Dino Wiki / Tut ils dinos / Dinos curius cun plimas

Carta da dino nr. 0872 da 2 027

Incisivosaurus

Il num vul dir: “incisor lizard”1

Mangiava: PlantasDinos curius cun plimasCretacic tempriv

Incisivosaurus was a small, feathered dinosaur with a pair of big front teeth that looked like a rodent's incisors. It used these teeth to gnaw on plants, making it one of the first meat-eating dinosaurs known to eat mostly plants.1 2

Viveva

avant 126 fin 100 milliuns onns4

Cretacic tempriv

Fossils chattads en

Lujiatun, Shangyuan, Beipiao City, Liaoning, China; Yixian Formation2

Lunghezza

1 fin 1,5 m (3,3 fin 4,9 ft)2

Autezza

0,62 m (2 ft)

stima

Spertadad maximala

var 38 km/h (24 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

uschè lung sco 3 giats da chasa dal nas a la cuauschè lung sco 8 bananas ina suenter l'autrapudess currer 100 meters en 9,5 secundas (il pli spert uman dovra 9,6)

Quant grond era Incisivosaurus 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)

Incisivosaurus 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

Incisivosaurus had a pair of very large, chisel-like front teeth that stuck out forward, just like a beaver or rabbit. No other meat-eating dinosaur had teeth like that.1 2

Its cheek teeth were small and shaped like lance heads, with big wear facets from chewing plants. This shows Incisivosaurus chewed its food, unlike many other dinosaurs.1 2

Incisivosaurus lived about 128 million years ago, making it the oldest known oviraptorosaur dinosaur. It was a basal member of this group.1 2

Its skull was low and had teeth, unlike later oviraptorosaurs which had short, toothless beaks. This helps scientists understand how oviraptorosaurs evolved.1 2

The name Incisivosaurus means 'incisor lizard' because of its rodent-like front teeth. The species name gauthieri honors paleontologist Jacques Gauthier.1 2

Incisivosaurus is known from a nearly complete skull and a neck vertebra. Its body size is estimated from the skull, which is about 10 cm long.2

It was a feathered dinosaur, like other oviraptorosaurs, and probably walked on two legs. It was a small dinosaur, about the size of a turkey.4

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

?How big was Incisivosaurus?

It was a small dinosaur. Its skull was about 10 cm long.3 1

?What did Incisivosaurus eat?

It ate plants. Its rodent-like front teeth and worn cheek teeth show it was adapted for herbivory.3 1

?Did Incisivosaurus have feathers?

Yes, it had feathers. Two juvenile specimens show long vaned feathers on the hands and tail, and downy feathers on the body.3

?Why did Incisivosaurus have big front teeth?

It used its large, chisel-like front teeth to gnaw on tough plants, similar to rodents.3 1

?When did Incisivosaurus live?

It lived in the early Cretaceous Period, about 126 to 128 million years ago.3 1

Chatschader da mitus

Mitus: Incisivosaurus was a meat-eater like most theropods.

Vardad: Incisivosaurus had teeth adapted for eating plants, with rodent-like incisors and flat cheek teeth for chewing. It is the first theropod with clear evidence of a herbivorous diet.1 2

Per experts da dinos

Num scientific: Incisivosaurus
Numnà da: Xu et al. 20024
Gruppa: Dinos curius cun plimas
Famiglia / clada: Oviraptorosauria4
Classificaziun: Theropoda > Oviraptorosauria4
Vegliadetgna da la crappa: 126 fin 100 milliuns onns (Barremian / Albian)4
Formaziuns da crap: Fuxin, Yixian, Shahai4
Pajais: China4
Chats da fossils: 4 en The Paleobiology Database4
Scuverta: Incisivosaurus was named in 2002 by Xing Xu and colleagues from a skull and neck vertebra found in Liaoning, China. The fossils came from the Yixian Formation, which is about 128 million years old.1 2
Anc discutà: Scientists are not sure if Incisivosaurus had feathers all over its body or just on some parts, because only the skull and a neck bone have been found.4

Danunder che vegnan ils fatgs

An unusual oviraptorosaurian dinosaur from China | Nature (nature.com)
An unusual oviraptorosaurian dinosaur from China (ivpp.cas.cn)
Incisivosaurus (en.wikipedia.org)
Incisivosaurus in The Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0): vegliadetgna, lieus, formaziuns da crap, classificaziun.

Mintga fatg sin questa pagina ha in numer che maina tar sia funtauna. Sche nus avain fatg in sbagl, perstgisa, nus essan fans da dinos, betg ina revista scientifica. Scriva a nus sin [email protected] e nus il curregin.

Rex ha fom! Dino Wiki è in project d'in bab per ses figl che ama ils dinos, gratuit, senza reclama e senza trackers. Ils creschids pon dar ina marenda a Rex per gidar a tegnair la pagina online.Pavlar Rex