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Velocisaurus

Il num vul dir: “swift lizard”1

Mangiava: CharnDinos carnivorsCretacic tardiv

Velocisaurus was a small, speedy dinosaur that lived in what is now Argentina. It was a meat-eater, but its feet were built for running fast, maybe even to escape larger predators.1 3

Viveva

avant 86 fin 84 milliuns onns3

Cretacic tardiv

Fossils chattads en

Neuquén and Río Negro provinces, Patagonia, Argentina1 2

Lunghezza

1,5 m (4,9 ft)1

Autezza

0,52 m (1,7 ft)

stima

Spertadad maximala

var 35 km/h (22 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 3 giats da chasa dal nas a la cuauschè lung sco 8 bananas ina suenter l'autrapudess currer 100 meters en 10 secundas (il pli spert uman dovra 9,6)

Quant grond era Velocisaurus 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)

Velocisaurus var 35 km/h (22 mph)

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

In gepard var 100 km/h (62 mph)

chaussas cool

Fatgs divertents

Velocisaurus had a very unusual foot. The middle toe bone (third metatarsal) was thick and carried most of the weight, while the two side toe bones (second and fourth) were thin like rods.1

This dinosaur was one of the smallest noasaurids, only about 1.5 meters (5 feet) long. That is as long as a large dog.1

Velocisaurus lived during the Santonian stage of the Late Cretaceous, about 85 to 83 million years ago.3 1

The first Velocisaurus fossil was just a right hind leg, found in 1985. In 2016, scientists described a second specimen that included a nearly complete left hind leg.1 2

Velocisaurus is a close relative of another weird dinosaur called Masiakasaurus, which had teeth that stuck out forward.1

This dinosaur was named by the famous paleontologist José Bonaparte in 1991. The name means 'swift lizard' because its leg and foot were built for running.1

Velocisaurus had a short, strong thigh bone (femur) that was bowed forward and had a triangular shape near the hip.2

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Las dumondas las pli frequentas davart Velocisaurus

?How big was Velocisaurus?

About 1.5 meters (4.9 feet) long, which is about as long as a large dog.1

?Why was Velocisaurus called 'swift lizard'?

Its leg and foot were built for running fast, so its name means 'swift lizard' in Latin.1

?When did Velocisaurus live?

It lived during the Santonian stage of the Late Cretaceous, about 85 to 83 million years ago.3

Per experts da dinos

Num scientific: Velocisaurus
Numnà da: Bonaparte 19913
Gruppa: Dinos carnivors
Famiglia / clada: Noasauridae3
Classificaziun: Theropoda > Ceratosauria3
Vegliadetgna da la crappa: 86 fin 84 milliuns onns (Santonian)3
Formaziuns da crap: Bajo de la Carpa3
Pajais: Argentinia3
Chats da fossils: 2 en The Paleobiology Database3
Scuverta: In 1985, Oscar de Ferrariis and Zulma Brandoni de Gasparini found fossils at Boca del Sapo in Neuquén, Argentina. In 1991, José Bonaparte named the dinosaur Velocisaurus unicus.1
Anc discutà: Scientists are not sure whether Velocisaurus was a pure meat-eater or an omnivore that also ate plants. A claw from its fourth toe was not very sharp, which might hint it ate some plants.1

Danunder che vegnan ils fatgs

Velocisaurus (en.wikipedia.org)
A new specimen of Velocisaurus unicus (Theropoda, Abelisauroidea) from the Paso Córdoba locality (Santonian), Río Negro, Argentina: Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology: Vol 36 , No 4 - Get Access (tandfonline.com)
Velocisaurus in The Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0): vegliadetgna, lieus, formaziuns da crap, classificaziun.

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