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Erketu

Il num vul dir: “named after Erketu, a Mongolian god”1

Mangiava: PlantasCuliezs lungsCretacic tardiv

Erketu was a huge plant-eating dinosaur with an incredibly long neck. It lived in what is now Mongolia during the Early Cretaceous period. Imagine a giraffe with a neck that was almost half its body length!1 2

Viveva

avant 100 fin 72 milliuns onns4

Cretacic tardiv

Fossils chattads en

Mongolia and China4 1

Lunghezza

15 m (49 ft)1

Paisa

5 tonnas (11 000 lb)3

Autezza

3,5 m (11 ft)

stima

Spertadad maximala

var 19 km/h (12 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 3 autos

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Quant grond era Erketu 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)

Erketu var 19 km/h (12 mph)

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

In gepard var 100 km/h (62 mph)

chaussas cool

Fatgs divertents

Erketu had one of the longest necks relative to its body size of any known dinosaur. Its neck was made of extremely long vertebrae, and scientists think it could reach over 8 metres (26 feet) long.2

The bones in Erketu's neck were hollow and full of air pockets, called camellae. This made its neck lighter, so it could hold it up.2

Erketu had a unique breastbone that was shaped like a crescent moon. This is different from many other sauropods.2

The first Erketu fossil was found in 2002 during a joint expedition by the American Museum of Natural History and the Mongolian Academy of Sciences.2

Erketu lived about 100 to 72 million years ago, during the Cretaceous period.4

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tias dumondas

Las dumondas las pli frequentas davart Erketu

?How big was Erketu?

Erketu was about 15 metres (49 feet) long and weighed around 5 tonnes (11,000 pounds). That is roughly as long as a bus and as heavy as a small elephant.3 1

?Did Erketu have a really long neck?

Yes, its neck was about twice as long as its body, which may be a record for neck-to-body ratio among sauropods. The neck could reach over 8 metres (26 feet) long.3 1

?What did Erketu eat?

Erketu was a herbivore, meaning it ate plants. Its long neck likely helped it reach high leaves, like a giraffe, so it was probably a high browser.1 3

?When did Erketu live?

Erketu lived during the Late Cretaceous, about 96 to 89 million years ago. That is later than the Early Cretaceous date mentioned in some sources, but the most recent estimates say Late Cretaceous.3 1

Per experts da dinos

Num scientific: Erketu
Numnà da: Ksepka and Norell 20064
Gruppa: Culiezs lungs
Famiglia / clada: Euhelopodidae4
Classificaziun: Sauropodomorpha > Sauropoda > Macronaria4
Vegliadetgna da la crappa: 100 fin 72 milliuns onns (Cenomanian / Campanian)4
Formaziuns da crap: Baynshire4
Pajais: Mongolia, China4
Chats da fossils: 2 en The Paleobiology Database4
Scuverta: Erketu was named by Daniel Ksepka and Mark Norell in 2006. The first fossil was found in 2002 in the Gobi Desert of Mongolia, and it included neck bones, a breastbone, and part of a leg.2 1
Anc discutà: Scientists are not sure exactly how Erketu is related to other long-necked dinosaurs. Some think it belongs to a group called Somphospondyli, but its exact family tree is still debated.2

Danunder che vegnan ils fatgs

Erketu (nhm.ac.uk)
Erketu ellisoni, a long-necked sauropod from Bor Guvé (Dornogov Aimag, Mongolia). American Museum novitates ; no. 3508 (digitallibrary.amnh.org)
Erketu (en.wikipedia.org)
Erketu in The Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0): vegliadetgna, lieus, formaziuns da crap, classificaziun.

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