Carta da dino nr. 1338 da 2 027

Oxalaia

Il num vul dir: “named after Oxalá, a respected African deity brought to Brazil during slavery”1

Mangiava: CharnSpinosaursCretacic tardiv

Oxalaia was a huge, meat-eating dinosaur with a long snout like a crocodile. It lived in what is now Brazil and was one of the biggest predators of its time.1

Viveva

avant 100 fin 94 milliuns onns3

Cretacic tardiv

Fossils chattads en

Laje do Coringa, Cajual Island, Maranhão State, Brazil3 1

Lunghezza

12 fin 14 m (39 fin 46 ft)1

Paisa

5 tonnas fin 7 tonnas (11 000 fin 15 400 lb)1

Autezza

4,7 m (15 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?

Quant aut era el?

stima

Quant grev era el?

uschè grev sco 5 autos

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Quant grond era Oxalaia 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)

Oxalaia var 18 km/h (11 mph)

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

In gepard var 100 km/h (62 mph)

chaussas cool

Fatgs divertents

Oxalaia is the largest meat-eating dinosaur ever found in Brazil.1

Its teeth had no serrations, unlike many other spinosaurids such as Suchomimus.1

Oxalaia had one functional tooth followed by two replacement teeth, a feature not seen in other theropod dinosaurs.1

The front part of its snout was very expanded and rounded, different from Spinosaurus.1

Oxalaia lived about 100 to 94 million years ago during the Late Cretaceous period.3

Its fossils were found on Cajual Island, a place where descendants of escaped slaves (quilombolas) live.1

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

?How big was Oxalaia?

Oxalaia was about 12 to 14 metres long and weighed 5 to 7 tonnes. That makes it the largest meat eating dinosaur found in Brazil.1 2

?What did Oxalaia eat?

Oxalaia was a spinosaurid, so it mostly ate fish, like a crocodile. It may also have eaten small dinosaurs and pterosaurs.2

?When did Oxalaia live?

Oxalaia lived during the Late Cretaceous period, about 100.5 to 93.9 million years ago.2

?Where was Oxalaia found?

Oxalaia's fossils were found on Cajual Island in Maranhão, northeastern Brazil, in the Alcântara Formation.2

?Is Oxalaia a dinosaur?

Yes, Oxalaia is a dinosaur. It is a spinosaurid theropod, which means it was a meat-eating dinosaur.2

?Did Oxalaia have feathers?

Nobody knows for sure. No feathers have been found with Oxalaia fossils, and spinosaurids are not known to have feathers, but some related dinosaurs may have had them.2

?Was Oxalaia bigger than T. rex?

Oxalaia was about 12 to 14 metres long, similar in length to T. rex, but T. rex was heavier, weighing about 8 tonnes compared to Oxalaia's 5 to 7 tonnes.1 2

?Could Oxalaia swim?

It is possible. Spinosaurids like Oxalaia had long snouts and conical teeth like fish-eaters, and some scientists think they could swim, but there is no direct evidence for Oxalaia.2

Per experts da dinos

Num scientific: Oxalaia
Numnà da: Kellner et al. 20113
Gruppa: Spinosaurs
Famiglia / clada: Spinosauridae3
Classificaziun: Theropoda > Spinosauridae3
Vegliadetgna da la crappa: 100 fin 94 milliuns onns (Cenomanian)3
Formaziuns da crap: Alcântara3
Pajais: Brasilia3
Chats da fossils: 1 en The Paleobiology Database3
Scuverta: Oxalaia was named in 2011 by Alexander Kellner and his team based on a snout and a jaw fragment found at Laje do Coringa in Brazil.3 1
Anc discutà: Scientists are not sure if Oxalaia is a separate species or the same as Spinosaurus, because only a few bones have been found.1

Danunder che vegnan ils fatgs

A new dinosaur (Theropoda, Spinosauridae) from the Cretaceous (Cenomanian) Alcântara Formation, Cajual Island, Brazil (scielo.br)
Oxalaia (en.wikipedia.org)
Oxalaia in The Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0): vegliadetgna, lieus, formaziuns da crap, classificaziun.

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