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Saichania

Il num vul dir: “beautiful one”1

Mangiava: PlantasDinos cun armaduraCretacic tardiv

Saichania was a tank-like dinosaur covered in bony armour and armed with a heavy tail club. It lived in the deserts of Mongolia and China during the Late Cretaceous period. Even big predators like Tarbosaurus probably thought twice before attacking this walking fortress!1

Viveva

avant 100 fin 72 milliuns onns4

Cretacic tardiv

Fossils chattads en

Mongolia (Khulsan, Khermeen Tsav) and China1 4

Lunghezza

5 fin 7 m (16 fin 23 ft)1

Paisa

1,4 tonnas fin 2 tonnas (3 100 fin 4 400 lb)1

Autezza

2 m (6,6 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?

Quant aut era el?

stima

Quant grev era el?

uschè grev sco 1,5 autos

uschè lung sco 7 chauns dal nas a la cuauschè lung sco 39 bananas ina suenter l'autrauschè grev sco 100 chaunsuschè grev sco 400 melunasuschè grev sco 2,5 classas da scola entirasuschè grev sco 4 urs polarspudess currer 100 meters en 22 secundas (il pli spert uman dovra 9,6)

Quant grond era Saichania 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)

Saichania var 16 km/h (10 mph)

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

In gepard var 100 km/h (62 mph)

chaussas cool

Fatgs divertents

Saichania means 'beautiful one' in Mongolian, because the first fossil found was so well preserved.1

Its neck bones, shoulder bones and ribs were fused together, making its body extra strong and sturdy.1

Saichania had a special cooling system in its nose: bony curls inside the nasal cavity helped moisten the dry desert air.2

It shared its desert home with other dinosaurs like Bagaceratops and Tylocephale, but large meat-eaters were rare in that area.1

Some scientists think that two Chinese dinosaurs, Tianzhenosaurus and Shanxia, are actually the same as Saichania.1 4

Saichania's tail club could deliver a powerful blow to defend itself against predators like Tarbosaurus.1

The first Saichania fossil was found by a Polish-Mongolian expedition in the Gobi Desert in 1970 and 1971.1

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

?What did Saichania eat?

Saichania was an herbivore (plant-eater). It used its horny beak to bite off plants in its desert habitat and then processed the food in its wide hindgut.1

?How big was Saichania?

Saichania was about 5 to 7 metres long and weighed around 1.4 to 2.0 metric tons.1

?Did Saichania have a tail club?

Yes, Saichania had a heavy tail club. It could use it to defend itself against predators like Tarbosaurus, and biomechanical analysis shows the club could generate a force of about 13631 Newtons.1 3

?When did Saichania live?

Saichania lived during the Late Cretaceous period, about 73 million years ago, in what is now Mongolia and China.1

?Could Saichania run fast?

Saichania was a slow, heavy dinosaur that walked on four short legs. It wasn't built for speed, but its armour and tail club made it a tough target for predators.1

?Is Saichania a dinosaur?

Yes, Saichania is a dinosaur. More specifically, it is an ankylosaurid, a type of armoured herbivorous dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous.1

Per experts da dinos

Num scientific: Saichania
Numnà da: Maryanska 19774
Gruppa: Dinos cun armadura
Famiglia / clada: Ankylosauridae4
Classificaziun: Ornithischia > Ankylosauria > Ankylosauridae > Thyreophora4
Vegliadetgna da la crappa: 100 fin 72 milliuns onns (Cenomanian / Campanian)4
Formaziuns da crap: Baruungoyot, Huiquanpu4
Pajais: Mongolia, China4
Chats da fossils: 5 en The Paleobiology Database4
Era enconuschent sco: Shanxia, Tianzhenosaurus (nums pli vegls che valan ussa sco il medem animal)4
Scuverta: Saichania was named by Polish palaeontologist Teresa Maryańska in 1977, based on a beautifully preserved skull and front part of the body found in the Gobi Desert, Mongolia.1
Anc discutà: Scientists debate whether some fossils belong to Saichania or to its close relatives Tarchia and Zaraapelta, since they lived in the same area.1

Danunder che vegnan ils fatgs

Saichania (en.wikipedia.org)
ANKYLOSAURIDAE (DINOSAURIA) FROM MONGOLIA (palaeontologia.pan.pl)
Saichania chulsanensis (Ornithischia, Ankylosauridae) from the Upper Cretaceous of Mongolia - Palaeontographica Abteilung A Band 294 Lieferung 1-3 — Schweizerbart science publishers (schweizerbart.de)
Saichania in The Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0): vegliadetgna, lieus, formaziuns da crap, classificaziun.

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