Silutitan

Il num vul dir: “Silk Road giant”1

Mangiava: PlantasCuliezs lungsCretacic tempriv

Silutitan was a huge, long-necked plant-eater that lived in what is now China. Its fossils were found alongside many pterosaur bones, including eggs and babies. This dinosaur was one of the first big land animals discovered in that special fossil site.1 2

Viveva

avant 137 fin 133 milliuns onns3

Cretacic tempriv

Fossils chattads en

Hami, Xinjiang, China1 3

Lunghezza

20 m (66 ft)1

Autezza

4,5 m (15 ft)

stima

Spertadad maximala

var 12 km/h (7 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 4 autos parcads in suenter l'auteruschè lung sco 110 bananas ina suenter l'autrauschè aut ch'el pudeva guardar en ina fanestra al 2. plaunpudess currer 100 meters en 30 secundas (il pli spert uman dovra 9,6)

Quant grond era Silutitan 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)

Silutitan var 12 km/h (7 mph)

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

In gepard var 100 km/h (62 mph)

chaussas cool

Fatgs divertents

Silutitan is known only from six neck bones and some ribs. Scientists used those bones to figure out its body length was over 20 metres (66 feet).1

Its name means 'Silk Road giant' because the fossils were found near the ancient Silk Road trade route in China.1

Silutitan lived about 137 to 132 million years ago, during the Early Cretaceous period.3

The bones of Silutitan were found in lake-bottom sandstones, along with many pterosaur fossils including eggs and embryos.1 2

Silutitan was a somphospondylan sauropod, a group of long-necked dinosaurs with air-filled bones that made them lighter.1

Its neck vertebrae had special bumps and ridges that helped scientists tell it apart from other sauropods.1

Maletg da Silutitan fatg cun IA — In maletg fatg cun IA che mussa co Silutitan 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.

Per experts da dinos

Num scientific: Silutitan
Numnà da: Wang et al. 20213
Gruppa: Culiezs lungs
Famiglia / clada: Euhelopodidae3
Classificaziun: Sauropodomorpha > Sauropoda > Macronaria3
Vegliadetgna da la crappa: 137 fin 133 milliuns onns (Valanginian)3
Formaziuns da crap: Shengjinkou3
Pajais: China3
Chats da fossils: 1 en The Paleobiology Database3
Scuverta: Silutitan was named in 2021 by a team of scientists led by Xiaolin Wang. The fossils were found in the Hami region of Xinjiang, China, starting in 2016.1 3
Anc discutà: Scientists are not sure exactly how long Silutitan's whole body was, because only its neck bones have been found. The length estimate of over 20 metres is based on comparing it to a similar dinosaur called Euhelopus.1

Danunder che vegnan ils fatgs

nature.com (nature.com)
The first dinosaurs from the Early Cretaceous Hami Pterosaur Fauna, China (pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov)
Silutitan in The Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0): vegliadetgna, lieus, formaziuns da crap, classificaziun.

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