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Teratophoneus

Il num vul dir: “monstrous murderer”1

Mangiava: CharnTirannosaursCretacic tardiv

Teratophoneus was a meat-eating dinosaur with a short, deep skull and a powerful bite. It lived in what is now Utah, USA, about 76 million years ago. This tyrannosaur was smaller than its famous cousin T. rex, but still a scary predator.1

Viveva

avant 84 fin 72 milliuns onns3

Cretacic tardiv

Fossils chattads en

Kaiparowits Formation, southern Utah, USA1

Lunghezza

6 fin 8,7 m (20 fin 29 ft)1

Paisa

667 kg fin 2,5 tonnas (1 500 fin 5 500 lb)1

Autezza

2,8 m (9,2 ft)

stima

Spertadad maximala

var 34 km/h (21 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 9 chauns dal nas a la cuauschè lung sco 48 bananas ina suenter l'autrauschè grev sco 120 chaunsuschè grev sco 500 melunasuschè grev sco 3 classas da scola entirasuschè grev sco 6 urs polarspudess currer 100 meters en 11 secundas (il pli spert uman dovra 9,6)

Quant grond era Teratophoneus 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)

Teratophoneus var 34 km/h (21 mph)

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

In gepard var 100 km/h (62 mph)

chaussas cool

Fatgs divertents

Teratophoneus had a shorter skull than many other tyrannosaurs, about 23% shorter than Albertosaurus. This gave it a deeper face and possibly a stronger bite.1

Fossils of four or five Teratophoneus found together suggest they may have hunted in packs. The group included animals aged 4 to 22 years old.1

The first Teratophoneus fossil was a partial skull and skeleton of a subadult. Scientists think it was not fully grown when it died.1

Teratophoneus lived alongside many other dinosaurs, including the horned Kosmoceratops and the duck-billed Parasaurolophus.1

The name Teratophoneus means 'monstrous murderer' in Greek. It was named in 2011 by paleontologist Thomas Carr and his team.1

Teratophoneus was about 1/10th the weight of Tyrannosaurus rex. An adult might have weighed as much as a small car.2

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tias dumondas

Las dumondas las pli frequentas davart Teratophoneus

?How big was Teratophoneus?

Scientists have different estimates. A subadult was about 6 meters (20 ft) long and weighed around 667 kg (1,470 lb), while a full-grown adult may have reached 8.7 meters (29 ft) long and weighed up to 2.5 tonnes (2.8 short tons).1

?Did Teratophoneus hunt in packs?

Yes, fossils of four or five Teratophoneus found together suggest they may have been social pack-hunters. The group included animals aged 4 to 22 years old and died together in a possible flood event.1

?What did Teratophoneus eat?

Teratophoneus was a meat-eating predator that likely hunted large dinosaurs like the duck-billed Parasaurolophus and the horned Kosmoceratops. Its deep skull and strong bite helped it take down prey.1

?When did Teratophoneus live?

Teratophoneus lived about 76.5 to 75.5 million years ago, during the Late Cretaceous period. That is millions of years before T. rex appeared.1

?Where was Teratophoneus found?

All Teratophoneus fossils have been found in the Kaiparowits Formation of southern Utah, USA. This area was once a warm, wet floodplain near a large inland sea.1

?How fast could Teratophoneus run?

Nobody knows for sure. As a tyrannosaur, it was probably not a fast runner, but it could likely walk quickly and ambush its prey. No speed estimates have been published.1

Chatschader da mitus

Mitus: Some people think all tyrannosaurs were huge like T. rex.

Vardad: Teratophoneus was much smaller, only about 6 to 8.7 meters long, and had a shorter, deeper skull.1

Per experts da dinos

Num scientific: Teratophoneus
Numnà da: Carr et al. 20113
Gruppa: Tirannosaurs
Famiglia / clada: Tyrannosauridae3
Classificaziun: Theropoda > Tyrannosauroidea > Tyrannosauridae3
Vegliadetgna da la crappa: 84 fin 72 milliuns onns (Campanian)3
Formaziuns da crap: Kaiparowits3
Pajais: USA3
Chats da fossils: 3 en The Paleobiology Database3
Scuverta: Teratophoneus was named in 2011 by Thomas Carr, Thomas Williamson, Brooks Britt, and Ken Stadtman. The fossils were found in the Kaiparowits Formation of Utah.1
Anc discutà: Scientists are not sure why Teratophoneus had such a short skull. It might have helped it bite harder, but the exact reason is still debated.1

Danunder che vegnan ils fatgs

Teratophoneus (en.wikipedia.org)
Announcing Teratophoneus, the Kaiparowits tyrannosaurine (dml.reptilis.net)
Teratophoneus in The Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0): vegliadetgna, lieus, formaziuns da crap, classificaziun.

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