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Falcarius

Il num vul dir: “sickle cutter”1
Mangiava: PlantasDinos curius cun plimasCretacic tempriv

Falcarius was a strange dinosaur that looked like a mix between an ostrich, a gorilla, and Edward Scissorhands! It had a small head, a long neck, and huge curved claws on its hands. This dinosaur lived in what is now Utah, USA, about 139 to 134 million years ago.1

Viveva
avant 143 fin 133 milliuns onns5
Cretacic tempriv
Fossils chattads en
Grand County, Utah, USA1
Lunghezza
4 fin 5 m (13 fin 16 ft)1
Paisa
100 kg (220 lb)1
Autezza
1 fin 1,4 m (3,3 fin 4,6 ft)34
Spertadad maximala
var 30 km/h (19 mph)
Currer, stima

Cura viveva el?

Triassic
Giurassic
Cretacic
avant 252 milliuns onns20114566, l'asteroid

Quant grond era el?

Quant lung era el?

Falcarius var 5 m lung (16 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)Falcariusvar 1,4 m aut (4,6 ft)In chavalvar 1,6 m (5,2 ft)

Quant grev era el?

uschè grev sco 5 chauns
uschè lung sco 5 chauns dal nas a la cuauschè lung sco 28 bananas ina suenter l'autrauschè grev sco 20 melunasuschè grev sco 5 uffants da scolettauschè grev sco 3 scolarspudess currer 100 meters en 12 secundas (il pli spert uman dovra 9,6)

Quant grond era Falcarius cumpareglià cun TAI?

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

Quant spert era el?

chaussas cool

Fatgs divertents

1

Falcarius is one of the most primitive therizinosaurs ever found. It helps scientists understand how meat-eating dinosaurs turned into plant-eaters.2

2

Over 3,000 bones of Falcarius have been dug up from a single quarry in Utah. That's a lot of fossils!1

3

Falcarius had a long neck that let it reach leaves about 1.5 metres (5 feet) off the ground.1

4

Its hand claws were huge and curved, like sickles. That's how it got its name, which means 'sickle cutter'.1

5

Falcarius probably had feathers, like its close relatives from Asia.1

6

The smallest Falcarius was less than 1 metre (3.3 feet) long, but adults grew to about 4 to 5 metres (13 to 16 feet).1

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

?How big was Falcarius?

About 4 metres (13 feet) long and about 1.4 metres (4.5 feet) tall at the hip, weighing around 100 kilograms (220 pounds). The smallest known individual was less than 1 metre (3.3 feet) long.14

?What did Falcarius eat?

Mostly plants. Its leaf-shaped, serrated teeth were good for shredding leaves, but the pointed front teeth suggest it might have also eaten small animals like lizards sometimes.1

?Did Falcarius have feathers?

Scientists think yes. No feathers were found with its fossils, but its close feathered relatives from China make it very likely Falcarius had shaggy, hair-like proto-feathers.4

?How fast could Falcarius run?

Probably not very fast. Its lower legs were stubby, which suggests it no longer needed to run after prey like its meat-eating relatives did.4

?Why did Falcarius have long claws?

Its huge, curved hand claws were like sickles, which gave it the name 'sickle cutter'. They were probably used for gathering plants or maybe for defence.14

?Where was Falcarius found?

In what is now Utah, USA, in the Cedar Mountain Formation. A huge bonebed there has yielded thousands of bones from hundreds of individuals.12

Per experts da dinos

Num scientific
Falcarius
Numnà da
Kirkland et al. 20055
Gruppa
Dinos curius cun plimas
Famiglia / clada
Therizinosauria5
Classificaziun
Theropoda > Therizinosauria5
Vegliadetgna da la crappa
143 fin 133 milliuns onns (Berriasian / Valanginian)5
Formaziuns da crap
Cedar Mountain5
Pajais
USA5
Chats da fossils
2 en The Paleobiology Database5
Scuverta
Falcarius was discovered in 1999 by fossil collector Lawrence Walker in Utah. Scientists named it in 2005.1
Anc discutà
Scientists are not sure if Falcarius was a pure plant-eater or if it also ate meat. Its front teeth are sharp and pointed, which might mean it ate small animals too.1

Danunder che vegnan ils fatgs

  1. Falcarius (en.wikipedia.org)
  2. A primitive therizinosauroid dinosaur from the Early Cretaceous of Utah | Nature (nature.com)
  3. A Primitive Therizinosauroid Dinosaur from the Early Cretaceous of Utah - DocsLib (docslib.org)
  4. Falcarius Utahensis - Utah Geological Survey (geology.utah.gov)
  5. Falcarius in The Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0): vegliadetgna, lieus, formaziuns da crap, classificaziun.

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