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Patagosaurus

Il num vul dir: “Patagonia lizard”1
Mangiava: PlantasCuliezs lungsGiurassic tempriv fin Giurassic mesaun

Patagosaurus was a huge, long-necked plant-eater that lived in what is now Argentina about 178 million years ago. It walked on all four legs and had a tiny head, a very long tail, and a body as heavy as two elephants.1

Viveva
avant 183 fin 169 milliuns onns4
Giurassic tempriv fin Giurassic mesaun
Fossils chattads en
Chubut Province, Argentina (Cañadón Asfalto Formation)12
Lunghezza
15 fin 18 m (49 fin 59 ft)13
Paisa
7,88 tonnas fin 9,44 tonnas (17 400 fin 20 800 lb)1
Autezza
4,1 m (13 ft)
stima
Spertadad maximala
var 16 km/h (10 mph)
Currer, stima

Cura viveva el?

Triassic
Giurassic
Cretacic
avant 252 milliuns onns20114566, l'asteroid

Quant grond era el?

Quant lung era el?

Patagosaurus var 18 m lung (59 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)Patagosaurusvar 4,1 m aut (13 ft)Ina giraffavar 5,5 m (18 ft)

stima

Quant grev era el?

uschè grev sco 6 autos
uschè lung sco 4 autos parcads in suenter l'auteruschè lung sco 100 bananas ina suenter l'autrauschè grev sco 1,5 elefantsuschè grev sco 1900 melunasuschè grev sco 12 classas da scola entirasuschè grev sco 21 urs polarspudess currer 100 meters en 22 secundas (il pli spert uman dovra 9,6)

Quant grond era Patagosaurus cumpareglià cun TAI?

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Quant spert era el?

chaussas cool

Fatgs divertents

1

Patagosaurus is known from many fossils, including a nearly complete skeleton and a juvenile. This helps scientists understand how it grew.1

2

It lived alongside other dinosaurs like Piatnitzkysaurus, Condorraptor, and Volkheimeria.1

3

Patagosaurus had a different tooth shape from other plant-eaters that lived with it. This means they probably ate different plants and did not compete for food.1

4

The first fossils were found in the 1970s on a farm near Cerro Cóndor, Argentina. The dinosaur was named in 1979 by paleontologist José Bonaparte.1

5

The environment where Patagosaurus lived had a salty lake and nearby volcanoes, similar to parts of modern Kenya and New Zealand.1

6

Patagosaurus is classified as a eusauropod, a group that includes many of the largest long-necked dinosaurs.1

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Las dumondas las pli frequentas davart Patagosaurus

?How big was Patagosaurus?

Patagosaurus was about 16.5 metres (54 feet) long and weighed around 7.88 tonnes (8.7 short tons). That is about as heavy as one to two elephants.1

?What did Patagosaurus eat?

Patagosaurus was a herbivore, meaning it ate plants. Its teeth were shaped differently from other plant-eaters that lived with it, so it probably ate different kinds of plants.13

?When did Patagosaurus live?

Patagosaurus lived about 178 million years ago, during the Middle Toarcian stage of the Jurassic Period.1

?Where was Patagosaurus found?

Patagosaurus was found in Patagonia, Argentina, in the Cañadón Asfalto Formation. The first fossils were discovered in the 1970s on a farm near Cerro Cóndor.1

Per experts da dinos

Num scientific
Patagosaurus
Numnà da
Bonaparte 19794
Gruppa
Culiezs lungs
Famiglia / clada
Cetiosauridae4
Classificaziun
Sauropodomorpha > Sauropoda4
Vegliadetgna da la crappa
183 fin 169 milliuns onns (Toarcian / Bajocian)4
Formaziuns da crap
Cañadón Asfalto4
Pajais
Argentinia4
Chats da fossils
4 en The Paleobiology Database4
Scuverta
Patagosaurus was named by José Bonaparte in 1979. The first fossils were found in a pebbly layer near a road to Cerro Cóndor, Argentina, on land owned by Ricardo Farias, who the species is named after.1
Anc discutà
Scientists are not sure if all the fossils assigned to Patagosaurus really belong to it. Some may be from a different, still unnamed dinosaur.1

Danunder che vegnan ils fatgs

  1. Patagosaurus (en.wikipedia.org)
  2. PBDB Taxon (paleobiodb.org)
  3. Patagosaurus | Natural History Museum (nhm.ac.uk)
  4. Patagosaurus in The Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0): vegliadetgna, lieus, formaziuns da crap, classificaziun.

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