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Rhinorex

Il num vul dir: “king nose”1

Mangiava: PlantasPichels d'andaCretacic tardiv

Rhinorex was a duck-billed dinosaur with a huge, bony nose that made it look like a giant bulldog. It lived in swampy forests near the coast of ancient Utah about 75 million years ago. This gentle plant-eater used its big nose to impress friends or smash plants, but scientists are still sniffing out the real reason!1 2

Viveva

avant 84 fin 72 milliuns onns5

Cretacic tardiv

Fossils chattads en

Utah, USA (Neslen Formation, Book Cliffs)1 2

Lunghezza

9 m (30 ft)1

Paisa

3,855 tonnas (8 500 lb)1

Autezza

3,1 m (10 ft)

stima

Spertadad maximala

var 23 km/h (14 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 2,5 autos

uschè lung sco 2 autos parcads in suenter l'auteruschè lung sco 50 bananas ina suenter l'autrauschè grev sco 190 chaunsuschè grev sco 770 melunasuschè grev sco 5 classas da scola entirasuschè grev sco 9 urs polarspudess currer 100 meters en 16 secundas (il pli spert uman dovra 9,6)

Quant grond era Rhinorex 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)

Rhinorex var 23 km/h (14 mph)

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

In gepard var 100 km/h (62 mph)

chaussas cool

Fatgs divertents

Rhinorex's fossil was first dug up in the 1990s, but it sat in storage for years because scientists were more interested in its well-preserved skin impressions than its bones.1

Unlike many other duck-billed dinosaurs, Rhinorex did not have a crest on top of its head. Instead, it had a huge, bony nose that gave it a very unique face.1

Rhinorex lived in an estuary, a swampy area where a river meets the sea, about 50 miles from the coast. This is different from its relative Gryposaurus, which lived further inland.1

Scientists are not sure why Rhinorex had such a big nose. It might have been used to attract mates, to recognize other members of its species, or as a base for a strong, plant-smashing beak.1

Rhinorex is the only complete hadrosaur fossil ever found in the Neslen Formation, making it a very important discovery for understanding Utah's ancient environments.1

The name Rhinorex condrupus means 'king nose' and 'pig-like' in Latin, a funny combination that matches its pig-like snout.1 2

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

?How big was Rhinorex?

About 9 metres (30 feet) long and weighed over 3,850 kilograms (8,500 lbs).1

?What did Rhinorex eat?

It was a plant-eater, using its beak to smash plants.1 3

?Why did Rhinorex have a big nose?

Scientists are not sure yet. It might have been used to attract mates, recognize its own species, or as a base for a strong beak to smash plants.1

?Is Rhinorex a dinosaur?

Yes, it is a duck-billed dinosaur called a hadrosaur.4

Chatschader da mitus

Mitus: Rhinorex was a fierce predator with a horn on its nose.

Vardad: Rhinorex was a gentle plant-eating hadrosaur, not a predator. Its 'nose' was a bony bump, not a horn, and it used its beak to eat plants.2

Per experts da dinos

Num scientific: Rhinorex
Numnà da: Gates and Scheetz 20145
Gruppa: Pichels d'anda
Famiglia / clada: Hadrosauridae5
Classificaziun: Ornithischia > Ornithopoda > Iguanodontia > Hadrosauridae5
Vegliadetgna da la crappa: 84 fin 72 milliuns onns (Campanian)5
Formaziuns da crap: Nelsen5
Pajais: USA5
Chats da fossils: 1 en The Paleobiology Database5
Scuverta: Rhinorex was discovered by two geology students from the University of California, Riverside in 1992 while they were mapping the Book Cliffs in eastern Utah. It was later named and described by paleontologists Terry Gates and Rodney Scheetz in 2014 after they found the fossil in storage at Brigham Young University.1 2
Anc discutà: Scientists are still debating whether Rhinorex lived at exactly the same time as its close relative Gryposaurus, or if it lived a bit later. This would change whether they shared the same habitat or if Rhinorex evolved from Gryposaurus.2

Danunder che vegnan ils fatgs

New Hadrosaur Noses into Spotlight | NC State News (news.ncsu.edu)
New Dinosaur Rhinorex Raises Cretaceous Quandary (nationalgeographic.com)
New dinosaur species with giant nose discovered in Utah - Utah Geological Survey (geology.utah.gov)
Rhinorex (en.wikipedia.org)
Rhinorex in The Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0): vegliadetgna, lieus, formaziuns da crap, classificaziun.

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