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Rugops

Il num vul dir: “wrinkle face”1

Mangiava: CharnDinos carnivorsCretacic tardiv

Rugops was a meat-eating dinosaur that lived in what is now Niger, Africa, about 95 million years ago. It had a wrinkled, bumpy face and a delicate skull, which scientists think means it was a scavenger rather than a fierce hunter.1 2

Viveva

avant 100 fin 94 milliuns onns4

Cretacic tardiv

Fossils chattads en

Niger, Africa (Echkar Formation)2 4

Lunghezza

4,4 fin 5,3 m (14 fin 17 ft)2

Paisa

410 kg (904 lb)2

Autezza

2,4 m (7,9 ft)3

Spertadad maximala

var 44 km/h (27 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?

Quant grev era el?

uschè grev sco 20 chauns

uschè lung sco 5 chauns dal nas a la cuauschè lung sco 29 bananas ina suenter l'autrauschè grev sco 82 melunasuschè grev sco 22 uffants da scolettauschè grev sco 13 scolarspudess currer 100 meters en 8,2 secundas (il pli spert uman dovra 9,6)

Quant grond era Rugops 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)

Rugops var 44 km/h (27 mph)

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

In gepard var 100 km/h (62 mph)

chaussas cool

Fatgs divertents

Rugops is known from only a partial skull, which is about 31.5 centimetres (12.4 inches) long.2

The top of its skull had many pits and bumps, which would have supported scales and a tough, armour-like skin on its snout.2

Rows of holes in the skull may mean Rugops had a crest or some kind of display structure on its head.1

Rugops lived alongside other huge predators like Carcharodontosaurus and Spinosaurus.2

The type specimen might have been a subadult, because its skull bones were not fully fused together.2

Rugops was one of the earliest abelisaurids, a group of horned, short-snouted theropods that lived in the southern continents.2

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tias dumondas

Las dumondas las pli frequentas davart Rugops

?How big was Rugops?

Scientists estimate Rugops was about 4.4 to 5.3 metres (14 to 17 feet) long and weighed around 410 kilograms (900 pounds). Some earlier estimates suggested it was up to 6 metres (20 feet) long and 750 kilograms (1,650 pounds).2

?What did Rugops eat?

Rugops was a carnivore, meaning it ate meat. Its delicate skull suggests it was a scavenger that fed on dead animals rather than a hunter that killed its own prey.1 3

?Where did Rugops live?

Rugops lived in what is now Niger, Africa, about 95 million years ago. Its fossils were found in the Echkar Formation, which was a river and lake environment.2

?Did Rugops have feathers?

Nobody knows for sure. Rugops is known only from a skull, and no feathers or feather impressions have been found with it. Its skull had pits and bumps that supported scales, not feathers.2

?Why is it called Rugops?

Rugops means 'wrinkle face' in Latin and Greek. It was named for the wrinkled, bumpy texture on its skull bones.2

?Was Rugops bigger than T. rex?

No, Rugops was much smaller. Rugops was about 4.4 to 5.3 metres (14 to 17 feet) long, while T. rex was over 12 metres (40 feet) long.2

Per experts da dinos

Num scientific: Rugops
Numnà da: Sereno et al. 20044
Gruppa: Dinos carnivors
Famiglia / clada: Abelisauridae4
Classificaziun: Theropoda > Ceratosauria > Abelisauridae4
Vegliadetgna da la crappa: 100 fin 94 milliuns onns (Cenomanian)4
Formaziuns da crap: Echkar4
Pajais: Niger4
Chats da fossils: 1 en The Paleobiology Database4
Scuverta: Rugops was named in 2004 by paleontologist Paul Sereno and his team, based on a partial skull found in the Echkar Formation of Niger during an expedition funded by the National Geographic Society.2
Anc discutà: Scientists are not sure exactly how Rugops is related to other abelisaurids; some studies place it as the most primitive, while others put it in a group with several other genera.2

Danunder che vegnan ils fatgs

Rugops | Natural History Museum (nhm.ac.uk)
Rugops (en.wikipedia.org)
Discoveries | Paul Sereno - Paleontologist | The University of Chicago (paulsereno.uchicago.edu)
Rugops in The Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0): vegliadetgna, lieus, formaziuns da crap, classificaziun.

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