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Yuxisaurus

Il num vul dir: “Yuxi lizard”1
Mangiava: PlantasDinos cun armaduraGiurassic tempriv

Yuxisaurus was an early armoured dinosaur that lived in what is now China during the Early Jurassic. It was a sturdy, slow-moving plant-eater covered in sharp spines and bony plates. This dinosaur helps scientists understand how famous armoured dinosaurs like Stegosaurus and Ankylosaurus evolved.1

Viveva
avant 193 fin 184 milliuns onns4
Giurassic tempriv
Fossils chattads en
Yunnan Province, China2
Lunghezza
4 fin 5 m (13 fin 16 ft)1
Paisa
200 kg fin 300 kg (441 fin 661 lb)1
Autezza
1,5 fin 2 m (4,9 fin 6,6 ft)1
Spertadad maximala
var 24 km/h (15 mph)
Currer, stima

Cura viveva el?

Triassic
Giurassic
Cretacic
avant 252 milliuns onns20114566, l'asteroid

Quant grond era el?

Quant lung era el?

Yuxisaurus var 5 m lung (16 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)Yuxisaurusvar 2 m aut (6,6 ft)In elefantvar 3,2 m (10 ft)

Quant grev era el?

uschè grev sco 15 chauns
uschè lung sco 5 chauns dal nas a la cuauschè lung sco 28 bananas ina suenter l'autrauschè grev sco 60 melunasuschè grev sco 16 uffants da scolettauschè grev sco 9 scolarspudess currer 100 meters en 15 secundas (il pli spert uman dovra 9,6)

Quant grond era Yuxisaurus cumpareglià cun TAI?

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Quant spert era el?

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Fatgs divertents

1

Yuxisaurus is the first valid armoured dinosaur ever described from the Early Jurassic of Asia.2

2

Its body was covered with more than 120 bony plates called osteoderms, which acted like a suit of armour.1

3

Unlike many early armoured dinosaurs that walked on two legs, Yuxisaurus was a heavy quadruped, walking on all fours.2

4

Yuxisaurus lived alongside long-necked plant-eating dinosaurs called sauropodomorphs, but it was much rarer in its ecosystem.2

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The fossils of Yuxisaurus were found in rocks that were once part of a low-lying, well-watered coastal environment.2

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Yuxisaurus shows that armoured dinosaurs spread across the northern hemisphere very early in their evolutionary history.1

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

?How big was Yuxisaurus?

It was a medium-sized armored dinosaur, but scientists have not yet given a precise length or weight estimate.2

?What did Yuxisaurus eat?

It was a plant-eater. Scientists think it was an obligate herbivore, meaning it ate only plants.2

?Did Yuxisaurus have armor?

Yes, its body was covered with more than 120 bony plates called osteoderms, which acted like a suit of armor.32

?When did Yuxisaurus live?

It lived during the Early Jurassic Period, about 190 to 180 million years ago.3

Per experts da dinos

Num scientific
Yuxisaurus
Numnà da
Yao et al. 20224
Gruppa
Dinos cun armadura
Famiglia / clada
Thyreophoroidea4
Classificaziun
Ornithischia > Thyreophora4
Vegliadetgna da la crappa
193 fin 184 milliuns onns (Pliensbachian)4
Formaziuns da crap
Fengjiahe4
Pajais
China4
Chats da fossils
1 en The Paleobiology Database4
Scuverta
Yuxisaurus was named in 2022 by Yao and colleagues based on a partial skeleton found near Jiaojiadian village in Yunnan, China. The species name kopchicki honours a person named Kopchick.2
Anc discutà
Scientists are not sure whether Yuxisaurus was more closely related to the European armoured dinosaur Emausaurus or to the group that includes Scelidosaurus and later armoured dinosaurs.2

Danunder che vegnan ils fatgs

  1. A new early branching armored dinosaur from the Lower Jurassic of southwestern China (pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov)
  2. A new early branching armored dinosaur from the Lower Jurassic of southwestern China (pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov)
  3. Yuxisaurus (en.wikipedia.org)
  4. Yuxisaurus in The Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0): vegliadetgna, lieus, formaziuns da crap, classificaziun.

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