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Iguanacolossus

Il num vul dir: “mighty iguana colossus”1
Mangiava: PlantasErbivors cun pichelCretacic tempriv

Iguanacolossus was a huge, plant-eating dinosaur that lived about 139 to 132 million years ago. It had a beak and walked on four sturdy legs, but could also stand on two legs. Its name means 'mighty iguana colossus' because it was as big as a giant iguana!12

Viveva
avant 139 fin 133 milliuns onns5
Cretacic tempriv
Fossils chattads en
Utah, USA (Cedar Mountain Formation, Yellow Cat Member)1
Lunghezza
9 m (30 ft)1
Paisa
5 tonnas (11 000 lb)3
Autezza
2,6 m (8,5 ft)
stima
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?

Iguanacolossus var 9 m lung (30 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 chaunvar 0,5 m (1,6 ft)In chavalvar 1,6 m (5,2 ft)Iguanacolossusvar 2,6 m aut (8,5 ft)In elefantvar 3,2 m (10 ft)

stima

Quant grev era el?

uschè grev sco 3 autos
uschè lung sco 2 autos parcads in suenter l'auteruschè lung sco 50 bananas ina suenter l'autravar uschè grev sco in elefantuschè grev sco 1000 melunasuschè grev sco 6 classas da scola entirasuschè grev sco 11 urs polarspudess currer 100 meters en 17 secundas (il pli spert uman dovra 9,6)

Quant grond era Iguanacolossus cumpareglià cun TAI?

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

Quant spert era el?

chaussas cool

Fatgs divertents

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Iguanacolossus was a styracosternan, a group of iguanodont dinosaurs that often had thumb spikes.1

2

Its fossils were found at a site called Don's Ridge in Utah, named after the discoverer Don DeBlieux.1

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Only one skeleton of Iguanacolossus has been found, including parts of the skull, backbone, and hips.1

4

Iguanacolossus lived during the Early Cretaceous period, when Utah was a warm, dry land with rivers and forests.1

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Scientists think Iguanacolossus was about 9 meters (30 feet) long, as big as a school bus.1

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It had a special sinuous (wavy) contact on its skull that is unique to this dinosaur.1

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

?How big was Iguanacolossus?

It was about 9 metres (30 feet) long and weighed around 5 tonnes (11,000 pounds), about as big as a school bus.4

?What did Iguanacolossus eat?

It was a plant-eater. It had a beak and teeth shaped like shields and lozenges for chewing tough plants.4

?When did Iguanacolossus live?

It lived during the Early Cretaceous period, about 139 to 132 million years ago.4

?Is Iguanacolossus a dinosaur?

Yes, it is a dinosaur. It was an iguanodontian ornithopod, a type of plant-eating dinosaur.4

Per experts da dinos

Num scientific
Iguanacolossus
Numnà da
McDonald et al. 20105
Gruppa
Erbivors cun pichel
Famiglia / clada
Styracosterna5
Classificaziun
Ornithischia > Ornithopoda > Iguanodontia5
Vegliadetgna da la crappa
139 fin 133 milliuns onns (Berriasian / Valanginian)5
Formaziuns da crap
Cedar Mountain5
Pajais
USA5
Chats da fossils
2 en The Paleobiology Database5
Scuverta
Iguanacolossus was named in 2010 by Andrew McDonald and colleagues. The skeleton was discovered in 2005 by Don DeBlieux in the Cedar Mountain Formation of Utah.1
Anc discutà
Scientists are not sure exactly how old the lower Yellow Cat Member rocks are, so the age of Iguanacolossus is still debated.1

Danunder che vegnan ils fatgs

  1. New Basal Iguanodonts from the Cedar Mountain Formation of Utah and the Evolution of Thumb-Spiked Dinosaurs | PLOS One (journals.plos.org)
  2. PBDB Taxon (paleobiodb.org)
  3. Iguanacolossus - Wikipedia (en.wikipedia.org)
  4. Iguanacolossus (en.m.wikipedia.org)
  5. Iguanacolossus in The Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0): vegliadetgna, lieus, formaziuns da crap, classificaziun.

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