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Malawisaurus

Il num vul dir: “Malawi lizard”1
Mangiava: PlantasCuliezs lungsCretacic tempriv

Malawisaurus was a long-necked plant eater that stomped through ancient Africa. It was smaller than many of its giant cousins, but still as long as a bus! It had bony plates in its skin, like armor.1

Viveva
avant 121 fin 113 milliuns onns4
Cretacic tempriv
Fossils chattads en
Northern Malawi, Africa, in the Dinosaur Beds.14
Lunghezza
11 fin 15 m (36 fin 49 ft)1
Paisa
2,8 tonnas fin 10 tonnas (6 200 fin 22 000 lb)1
Autezza
3,5 m (11 ft)
stima
Spertadad maximala
var 18 km/h (11 mph)
Currer, stima

Cura viveva el?

Triassic
Giurassic
Cretacic
avant 252 milliuns onns20114566, l'asteroid

Quant grond era el?

Quant lung era el?

Malawisaurus var 15 m lung (49 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 chavalvar 1,6 m (5,2 ft)In elefantvar 3,2 m (10 ft)Malawisaurusvar 3,5 m aut (11 ft)Ina giraffavar 5,5 m (18 ft)

stima

Quant grev era el?

uschè grev sco 7 autos
uschè lung sco 3 autos parcads in suenter l'auteruschè lung sco 83 bananas ina suenter l'autrauschè grev sco 1,5 elefantsuschè grev sco 2000 melunasuschè grev sco 12 classas da scola entirasuschè grev sco 22 urs polarspudess currer 100 meters en 20 secundas (il pli spert uman dovra 9,6)

Quant grond era Malawisaurus cumpareglià cun TAI?

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

Quant spert era el?

chaussas cool

Fatgs divertents

1

Malawisaurus had a blunter snout than most other sauropods, which is unusual for this group.2

2

Its teeth were flattened, not pencil-shaped like many other sauropods. This suggests that pencil-shaped teeth evolved more than once in sauropods.2

3

Bony plates called ossicles have been found with Malawisaurus, which probably covered its skin like armor.1

4

The vertebrae in the middle of its tail were longer than those in other parts, which is a unique feature.1

5

Malawisaurus lived about 121 to 113 million years ago, during the Aptian stage of the Early Cretaceous.4

6

An isolated tooth from Brazil might belong to Malawisaurus, which would mean it also lived in South America.1

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

?How big was Malawisaurus?

About 15 metres (49 feet) long and weighed about 10 tonnes (11 short tons), though a 2020 estimate gave a smaller size of 11 metres (36 feet) and 2.8 tonnes (3.1 short tons).1

?Where did Malawisaurus live?

It lived in what is now northern Malawi in Africa, during the Early Cretaceous period about 121 to 112 million years ago.13

?What did Malawisaurus eat?

It was an herbivore, meaning it ate plants.3

?Did Malawisaurus have armor?

Yes, bony plates called ossicles or dermal scutes were found with the skeleton, suggesting it had armor in its skin like some other titanosaurs.1

Chatschader da mitus

Mitus: Some people think Malawisaurus was a giant like Argentinosaurus.

Vardad: Malawisaurus was actually one of the smaller sauropods, reaching only about 11 to 15 metres long.1

Per experts da dinos

Num scientific
Malawisaurus
Numnà da
Jacobs et al. 19934
Gruppa
Culiezs lungs
Famiglia / clada
Lithostrotia4
Classificaziun
Sauropodomorpha > Sauropoda > Titanosauria > Macronaria4
Vegliadetgna da la crappa
121 fin 113 milliuns onns (Aptian)4
Formaziuns da crap
Dinosaur Beds4
Pajais
Malawi4
Chats da fossils
8 en The Paleobiology Database4
Scuverta
The first fossils were found around 1924 in Malawi, and Sidney H. Haughton named the species in 1928. In 1993, Louis L. Jacobs and colleagues gave it the new name Malawisaurus after more bones were found.1
Anc discutà
Scientists are not sure if Malawisaurus lived in South America too, because only a single tooth from Brazil might belong to it.1

Danunder che vegnan ils fatgs

  1. Malawisaurus (en.wikipedia.org)
  2. New material of an Early Cretaceous titanosaurid sauropod dinosaur from Malawi | The Palaeontological Association (palass.org)
  3. Malawisaurus | Natural History Museum (nhm.ac.uk)
  4. Malawisaurus in The Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0): vegliadetgna, lieus, formaziuns da crap, classificaziun.

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