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Nigersaurus

Il num vul dir: “Niger lizard”1

Mangiava: PlantasCuliezs lungsCretacic tempriv

Nigersaurus was a small, long-necked dinosaur that lived in Africa during the Early Cretaceous. It had a wide, flat mouth like a vacuum cleaner and ate soft plants close to the ground.2

Viveva

avant 121 fin 100 milliuns onns5

Cretacic tempriv

Fossils chattads en

Niger, Algeria, and Tunisia1

Lunghezza

9 fin 15 m (30 fin 49 ft)2 1

Paisa

4 tonnas (8 800 lb)2

Autezza

2,44 m (8 ft)3

Spertadad maximala

var 20 km/h (12 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?

Quant grev era el?

uschè grev sco 2,5 autos

uschè lung sco 3 autos parcads in suenter l'auteruschè lung sco 83 bananas ina suenter l'autrauschè grev sco 200 chaunsuschè grev sco 800 melunasuschè grev sco 5 classas da scola entirasuschè grev sco 9 urs polarspudess currer 100 meters en 18 secundas (il pli spert uman dovra 9,6)

Quant grond era Nigersaurus 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)

Nigersaurus var 20 km/h (12 mph)

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

In gepard var 100 km/h (62 mph)

chaussas cool

Fatgs divertents

Nigersaurus had a skull so light and delicate that scientists used CT scans to study it without breaking it.2

Its mouth was wide and faced straight down, perfect for munching plants near the ground.2

Nigersaurus replaced its teeth very fast, about once every month, which is much quicker than most dinosaurs.2

This dinosaur had a short neck for a sauropod, with only 13 neck bones.2

Nigersaurus lived in a floodplain environment with rivers, about 110 million years ago.2

Its brain was small, with tiny smell bulbs, but scientists got a good look at it from a fossil endocast.2

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

?How big was Nigersaurus?

Nigersaurus was about 9 to 14.1 metres long and weighed around 1.9 to 4 tonnes, about as heavy as a modern elephant.4

?What did Nigersaurus eat?

Nigersaurus ate soft plants like ferns, horsetails, and possibly angiosperms. It was a ground-level browser, gathering and slicing soft vegetation with its wide mouth.4 2

?When did Nigersaurus live?

Nigersaurus lived during the Early Cretaceous period, about 121 to 99 million years ago, specifically around 115 to 105 million years ago.1 4

?Where was Nigersaurus found?

Nigersaurus was found in the Elrhaz Formation in an area called Gadoufaoua, in Niger, Africa. It is also known from Algeria and Tunisia.4 1

?How many teeth did Nigersaurus have?

Nigersaurus had more than 500 teeth in its wide muzzle. It replaced them very quickly, about every 14 days, which is faster than most other dinosaurs.4

?Was Nigersaurus a dinosaur?

Yes, Nigersaurus was a sauropod dinosaur, specifically a rebbachisaurid sauropod. It belonged to the group Diplodocoidea.4 1

?Why did Nigersaurus have a wide mouth?

Nigersaurus had a wide, flat mouth that faced straight down, perfect for cropping soft plants close to the ground. It was like a vacuum cleaner for ferns and horsetails.4 2

?How fast could Nigersaurus replace its teeth?

Nigersaurus replaced its teeth very rapidly, about once every 14 days, which is about twice as fast as hadrosaurid dinosaurs.4 2

?Was Nigersaurus bigger than T. rex?

No, Nigersaurus was generally smaller than T. rex. It was about 9 to 14.1 metres long, while T. rex was about 12 to 13 metres long, but Nigersaurus was lighter, weighing only 1.9 to 4 tonnes compared to T. rex's 7 to 8 tonnes.4

?Did Nigersaurus have feathers?

No, Nigersaurus was a sauropod dinosaur, and sauropods did not have feathers. It had scaly skin, like other reptiles.4

Chatschader da mitus

Mitus: Some people think Nigersaurus was a giant like other sauropods.

Vardad: Nigersaurus was actually a small sauropod, only about 9 to 15 meters long and as heavy as an elephant.2

Per experts da dinos

Num scientific: Nigersaurus
Numnà da: Sereno et al. 19995
Gruppa: Culiezs lungs
Famiglia / clada: Rebbachisauridae5
Classificaziun: Sauropodomorpha > Sauropoda > Diplodocoidea5
Vegliadetgna da la crappa: 121 fin 100 milliuns onns (Aptian / Albian)5
Formaziuns da crap: Elrhaz5
Pajais: Niger5
Chats da fossils: 3 en The Paleobiology Database5
Scuverta: Nigersaurus was named in 1999 by Paul Sereno and his team, based on fossils found in the Ténéré Desert of Niger.5 2
Anc discutà: Scientists are still unsure exactly which plants Nigersaurus ate, because no stomach contents have been found.2

Danunder che vegnan ils fatgs

Nigersaurus | Natural History Museum (nhm.ac.uk)
Structural Extremes in a Cretaceous Dinosaur (exa.ai)
'Mesozoic Cow' Rises from the Sahara Desert : NPR (web.archive.org)
Nigersaurus (en.wikipedia.org)
Nigersaurus in The Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0): vegliadetgna, lieus, formaziuns da crap, classificaziun.

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