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Wendiceratops

Il num vul dir: “Wendy's horned face”1
Mangiava: PlantasDinos cun cornsCretacic tardiv

Wendiceratops was a plant-eating dinosaur with a huge bony frill on its head and a big upright horn above its nose. It lived about 78 to 79 million years ago in what is now Alberta, Canada. This dinosaur is one of the oldest horned dinosaurs with a tall nose horn ever found.1

Viveva
avant 84 fin 72 milliuns onns4
Cretacic tardiv
Fossils chattads en
Pinhorn Provincial Grazing Reserve, south of the Milk River, Alberta, Canada1
Lunghezza
4,5 fin 6 m (15 fin 20 ft)1
Paisa
1 tonnas fin 1,5 tonnas (2 200 fin 3 300 lb)1
Autezza
1,5 fin 2 m (4,9 fin 6,6 ft)1
Spertadad maximala
var 38 km/h (24 mph)
Currer, stima

Cura viveva el?

Triassic
Giurassic
Cretacic
avant 252 milliuns onns20114566, l'asteroid

Quant grond era el?

Quant lung era el?

Wendiceratops var 6 m lung (20 ft)In velo da creschids var 1,8 m (5,9 ft)In auto var 4,5 m (15 ft)In elefant, il pli grond animal da terra dad oz var 6,5 m (21 ft)

Quant aut era el?

In chaunvar 0,5 m (1,6 ft)In chavalvar 1,6 m (5,2 ft)Wendiceratopsvar 2 m aut (6,6 ft)In elefantvar 3,2 m (10 ft)

Quant grev era el?

uschè grev sco 1 autos
uschè lung sco 6 chauns dal nas a la cuauschè lung sco 33 bananas ina suenter l'autrauschè grev sco 75 chaunsuschè grev sco 300 melunasuschè grev sco 79 uffants da scolettauschè grev sco 47 scolarsuschè grev sco 3 urs polarspudess currer 100 meters en 9,5 secundas (il pli spert uman dovra 9,6)

Quant grond era Wendiceratops cumpareglià cun TAI?

Mo matematica en tes navigatur. Nagut na vegn arcunà u tramess.

Quant spert era el?

chaussas cool

Fatgs divertents

1

Wendiceratops had a frill decorated with many curved, forward-pointing spikes that made it look very fancy.1

2

Its name honors Canadian fossil hunter Wendy Sloboda, who discovered the bonebed where this dinosaur was found.1

3

Over 200 bones from many different Wendiceratops individuals were found together in one bonebed, making it one of the best-known early horned dinosaurs.1

4

Wendiceratops lived about 78 to 79 million years ago, during the Campanian stage of the Late Cretaceous.1

5

Scientists think the tall nose horn of Wendiceratops evolved separately from the nose horns of later horned dinosaurs like Triceratops.1

6

The ischium, a hip bone, of Wendiceratops had a wide, rectangular end, which is a unique feature not seen in other horned dinosaurs.1

Fatg cun IAMaletg da Wendiceratops fatg cun IA
In maletg fatg cun IA che mussa co Wendiceratops 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 Wendiceratops

?How big was Wendiceratops?

Wendiceratops reached about 6 metres (20 feet) in length and weighed about 1.5 metric tons (1.7 short tons).2

?What did Wendiceratops eat?

Wendiceratops was a herbivore, eating low-lying plants. It cropped them with a parrot-like beak and sliced them with leaf-shaped teeth.3

?Why did Wendiceratops have a nose horn?

The tall nose horn was likely used for display or defense, but scientists aren't sure exactly. It evolved separately from the nose horns of later horned dinosaurs like Triceratops.3

?When did Wendiceratops live?

Wendiceratops lived about 78 to 79 million years ago, during the Campanian stage of the Late Cretaceous.3

Chatschader da mitus

Mitus: Wendiceratops had a long nose horn like a rhino.

Vardad: Wendiceratops had an upright nasal horn, but its exact shape is unknown because the nasal bone is incomplete.1

Per experts da dinos

Num scientific
Wendiceratops
Numnà da
Evans and Ryan 20154
Gruppa
Dinos cun corns
Famiglia / clada
Ceratopsidae4
Classificaziun
Ornithischia > Ceratopsia > Ceratopsidae4
Vegliadetgna da la crappa
84 fin 72 milliuns onns (Campanian)4
Formaziuns da crap
Oldman4
Pajais
Canada4
Chats da fossils
1 en The Paleobiology Database4
Scuverta
Wendiceratops was named by paleontologists David Evans and Michael Ryan in 2015 based on fossils from a bonebed in Alberta, Canada. The bonebed was discovered by fossil hunter Wendy Sloboda, and the dinosaur was named in her honor.1
Anc discutà
Scientists are not sure exactly how tall or curved the nose horn of Wendiceratops was, because the nasal bone is not completely preserved.1

Danunder che vegnan ils fatgs

  1. Cranial Anatomy of Wendiceratops pinhornensis gen. et sp ... (journals.plos.org)
  2. Wendiceratops (Wikipedia) (Wikipedia)
  3. Introducing Wendiceratops: A remarkable new horned dinosaur | Royal Ontario Museum (rom.on.ca)
  4. Wendiceratops in The Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0): vegliadetgna, lieus, formaziuns da crap, classificaziun.

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