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Animantarx

Il num vul dir: “living citadel”1
Mangiava: PlantasDinos cun armaduraCretacic tempriv

Animantarx was a slow-moving, plant-eating dinosaur covered in heavy armor like a tank. It had no club on its tail, unlike some of its relatives. This dinosaur was discovered using a Geiger counter because its bones were slightly radioactive!12

Viveva
avant 121 fin 100 milliuns onns4
Cretacic tempriv
Fossils chattads en
Mussentuchit Member of the Cedar Mountain Formation, Utah, USA1
Lunghezza
fin 3 m (9,8 ft)1
Paisa
fin 454 kg (1 000 lb)2
Autezza
fin 1,07 m (3,5 ft)2
Spertadad maximala
var 21 km/h (13 mph)
Currer, stima

Cura viveva el?

Triassic
Giurassic
Cretacic
avant 252 milliuns onns20114566, l'asteroid

Quant grond era el?

Quant lung era el?

Animantarx var 3 m lung (9,8 ft)In velo da creschids var 1,8 m (5,9 ft)In auto var 4,5 m (15 ft)In elefant, il pli grond animal da terra dad oz var 6,5 m (21 ft)

Quant aut era el?

In giat da chasavar 0,3 m (1 ft)In chaunvar 0,5 m (1,6 ft)Animantarxvar 1,07 m aut (3,5 ft)In chavalvar 1,6 m (5,2 ft)

Quant grev era el?

uschè grev sco 23 chauns
uschè lung sco 3 chauns dal nas a la cuauschè lung sco 17 bananas ina suenter l'autrauschè grev sco 91 melunasuschè grev sco 24 uffants da scolettauschè grev sco 14 scolarspudess currer 100 meters en 17 secundas (il pli spert uman dovra 9,6)

Quant grond era Animantarx cumpareglià cun TAI?

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

Quant spert era el?

chaussas cool

Fatgs divertents

1

Animantarx was the first dinosaur discovered using only technology,a Geiger counter detected its radioactive bones underground.2

2

Its name means 'living citadel' because its heavy armor made it almost impossible for predators to attack.1

3

Only one specimen of Animantarx has ever been found, including the lower jaw, back of the skull, neck and back vertebrae, and parts of the legs.1

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Animantarx lived about 106 to 97 million years ago during the Early and Late Cretaceous periods.1

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Its skull was highly domed on top, and it had small horns on the bones behind its eyes and on its cheekbones.1

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The lower jaw of Animantarx was only armored on half its length, which is a unique feature among its relatives.1

Fatg cun IAMaletg da Animantarx fatg cun IA
In maletg fatg cun IA che mussa co Animantarx pudess avair guardà ora, fatg d'in computer tenor quai che la scienza sa. I sa tracta d'ina supposiziun: l'animal vair ha forsa guardà ora auter, e sias colurs vairas èn nunenconuschentas.
tias dumondas

Las dumondas las pli frequentas davart Animantarx

?How big was Animantarx?

About 3 metres long. Its skull was about 25 centimetres long.1

?What did Animantarx eat?

It was a plant-eater. It ate low-growing plants like ferns and shrubs.3

?Did Animantarx have a tail club?

No, it did not have a tail club. Unlike some of its relatives, it only had heavy armor on its body.1

?How was Animantarx discovered?

It was found using a Geiger counter that detected the radioactivity of its bones. No bones were showing on the surface.1

?Where did Animantarx live?

It lived in what is now Utah, USA, about 106 to 97 million years ago. The area was a floodplain with rivers and swamps.1

?Is Animantarx a dinosaur?

Yes, it is a dinosaur. It is a type of nodosaurid ankylosaur, which is an armored, plant-eating dinosaur.1

Per experts da dinos

Num scientific
Animantarx
Numnà da
Carpenter et al. 19994
Gruppa
Dinos cun armadura
Famiglia / clada
Nodosauridae4
Classificaziun
Ornithischia > Ankylosauria > Nodosauridae > Thyreophora4
Vegliadetgna da la crappa
121 fin 100 milliuns onns (Aptian / Albian)4
Formaziuns da crap
Cedar Mountain4
Pajais
USA4
Chats da fossils
1 en The Paleobiology Database4
Scuverta
Animantarx was discovered by Ramal Jones, a retired radiologist, in 1999. He used a Geiger counter to find the radioactive bones in the Cedar Mountain Formation of Utah. The species was named after him by Carpenter and colleagues.12
Anc discutà
Scientists are not sure exactly how Animantarx is related to other nodosaurid dinosaurs. Some studies suggest it is closely related to Edmontonia, but its exact place in the family tree is still debated.1

Danunder che vegnan ils fatgs

  1. Animantarx (en.wikipedia.org)
  2. Animantarx ramaljonesi (eastern.usu.edu)
  3. Animantarx - Dinosaur Dictionary (dinosaurdictionary.com)
  4. Animantarx in The Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0): vegliadetgna, lieus, formaziuns da crap, classificaziun.

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