Blikanasaurus
Blikanasaurus was a thick, heavy dinosaur that lived in South Africa during the Late Triassic. It walked on all four legs and was an early relative of the giant long-necked sauropods. Scientists only know it from a few leg bones, so it is still a bit of a mystery.1
Кога живеел?
Колку бил брз?
Забавни факти
Blikanasaurus is only known from a few hindlimb bones, including a partial foot and leg, found at the foot of Blikana Mountain.1
Its leg bones were very thick and heavy, suggesting Blikanasaurus was a sturdy, robust dinosaur that probably walked on all fours.1
Blikanasaurus lived about 210 million years ago, during the Late Triassic period.1
The species name cromptoni honors American paleontologist A.W. 'Fuzz' Crompton, who led many fossil hunts in South Africa.1
Some scientists think Blikanasaurus belongs to its own family called Blikanasauridae, but this is not widely accepted.1

Најчесто поставувани прашања за Blikanasaurus
?How big was Blikanasaurus?
Nobody knows for sure because only a few leg bones have been found. The bones are thick and heavy, so it was a sturdy, robust dinosaur, but its exact size is unknown.1
?What did Blikanasaurus eat?
Blikanasaurus was a herbivore, meaning it ate plants. It is a sauropodomorph, a group of long-necked dinosaurs that mostly ate plants.3
?When did Blikanasaurus live?
Blikanasaurus lived about 210 million years ago, during the Late Triassic period.1
За експерти за диносауруси
- Научно име
- Blikanasaurus
- Именуван од
- Galton and Van Heerden 19855
- Група
- Долговрати
- Фамилија / клада
- Sauropodiformes5
- Класификација
- Sauropodomorpha5
- Старост на карпите
- од 227 до 201 милиони години (Norian / Rhaetian)5
- Карпести формации
- Elliot5
- Земји
- Јужна Африка5
- Пронајдени фосили
- 2 во The Paleobiology Database5
- Откритие
- Blikanasaurus was named in 1985 by Peter Galton and Jacques Van Heerden. The first fossils were found around 1965 at the foot of Blikana Mountain in South Africa.12
- Сè уште се дебатира
- Scientists are not sure exactly how Blikanasaurus is related to other dinosaurs. Some think it is a very early sauropod, while others place it as a more primitive sauropodomorph.1
Од каде доаѓаат фактите
- Blikanasaurus (en.wikipedia.org)
- PBDB Taxon (paleobiodb.org)
- BLIKANASAURUS - DinoChecker dinosaur archive (dinochecker.com)
- wiredspace.wits.ac.za (wiredspace.wits.ac.za)
- Blikanasaurus in The Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0): возраст, места, карпести формации, класификација.
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