Huayracursor

Il num vul dir: “Huayra means wind and cursor means runner in Latin, so the name means wind runner”3

Mangiava: PlantasCuliezs lungsTriassic tardiv

Huayracursor was an early long-necked dinosaur that lived about 237 to 205 million years ago. It was bigger than its relatives and had a longer neck, like a mini sauropod.1

Viveva

avant 237 fin 206 milliuns onns3

Triassic tardiv

Fossils chattads en

Quebrada de Santo Domingo site in the Northern Precordillera Basin, northwestern Argentina1 3

Spertadad maximala

var 38 km/h (24 mph)

Currer, stima

Cura viveva el?

Triassic

Giurassic

Cretacic

avant 252 milliuns onns20114566, l'asteroid

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)

Huayracursor var 38 km/h (24 mph)

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

In gepard var 100 km/h (62 mph)

chaussas cool

Fatgs divertents

Huayracursor had a longer neck than other early dinosaurs from the same time, which helped it reach more plants.1

It lived during the Late Triassic, when the supercontinent Pangaea existed.1

Its skeleton was nearly complete, which is rare for such an old dinosaur.1

It was found with other animals like rhynchosaurs, cynodonts, and aetosaurs.1

Huayracursor shows an early step in how dinosaurs got bigger and developed longer necks.1

Maletg da Huayracursor fatg cun IA — In maletg fatg cun IA che mussa co Huayracursor 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 Huayracursor

?How big was Huayracursor?

The sources do not give exact size measurements, but it was larger than other early sauropodomorphs from the Carnian, with an incipiently elongated neck.1 2

?What did Huayracursor eat?

It was a plant-eater. Its longer neck helped it reach more plants than other early dinosaurs.1 2

?When did Huayracursor live?

It lived during the Late Triassic Period, about 237 to 201 million years ago, specifically in the Carnian age.1 2

?Where was Huayracursor found?

Its nearly complete skeleton was discovered in the Santo Domingo Formation near Vinchina in La Rioja Province, Argentina.2

Per experts da dinos

Num scientific: Huayracursor
Numnà da: Hechenleitner et al. 20253
Gruppa: Culiezs lungs
Famiglia / clada: Sauropodomorpha3
Classificaziun: Sauropodomorpha3
Vegliadetgna da la crappa: 237 fin 206 milliuns onns (Carnian / Norian)3
Formaziuns da crap: Santo Domingo3
Pajais: Argentinia3
Chats da fossils: 1 en The Paleobiology Database3
Scuverta: Scientists led by Hechenleitner and colleagues found and named Huayracursor in 2025 from a new fossil site in Argentina.3 1
Anc discutà: Scientists are still debating exactly how Huayracursor is related to other early sauropodomorphs.3

Danunder che vegnan ils fatgs

A long-necked early dinosaur from a newly discovered Upper Triassic basin in the Andes (pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov)
Huayracursor (en.wikipedia.org)
Huayracursor in The Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0): vegliadetgna, lieus, formaziuns da crap, classificaziun.

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