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Brontotholus

Il num vul dir: “thunder dome”1
Mangiava: PlantasChaus a cuplaCretacic tardiv

Brontotholus was a dome-headed dinosaur that lived about 75 million years ago. It walked on two legs and had a thick, bony dome on its skull. This dinosaur was a plant-eater and one of the biggest dome-headed dinosaurs in North America.12

Viveva
avant 84 fin 72 milliuns onns6
Cretacic tardiv
Fossils chattads en
Montana, USA and Alberta, Canada61
Lunghezza
3,8 m (12 ft)1
Paisa
fin 250 kg (551 lb)3
Spertadad maximala
var 43 km/h (27 mph)
Currer, stima

Cura viveva el?

Triassic
Giurassic
Cretacic
avant 252 milliuns onns20114566, l'asteroid

Quant grond era el?

Quant lung era el?

Brontotholus var 3,8 m lung (12 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 grev era el?

uschè grev sco 12 chauns
uschè lung sco 4 chauns dal nas a la cuauschè lung sco 21 bananas ina suenter l'autrauschè grev sco 50 melunasuschè grev sco 13 uffants da scolettauschè grev sco 8 scolarspudess currer 100 meters en 8,4 secundas (il pli spert uman dovra 9,6)

Quant grond era Brontotholus cumpareglià cun TAI?

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

Quant spert era el?

chaussas cool

Fatgs divertents

1

Brontotholus is the third largest dome-headed dinosaur known from North America, after Pachycephalosaurus and Platytholus.1

2

Its name comes from the 1985 movie Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome, because one fossil was found at a place called 'Beyond Thunder Dome'.1

3

The first fossil of Brontotholus was found in 1987 by Bob Makela in Montana.1

4

Scientists know Brontotholus mostly from its skull domes, because the rest of the skeleton is rarely preserved.2

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Brontotholus lived during the Late Cretaceous period, about 75 million years ago.12

6

This dinosaur was a plant-eater, even though its thick dome might make it look like a fighter.6

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The species name harmoni honors Robert 'Bob' Harmon, a fossil preparator at the Museum of the Rockies.1

Fatg cun IAMaletg da Brontotholus fatg cun IA
In maletg fatg cun IA che mussa co Brontotholus 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 Brontotholus

?How big was Brontotholus?

About 3.8 metres (12.5 feet) long. That makes it a dome headed animal, after Pachycephalosaurus and Platytholus.1

?What did Brontotholus eat?

It was a plant-eater, also called an herbivore.4

?When did Brontotholus live?

It lived about 75 million years ago, during the Late Cretaceous period.15

?Where was Brontotholus found?

Fossils were found in Montana, USA, and Alberta, Canada.1

Chatschader da mitus

Mitus: Dome-headed dinosaurs like Brontotholus used their domes for head-butting each other.

Vardad: Scientists are not sure. Some think the domes were for display or species recognition, not for fighting.1

Per experts da dinos

Num scientific
Brontotholus
Numnà da
Woodruff et al. 20256
Gruppa
Chaus a cupla
Famiglia / clada
Pachycephalosauridae6
Classificaziun
Ornithischia > Pachycephalosauria6
Vegliadetgna da la crappa
84 fin 72 milliuns onns (Campanian)6
Formaziuns da crap
Two Medicine, Oldman6
Pajais
USA, Canada6
Chats da fossils
4 en The Paleobiology Database6
Scuverta
Brontotholus was named in 2025 by Woodruff, Horner, Goodwin and Evans. The first fossil was found in 1987 in Montana, but it took many years before scientists realized it was a new species.1
Anc discutà
Scientists are not sure if all five fossils belong to Brontotholus or if some might be other dome-headed dinosaurs.1

Danunder che vegnan ils fatgs

  1. Brontotholus (en.wikipedia.org)
  2. New species of dome-headed dinosaur discovered in Montana - ABC News (abcnews.com)
  3. Brontotholus harmoni | Dinosaur Database by DinoAnimals.com (dinoanimals.com)
  4. BRONTOTHOLUS - DinoChecker dinosaur archive (dinochecker.com)
  5. New dinosaur species discovered in Montana, study says (usatoday.com)
  6. Brontotholus in The Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0): vegliadetgna, lieus, formaziuns da crap, classificaziun.

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