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Velafrons

Il num vul dir: “sailed forehead”1

Mangiava: PlantasPichels d'andaCretacic tardiv

Velafrons was a duck-billed dinosaur that lived in Mexico about 73 million years ago. It had a bony crest on its forehead like a little sail. The only skeleton we have is from a youngster, so grown-ups might have been much bigger!1

Viveva

avant 84 fin 72 milliuns onns3

Cretacic tardiv

Fossils chattads en

Coahuila, Mexico1 3

Lunghezza

fin 7,5 m (25 ft)1

Paisa

fin 2,5 tonnas (5 500 lb)1

Spertadad maximala

var 26 km/h (16 mph)

Currer, stima

Cura viveva el?

Triassic

Giurassic

Cretacic

avant 252 milliuns onns20114566, l'asteroid

Quant grond era el?

Quant lung era el?

Quant grev era el?

uschè grev sco 1,5 autos

uschè lung sco 8 chauns dal nas a la cuauschè lung sco 42 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 14 secundas (il pli spert uman dovra 9,6)

Quant grond era Velafrons 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)

Velafrons var 26 km/h (16 mph)

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

In gepard var 100 km/h (62 mph)

chaussas cool

Fatgs divertents

Velafrons is the first new lambeosaurine dinosaur from North America to be named in over 70 years.1

The only known skeleton is from a juvenile, and it is about 60% the size of a full-grown Corythosaurus. So adult Velafrons may have been much larger than the 7.5-metre specimen we found.1

Its skull is big compared to other duck-billed dinosaurs of the same age. This might mean adult Velafrons were also larger than their relatives.1

Velafrons lived in a warm, coastal environment near an ancient sea, in what is now the desert of Coahuila.1

The fossils were found in a grey mudstone that formed from mud at the bottom of an estuary or bay.2

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

?How big was Velafrons?

Velafrons was a medium-sized hadrosaur, measuring about 7.5 metres (25 ft) long and weighing around 2.5 metric tons (2.8 short tons). Since the only known skeleton is from a juvenile, adults might have been much bigger.1

?What did Velafrons eat?

Velafrons was a herbivore, meaning it ate plants. As a hadrosaurid, it would have eaten vegetation.1 3

?Why did Velafrons have a crest?

Velafrons had a bony crest on its forehead, which is why its name means 'sailed forehead'. Scientists think the crest might have been used for display, but they are not sure exactly what for.1

?When did Velafrons live?

Velafrons lived about 73.5 million years ago, during the Late Cretaceous period. Its fossils were found in the Cerro del Pueblo Formation in Mexico.1

Per experts da dinos

Num scientific: Velafrons
Numnà da: Gates et al. 20073
Gruppa: Pichels d'anda
Famiglia / clada: Hadrosauridae3
Classificaziun: Ornithischia > Ornithopoda > Iguanodontia > Hadrosauridae3
Vegliadetgna da la crappa: 84 fin 72 milliuns onns (Campanian)3
Formaziuns da crap: Cerro del Pueblo3
Pajais: Mexico3
Chats da fossils: 2 en The Paleobiology Database3
Scuverta: The first Velafrons skeleton was found in 2002 during an excavation by the Utah Museum of Natural History, Royal Tyrrell Museum and Museo del Desierto. It was named by Terry Gates and colleagues in 2007.1
Anc discutà: Scientists are not sure how big adult Velafrons grew, because only a youngster has been found. The crest on its forehead might have grown bigger or changed shape as it aged.1

Danunder che vegnan ils fatgs

Velafrons (en.wikipedia.org)
PBDB Taxon (paleobiodb.org)
Velafrons in The Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0): vegliadetgna, lieus, formaziuns da crap, classificaziun.

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