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Pegomastax

Zita rinoreva: “strong jaw”1
Raidya: MiriwoVanodya miriwo vane miromoJurassic Yekutanga

Pegomastax was a tiny, parrot-beaked dinosaur that lived in what is now South Africa. It used its strong jaws and sharp front teeth to chomp on tough plants, like a little dinosaur gardener.1

Raivapo
makore mamiriyoni 201 kusvika 193 apfuura6
Jurassic Yekutanga
Mafosiri akawanikwa:
Eastern Cape, South Africa2
Kureba
0.6 m (2 ft)34
Kukwirira
0.21 m (0.7 ft)
fungidziro
Kumhanya kwepamusoro
kunenge 17 km/h (11 mph)
Kumhanya, fungidziro

Rairarama rini?

Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
makore mamiriyoni 252 apfuura20114566, dombo guru rakabva mudenga

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Pegomastax kureba kunenge 0.6 m (2 ft)Katsi yemumba kunenge 0.5 m (1.6 ft)Imbwa kunenge 1 m (3.3 ft)Bhasikoro remunhu mukuru kunenge 1.8 m (5.9 ft)

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Pegomastaxkukwirira kunenge 0.21 m (0.7 ft)Katsi yemumbakunenge 0.3 m (1 ft)Imbwakunenge 0.5 m (1.6 ft)Bhizakunenge 1.6 m (5.2 ft)

fungidziro

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Pegomastax had a very deep, parrot-like beak at the front of its jaw, which helped it bite into tough plants.1

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Its skull was only about 73 mm (2.9 inches) long, smaller than a chicken's skull.1

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Pegomastax lived alongside many other dinosaurs, including the long-necked Massospondylus and the small ornithischian Lesothosaurus.1

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The only fossil of Pegomastax is a partial skull with a well-preserved lower jaw and teeth, found in the upper Elliot Formation.1

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Scientists think Pegomastax may have been most closely related to a South American dinosaur called Manidens.1

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Pegomastax had a mobile predentary bone in its lower jaw, which helped it move its beak up and down while chewing.1

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?How big was Pegomastax?

About 0.6 metres (2 feet) long, about the size of a domestic cat.45

?Did Pegomastax have feathers?

Scientists think it was covered in porcupine-like quills, not feathers.4

?What did Pegomastax eat?

It was a plant-eater. It used its beak and cheek teeth like scissors to shear tough plants.14

?Why did Pegomastax have fangs?

It used its fangs for self-defense and competing for mates, like some modern plant-eating deer and peccaries.4

?When did Pegomastax live?

It lived during the Early Jurassic, about 200 to 190 million years ago.1

?Where was Pegomastax found?

Its only fossil was found in the upper Elliot Formation in South Africa.1

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Zita resainzi
Pegomastax
Akaripa zita:
Sereno 20126
Boka
Vanodya miriwo vane miromo
Mhuri / boka
Heterodontosauridae6
Kurongwa kwemhuka
Ornithischia > Heterodontosauridae6
Zera rematombo
makore mamiriyoni 201 kusvika 193 (Hettangian / Sinemurian)6
Mapoka ematombo
Elliot6
Nyika
South Africa6
Zvinyorwa zvemafosiri
1 mu The Paleobiology Database6
Kuwanikwa
Pegomastax was named by American paleontologist Paul Sereno in 2012, based on a partial skull discovered in the 1966 to 1967 expedition to the Transkei District of Cape Province, South Africa.1
Zvichiri kupokanwa
Scientists are still debating whether the large canine teeth of Pegomastax were used for defense, display, or occasional omnivory.1

Kunobva chokwadi

  1. Pegomastax (en.wikipedia.org)
  2. PBDB Taxon (paleobiodb.org)
  3. Dwarf species of fanged dinosaur emerges from southern Africa | University of Chicago News (news.uchicago.edu)
  4. New Fanged Dwarf Dinosaur Found—"Would Be Nice Pet" | National Geographic (nationalgeographic.com)
  5. Dwarf 'vampire' dinosaur was a plant eater - BBC News (bbc.com)
  6. Pegomastax in The Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0): zera, nzvimbo, mapoka ematombo, kurongwa kwemhuka.

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