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Albertonykus

Il num vul dir: “Alberta claw”1

Mangiava: InsectsDinos curius cun plimasCretacic tardiv

Albertonykus was a tiny dinosaur that used its strong, short arms to dig into insect nests for food. It was one of the smallest meat-eating dinosaurs ever found in North America, about as long as a big cat.2 3

Viveva

avant 72 fin 66 milliuns onns4

Cretacic tardiv

Fossils chattads en

Horseshoe Canyon Formation, Alberta, Canada, and possibly the Hell Creek Formation, USA1 3

Lunghezza

1,1 m (3,6 ft)2

Paisa

5 kg (11 lb)2

Autezza

0,45 m (1,5 ft)

stima

Spertadad maximala

var 34 km/h (21 mph)

Currer, stima

Cura viveva el?

Triassic

Giurassic

Cretacic

avant 252 milliuns onns20114566, l'asteroid

Quant grond era el?

Quant lung era el?

Quant aut era el?

stima

Quant grev era el?

uschè grev sco 1 giats da chasa

uschè lung sco 2 giats da chasa dal nas a la cuauschè lung sco 6 bananas ina suenter l'autravar uschè grev sco in giat da chasauschè grev sco 42 bananaspudess currer 100 meters en 11 secundas (il pli spert uman dovra 9,6)

Quant grond era Albertonykus cumpareglià cun TAI?

Mo matematica en tes navigatur. Nagut na vegn arcunà u tramess.

Quant spert era el?

Ina persuna che va a pe var 5 km/h (3 mph)

In uffant sin il velo var 12 km/h (7 mph)

Albertonykus var 34 km/h (21 mph)

In chaval che galoppescha var 65 km/h (40 mph)

In gepard var 100 km/h (62 mph)

chaussas cool

Fatgs divertents

Albertonykus is the smallest alvarezsaur ever found in North America, measuring only 1.1 metres (3.6 feet) long.2

Its arms were very short but extremely strong, with a huge claw on the thumb for digging.3

Scientists think Albertonykus ate wood-nesting termites because fossil wood from its time contains termite-like tunnels.3

It lived about 72 to 66 million years ago, during the Late Cretaceous period.1

Albertonykus had long, slender legs and could probably run fast to escape predators.3

Its fossils were found in the same bonebed as the giant predator Albertosaurus.3

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tias dumondas

Las dumondas las pli frequentas davart Albertonykus

?How big was Albertonykus?

Albertonykus was about 1.1 metres (3.6 feet) long and weighed around 5 kilograms (11 pounds), making it the smallest alvarezsaur ever found in North America.2

?What did Albertonykus eat?

Scientists think Albertonykus ate wood-nesting termites. It used its strong thumb claw to tear open rotten logs and dig into insect nests.2 3

?When did Albertonykus live?

Albertonykus lived about 68.5 million years ago, during the Late Cretaceous period.2

?Is Albertonykus a dinosaur?

Yes, Albertonykus is a dinosaur. It is a type of theropod called an alvarezsaurid.2

Chatschader da mitus

Mitus: Some people think Albertonykus used its claws to dig burrows like a mole.

Vardad: Its arms were too short and its legs too long for burrowing. Instead, it used its claws to tear open insect nests.3

Per experts da dinos

Num scientific: Albertonykus
Numnà da: Longrich and Currie 20094
Gruppa: Dinos curius cun plimas
Famiglia / clada: Alvarezsauridae4
Classificaziun: Theropoda > Alvarezsauridae4
Vegliadetgna da la crappa: 72 fin 66 milliuns onns (Maastrichtian)4
Formaziuns da crap: Horseshoe Canyon, Hell Creek4
Pajais: Canada, USA4
Chats da fossils: 2 en The Paleobiology Database4
Scuverta: Albertonykus was named in 2009 by Nicholas Longrich and Philip Currie based on fossils from the Horseshoe Canyon Formation in Alberta, Canada.1 3
Anc discutà: Scientists are not sure if Albertonykus was more closely related to Asian alvarezsaurs like Mononykus or to South American ones.3

Danunder che vegnan ils fatgs

PBDB Taxon (paleobiodb.org)
Albertonykus (en.wikipedia.org)
Albertonykus borealis , a new alvarezsaur (Dinosauria: Theropoda) from the Early Maastrichtian of Alberta, Canada: implications for the systematics and ecology of the Alvarezsauridae (sciencedirect.com)
Albertonykus in The Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0): vegliadetgna, lieus, formaziuns da crap, classificaziun.

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