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Qantassaurus

Il num vul dir: “Qantas lizard, after the Australian airline Qantas”1
Mangiava: PlantasErbivors cun pichelCretacic tempriv

Qantassaurus was a small, fast plant-eater that lived in Australia during the Early Cretaceous. It had a very short, deep lower jaw with only ten cheek teeth, which made it different from other small ornithopods. It probably ate ferns and horsetails that grew close to the ground.1

Viveva
avant 126 fin 121 milliuns onns4
Cretacic tempriv
Fossils chattads en
Flat Rocks site near Inverloch, Victoria, Australia14
Lunghezza
1,5 fin 2 m (4,9 fin 6,6 ft)1
Paisa
20 kg fin 30 kg (44 fin 66 lb)1
Autezza
0,5 fin 0,7 m (1,6 fin 2,3 ft)1
Spertadad maximala
var 41 km/h (25 mph)
Currer, stima

Cura viveva el?

Triassic
Giurassic
Cretacic
avant 252 milliuns onns20114566, l'asteroid

Quant grond era el?

Quant lung era el?

Qantassaurus var 2 m lung (6,6 ft)In chaun var 1 m (3,3 ft)In velo da creschids var 1,8 m (5,9 ft)In auto var 4,5 m (15 ft)

Quant aut era el?

In giat da chasavar 0,3 m (1 ft)In chaunvar 0,5 m (1,6 ft)Qantassaurusvar 0,7 m aut (2,3 ft)In chavalvar 1,6 m (5,2 ft)

Quant grev era el?

uschè grev sco 8 giats da chasa
uschè lung sco 4 giats da chasa dal nas a la cuauschè lung sco 11 bananas ina suenter l'autrauschè grev sco 6 melunaspudess currer 100 meters en 8,8 secundas (il pli spert uman dovra 9,6)

Quant grond era Qantassaurus cumpareglià cun TAI?

Mo matematica en tes navigatur. Nagut na vegn arcunà u tramess.

Quant spert era el?

chaussas cool

Fatgs divertents

1

Qantassaurus is known only from its lower jaw bones, and scientists have found three of them.1

2

Its lower jaw was unusually short and deep, with the top and bottom edges slanting toward the front.1

3

It had only ten cheek teeth on each side of its lower jaw, fewer than most other small ornithopods.1

4

Qantassaurus lived in a rift valley between Australia and Antarctica as the two continents were slowly pulling apart.1

5

The fossils were found in rocks that are about 125 to 127 million years old, from the late Barremian age.2

6

Its teeth are very similar to those of another Australian dinosaur, Atlascopcosaurus, but the jaws are different shapes.1

7

Qantassaurus was named after the airline Qantas, which helped transport the fossils.1

Fatg cun IAMaletg da Qantassaurus fatg cun IA
In maletg fatg cun IA che mussa co Qantassaurus 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 Qantassaurus

?How big was Qantassaurus?

About 1.8 metres long and about 1 metre tall.3

?What did Qantassaurus eat?

It ate plants like ferns and horsetails that grew close to the ground.13

?Why is it called Qantassaurus?

It was named after the Australian airline Qantas, which helped transport the fossils.13

?Could Qantassaurus run fast?

Yes, it probably was a fast runner because it had long thighs and long shins, like its relatives.3

Per experts da dinos

Num scientific
Qantassaurus
Numnà da
Rich and Vickers-Rich 19994
Gruppa
Erbivors cun pichel
Famiglia / clada
Elasmaria4
Classificaziun
Ornithischia > Ornithopoda > Iguanodontia4
Vegliadetgna da la crappa
126 fin 121 milliuns onns (Barremian)4
Formaziuns da crap
Wonthaggi4
Pajais
Australia4
Chats da fossils
2 en The Paleobiology Database4
Scuverta
Qantassaurus was named by scientists Thomas Rich and Patricia Vickers-Rich in 1999. The first fossil, a complete left lower jaw, was found at the Flat Rocks site near Inverloch, Victoria, Australia.41
Anc discutà
Scientists are not sure exactly how big Qantassaurus grew, because only jaw bones have been found.1

Danunder che vegnan ils fatgs

  1. Dinosaur - Qantassaurus intrepidus - The Australian Museum (australian.museum)
  2. New small-bodied ornithopods (Dinosauria, Neornithischia) from the Early Cretaceous Wonthaggi Formation (Strzelecki Group) of the Australian-Antarctic rift system, with revision of Qantassaurus intrepidus Rich and Vickers-Rich, 1999 | Journal of Paleontology | Cambridge Core (cambridge.org)
  3. Qantassaurus (Wikipedia) (Wikipedia)
  4. Qantassaurus in The Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0): vegliadetgna, lieus, formaziuns da crap, classificaziun.

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