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Pegomastax

Il num vul dir: “strong jaw”1

Mangiava: PlantasErbivors cun pichelGiurassic tempriv

Pegomastax was a tiny, parrot-beaked dinosaur that lived in what is now South Africa. It used its strong jaws and sharp front teeth to chomp on tough plants, like a little dinosaur gardener.1

Viveva

avant 201 fin 193 milliuns onns6

Giurassic tempriv

Fossils chattads en

Eastern Cape, South Africa2

Lunghezza

0,6 m (2 ft)3 4

Autezza

0,21 m (0,7 ft)

stima

Spertadad maximala

var 17 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

uschè lung sco 3 bananas ina suenter l'autrauschè pitschen ch'el pudeva ir sut ina sutgapudess currer 100 meters en 21 secundas (il pli spert uman dovra 9,6)

Quant grond era Pegomastax 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)

Pegomastax var 17 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

Pegomastax had a very deep, parrot-like beak at the front of its jaw, which helped it bite into tough plants.1

Its skull was only about 73 mm (2.9 inches) long, smaller than a chicken's skull.1

Pegomastax lived alongside many other dinosaurs, including the long-necked Massospondylus and the small ornithischian Lesothosaurus.1

The only fossil of Pegomastax is a partial skull with a well-preserved lower jaw and teeth, found in the upper Elliot Formation.1

Scientists think Pegomastax may have been most closely related to a South American dinosaur called Manidens.1

Pegomastax had a mobile predentary bone in its lower jaw, which helped it move its beak up and down while chewing.1

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

?How big was Pegomastax?

About 0.6 metres (2 feet) long, about the size of a domestic cat.4 5

?Did Pegomastax have feathers?

Scientists think it was covered in porcupine-like quills, not feathers.4

?What did Pegomastax eat?

It was a plant-eater. It used its beak and cheek teeth like scissors to shear tough plants.1 4

?Why did Pegomastax have fangs?

It used its fangs for self-defense and competing for mates, like some modern plant-eating deer and peccaries.4

?When did Pegomastax live?

It lived during the Early Jurassic, about 200 to 190 million years ago.1

?Where was Pegomastax found?

Its only fossil was found in the upper Elliot Formation in South Africa.1

Per experts da dinos

Num scientific: Pegomastax
Numnà da: Sereno 20126
Gruppa: Erbivors cun pichel
Famiglia / clada: Heterodontosauridae6
Classificaziun: Ornithischia > Heterodontosauridae6
Vegliadetgna da la crappa: 201 fin 193 milliuns onns (Hettangian / Sinemurian)6
Formaziuns da crap: Elliot6
Pajais: Africa dal Sid6
Chats da fossils: 1 en The Paleobiology Database6
Scuverta: Pegomastax was named by American paleontologist Paul Sereno in 2012, based on a partial skull discovered in the 1966 to 1967 expedition to the Transkei District of Cape Province, South Africa.1
Anc discutà: Scientists are still debating whether the large canine teeth of Pegomastax were used for defense, display, or occasional omnivory.1

Danunder che vegnan ils fatgs

Pegomastax (en.wikipedia.org)
PBDB Taxon (paleobiodb.org)
Dwarf species of fanged dinosaur emerges from southern Africa | University of Chicago News (news.uchicago.edu)
New Fanged Dwarf Dinosaur Found—"Would Be Nice Pet" | National Geographic (nationalgeographic.com)
Dwarf 'vampire' dinosaur was a plant eater - BBC News (bbc.com)
Pegomastax in The Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0): vegliadetgna, lieus, formaziuns da crap, classificaziun.

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