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Kosmoceratops

Il num vul dir: “ornate horned face”1

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Kosmoceratops was a horned dinosaur with the most decorated skull of any dinosaur ever found. It had a short, wide frill with ten forward-curving hooks on the back, making it look like a living crown. This plant-eater lived in what is now southern Utah, USA, about 76 million years ago.1

Viveva

avant 84 fin 72 milliuns onns6

Cretacic tardiv

Fossils chattads en

Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument, southern Utah, USA1

Lunghezza

4,5 fin 5 m (15 fin 16 ft)1

Paisa

1,2 tonnas fin 1,5 tonnas (2 600 fin 3 300 lb)1

Autezza

1,6 m (5,2 ft)

stima

Spertadad maximala

var 37 km/h (23 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 1 autos

uschè lung sco 5 chauns dal nas a la cuauschè lung sco 28 bananas ina suenter l'autrauschè grev sco 75 chaunsuschè grev sco 300 melunasuschè grev sco 79 uffants da scolettauschè grev sco 47 scolarsuschè grev sco 3 urs polarspudess currer 100 meters en 9,7 secundas (il pli spert uman dovra 9,6)

Quant grond era Kosmoceratops 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)

Kosmoceratops var 37 km/h (23 mph)

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

In gepard var 100 km/h (62 mph)

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Fatgs divertents

Kosmoceratops had ten hook-like bones (epoccipitals) on the back edge of its frill, more than any other horned dinosaur.1

Its horns pointed out to the sides and then curved downward, like a sideways smile.1

Kosmoceratops lived at the same time and in the same place as another horned dinosaur called Utahceratops, which is rare for horned dinosaurs.1

The name Kosmoceratops comes from Greek words meaning 'ornate horned face' because of its fancy skull decorations.1

Its frill was short and wide, with a V-shaped notch at the back, unlike the long frills of many other horned dinosaurs.1

Kosmoceratops belonged to a group called chasmosaurines, which includes famous dinosaurs like Triceratops.1

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

?How big was Kosmoceratops?

Kosmoceratops was about 4.5 metres long and weighed about 1.2 tonnes, roughly the size of a rhinoceros.3 4

?What did Kosmoceratops eat?

It was a plant-eater, using its sharp beak and teeth to process fibrous plants. Fossilized dung with wood may have been left by ceratopsids like Kosmoceratops.3

?Why did Kosmoceratops have so many horns?

Scientists think the horns and frill were used for display, to attract mates, or to fight rivals of the same sex, not for defense against predators.5

?Was Kosmoceratops related to Triceratops?

Yes, Kosmoceratops was a chasmosaurine ceratopsid, making it a close relative of Triceratops.5

?Where did Kosmoceratops live?

It lived in what is now southern Utah, USA, about 76 million years ago, on the island continent of Laramidia.3 5

?When did Kosmoceratops live?

It lived during the Late Cretaceous period, about 76 to 75.9 million years ago.3

Per experts da dinos

Num scientific: Kosmoceratops
Numnà da: Sampson et al. 20106
Gruppa: Dinos cun corns
Famiglia / clada: Ceratopsidae6
Classificaziun: Ornithischia > Ceratopsia > Ceratopsidae6
Vegliadetgna da la crappa: 84 fin 72 milliuns onns (Campanian)6
Formaziuns da crap: Kaiparowits6
Pajais: USA6
Chats da fossils: 2 en The Paleobiology Database6
Scuverta: Kosmoceratops was named by paleontologist Scott Sampson and his team in 2010, based on fossils found in the Kaiparowits Formation of Utah.2 1
Anc discutà: Scientists are not sure why Kosmoceratops had such an ornate frill with ten hooks. It may have been for attracting mates, scaring rivals, or recognizing its own kind.1

Danunder che vegnan ils fatgs

New Horned Dinosaurs from Utah Provide Evidence for Intracontinental Dinosaur Endemism | PLOS One (journals.plos.org)
PBDB Taxon (paleobiodb.org)
Kosmoceratops (en.wikipedia.org)
Kosmoceratops - BYU Geology (geology.byu.edu)
Amazing Horned Dinosaurs Unearthed on “Lost Continent” – UNews Archive (archive.unews.utah.edu)
Kosmoceratops in The Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0): vegliadetgna, lieus, formaziuns da crap, classificaziun.

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