Morrosaurus

Il num vul dir: “Morro lizard, named after El Morro, the place where it was found”1

Mangiava: PlantasErbivors cun pichelCretacic tardiv

Morrosaurus was a plant-eating dinosaur that lived in Antarctica during the Late Cretaceous, about 72 to 66 million years ago. It was a medium-sized runner with long, slender legs, and it lived in a cool, rainy forest.1 2

Viveva

avant 72 fin 66 milliuns onns4

Cretacic tardiv

Fossils chattads en

James Ross Island, Antarctica1 3

Lunghezza

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

Autezza

1,5 m (4,9 ft)

stima

Spertadad maximala

var 39 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 5 chauns dal nas a la cuauschè lung sco 28 bananas ina suenter l'autrapudess currer 100 meters en 9,2 secundas (il pli spert uman dovra 9,6)

Quant grond era Morrosaurus 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)

Morrosaurus var 39 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

Morrosaurus is one of the few dinosaurs known from Antarctica, showing that dinosaurs lived on every continent.1

Its leg bones suggest it was a fast runner, with a slender, tightly bunched foot that helped it sprint.1 3

Morrosaurus belonged to a group called Elasmaria, which also included dinosaurs from Patagonia and Australia, showing they shared a common land connection.3

The only known fossil is a partial right hind leg, including parts of the thigh, shin, and foot.1

It lived in a cool, temperate rainforest with high rainfall, very different from the icy Antarctica we know today.3

Maletg da Morrosaurus fatg cun IA — In maletg fatg cun IA che mussa co Morrosaurus 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.

Chatschader da mitus

Mitus: Some people think dinosaurs never lived in Antarctica because it is too cold.

Vardad: Morrosaurus and other dinosaurs lived in Antarctica when it was warmer and covered in forests, during the Late Cretaceous.1 3

Per experts da dinos

Num scientific: Morrosaurus
Numnà da: Rozadilla et al. 20164
Gruppa: Erbivors cun pichel
Famiglia / clada: Elasmaria4
Classificaziun: Ornithischia > Ornithopoda > Iguanodontia4
Vegliadetgna da la crappa: 72 fin 66 milliuns onns (Maastrichtian)4
Formaziuns da crap: Snow Hill Island4
Pajais: Antarctica4
Chats da fossils: 1 en The Paleobiology Database4
Scuverta: The fossil was found in 2002 by Argentine paleontologist Fernando Novas, and the species was named Morrosaurus antarcticus in 2016 by Rozadilla and colleagues.1
Anc discutà: Scientists are still debating exactly how Morrosaurus and other southern dinosaurs are related to each other, and whether they formed a single group called Elasmaria.3

Danunder che vegnan ils fatgs

Morrosaurus (en.wikipedia.org)
PBDB Taxon (paleobiodb.org)
A new ornithopod (Dinosauria, Ornithischia) from the Upper Cretaceous of Antarctica and its palaeobiogeographical implications (ri.conicet.gov.ar)
Morrosaurus in The Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0): vegliadetgna, lieus, formaziuns da crap, classificaziun.

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