Mongolostegus

Il num vul dir: “Mongolian roof”1

Mangiava: PlantasDinos cun plattasCretacic tempriv

Mongolostegus was a plated dinosaur that lived in what is now Mongolia during the Early Cretaceous, about 121 to 100 million years ago. It was one of the last stegosaurs to walk the Earth, and its fossils were found in the Dzunbain Formation.2 1

Viveva

avant 121 fin 100 milliuns onns3

Cretacic tempriv

Fossils chattads en

Chamrin-Us, Dornogov Province, Mongolia3 1

Spertadad maximala

var 15 km/h (9 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)

Mongolostegus var 15 km/h (9 mph)

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

In gepard var 100 km/h (62 mph)

chaussas cool

Fatgs divertents

Mongolostegus is the first and only stegosaur ever named from Mongolia.1

Its fossils were discovered in 1981 by a joint Soviet and Mongolian expedition.1

The only known specimen includes a caudosacral vertebra, five tail vertebrae, a sacral rib, and parts of the hip bones.1

Mongolostegus lived near the end of the Early Cretaceous, making it one of the youngest stegosaurs ever found.1

Scientists think Mongolostegus may have been an early-diverging stegosaur, related to older dinosaurs like Huayangosaurus.1

The tail vertebrae of Mongolostegus have neural spines that are not expanded at the tips, a feature seen in more primitive stegosaurs.1

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

?How big was Mongolostegus?

Nobody knows for sure. Only a few bones have been found, so scientists cannot estimate its size.1

?What did Mongolostegus eat?

It was a herbivore, meaning it ate plants.3

?When did Mongolostegus live?

It lived during the Early Cretaceous, about 121 to 100 million years ago.1

?Is Mongolostegus a dinosaur?

Yes, it is a dinosaur. It belongs to the group Stegosauria, which are plated dinosaurs.1

Per experts da dinos

Num scientific: Mongolostegus
Numnà da: Tumanova and Alifanov 20183
Gruppa: Dinos cun plattas
Famiglia / clada: Stegosauridae3
Classificaziun: Ornithischia > Stegosauria > Thyreophora3
Vegliadetgna da la crappa: 121 fin 100 milliuns onns (Aptian / Albian)3
Formaziuns da crap: Dzunbain3
Pajais: Mongolia3
Chats da fossils: 1 en The Paleobiology Database3
Scuverta: Mongolostegus was first reported in 2005 as an unidentified stegosaur, then informally named Wuerhosaurus mongoliensis in 2014. In 2018, Tumanova and Alifanov formally named it Mongolostegus exspectabilis based on a partial skeleton found in the Dzunbain Formation of Mongolia.1
Anc discutà: Scientists are not sure whether Mongolostegus was a member of the early-diverging Huayangosauridae or a primitive stegosaurid, because its fossils are too fragmentary.1

Danunder che vegnan ils fatgs

Mongolostegus (en.wikipedia.org)
PBDB Taxon (paleobiodb.org)
Mongolostegus in The Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0): vegliadetgna, lieus, formaziuns da crap, classificaziun.

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