Tonganosaurus

Il num vul dir: “lizard from Tong'an”1

Mangiava: PlantasCuliezs lungsGiurassic tempriv

Tonganosaurus was a long-necked plant-eater that lived about 184 million years ago. It is one of the oldest known members of the mamenchisaurid family, which includes some of the longest-necked dinosaurs ever.1 2

Viveva

avant 201 fin 175 milliuns onns3

Giurassic tempriv

Fossils chattads en

Tong'an Town, Sichuan, China1 2

Lunghezza

11,6 fin 12 m (38 fin 39 ft)1

Autezza

2,9 m (9,5 ft)

stima

Spertadad maximala

var 19 km/h (12 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 2,5 autos parcads in suenter l'auteruschè lung sco 67 bananas ina suenter l'autrapudess currer 100 meters en 19 secundas (il pli spert uman dovra 9,6)

Quant grond era Tonganosaurus 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)

Tonganosaurus var 19 km/h (12 mph)

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

In gepard var 100 km/h (62 mph)

chaussas cool

Fatgs divertents

Tonganosaurus had a very long neck for its size, with neck bones shaped like those of Omeisaurus, another long-necked dinosaur.1

Its front legs were 80 percent as long as its back legs, which is a sign it was a more advanced sauropod.2

The thigh bone (femur) was straight and thick, and the shin bone (tibia) was 75 percent of its length.1

It lived in the Early Jurassic, about 184.5 million years ago, making it the oldest known mamenchisaurid by almost 15 million years.1

The only skeleton found was of an adult that was about 12 metres long, the length of a big bus.1

Its backbones (vertebrae) were solid and not hollow, which is a more primitive feature among sauropods.2

The fossils were discovered in 2007 by scientists from Chengdu University of Technology, after tips from local people.1

Maletg da Tonganosaurus fatg cun IA — In maletg fatg cun IA che mussa co Tonganosaurus 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: Tonganosaurus
Numnà da: Li et al. 20103
Gruppa: Culiezs lungs
Famiglia / clada: Mamenchisauridae3
Classificaziun: Sauropodomorpha > Sauropoda3
Vegliadetgna da la crappa: 201 fin 175 milliuns onns (Hettangian / Toarcian)3
Formaziuns da crap: Yimen3
Pajais: China3
Chats da fossils: 1 en The Paleobiology Database3
Scuverta: Tonganosaurus was named by Li Kui, Yang Chun-Yan, Liu Jian, and Wang Zheng-Xin in 2010. The species name hei honors dinosaur scientist He Xinlu. The fossils were found in the Yimen Formation of Sichuan, China.1 2
Anc discutà: Scientists are still debating the exact age of the Yimen Formation, so the precise date of Tonganosaurus is not fully settled.1

Danunder che vegnan ils fatgs

Tonganosaurus (en.wikipedia.org)
A NEW SAUROPOD FROM THE LOWER JURASSIC OF HUILI, SICHUAN, CHINA (vertpala.ac.cn)
Tonganosaurus in The Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0): vegliadetgna, lieus, formaziuns da crap, classificaziun.

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