga 36 km/h (22 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)

Notoceratops nga 36 km/h (22 mph)

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

Cheetah nga 100 km/h (62 mph)

ebintu ebinyuvu

Ebyewuunyisa

Notoceratops is known from only one incomplete, toothless lower jawbone, and that bone has been lost, so scientists can only study drawings and descriptions.1

The name means 'southern horned face', because it was found in the Southern Hemisphere and was first thought to be a horned dinosaur.1

It lived about 72 to 66 million years ago, during the Maastrichtian age of the Late Cretaceous.2

Some scientists think Notoceratops might actually be a hadrosaur, a duck-billed dinosaur, instead of a horned dinosaur.1

The discovery of another possible horned dinosaur in Australia, called Serendipaceratops, made some scientists think again about Notoceratops being a horned dinosaur.1

A 2014 study looked at the published information about Notoceratops and said the jawbone did have features like a horned dinosaur.1

Ekifaananyi kya Notoceratops ekyakolebwa AI, nga kiraga engeri gye yayinza okuba ng'afaanana, ekyakolebwa kompyuta okusinziira ku ebyo bannassaayansi bye bamanyi. Kuteebereza: ekisolo ekyennyini kiyinza okuba nga kyali kifaanana bulala, era tewali amanyi langi zaakyo ez'amazima.

wabuuza

Ebibuuzo ebisinga okubuuzibwa ku Notoceratops

?What did Notoceratops eat?

Notoceratops was a plant-eater, or herbivore. Its diet is inferred from its classification as an ornithischian dinosaur, which were all herbivores.1 4

?When did Notoceratops live?

Notoceratops lived during the Late Cretaceous Period, about 72 to 66 million years ago, during the Maastrichtian age.1 4

?How big was Notoceratops?

Nobody knows for sure. Only a single toothless jawbone has been found, and it has been lost, so scientists cannot estimate its size.1 3

?Is Notoceratops a dinosaur?

Scientists are uncertain. While originally classified as a ceratopsian dinosaur, the only known fossil was lost, and some researchers now suggest it may have been a hadrosaur or even a non-dinosaurian reptile.1 4

Omumenyi w'enfumo

Enfumo: Some people think Notoceratops was definitely a horned dinosaur like Triceratops.

Amazima: Scientists are not sure. The only fossil is lost, and some experts think it might have been a duck-billed dinosaur instead.1

Eri abakugu mu dayinoso

Erinnya lya ssaayansi: Notoceratops
Yatuumibwa: Tapia 19194
Ekibinja: Dayinoso ez'amayembe
Ekika / ekibinja: Ceratopsia4
Engabanya: Ornithischia > Ceratopsia4
Emyaka gy'enjazi: emyaka obukadde 72 okutuuka ku 66 (Maastrichtian)4
Ensengeka z'enjazi: Lago Colhué Huapi4
Ensi: Arigentina4
Ebisigalira ebyazuulibwa: 1 mu The Paleobiology Database4
Okuzuulibwa: Augusto Tapia found the jawbone in 1918 near Lago Colhué Huapi in Argentina and named it Notoceratops bonarellii. The fossil was later described by Friedrich von Huene in 1929, but it has since been lost.1
Kikyakubaganyizibwako ebirowoozo: Scientists still debate whether Notoceratops was a horned dinosaur or a duck-billed dinosaur, because the only fossil is lost and was incomplete.1

Ebituufu gye biva

Notoceratops (en.wikipedia.org)
PBDB Taxon (paleobiodb.org)
NOTOCERATOPS - DinoChecker dinosaur archive (dinochecker.com)
Notoceratops in The Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0): emyaka, ebifo, ensengeka z'enjazi, engabanya.

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