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Medusaceratops

ትርጉም ስሙ: “Medusa horned face”1
ይበልዕ ነበረ: ኣትክልቲቀርኒ ዘለዎም ዳይኖሰራትዳሕራይ ክሬታሸስ

Medusaceratops was a horned dinosaur that lived about 80 million years ago. It had a big frill on its head with curved spikes that looked like the snakes of Medusa from Greek myths. This plant-eater roamed what is now Montana, USA.12

ዝነበረሉ
ቅድሚ 84 ክሳብ 72 ሚልዮን ዓመት5
ዳሕራይ ክሬታሸስ
ፎሲላት ዝተረኽቡሉ
Mansfield bonebed in the Judith River Formation, Montana, USA52
ንውሓት
6 ክሳብ 7 m (20 ክሳብ 23 ft)1
ክብደት
1.814 ቶን (4,000 lb)3
ቁመት
2.2 m (7.2 ft)
ግምት
ዝለዓለ ቅልጣፈ
ኣስታት 34 ኪ.ሜ/ሰ (21 ማይል/ሰ)
ጉያ, ግምት

መዓስ እዩ ዝነበረ?

ትሪያሲክ
ጁራሲክ
ክሬታሸስ
ቅድሚ 252 ሚልዮን ዓመት20114566፣ እቲ ኣስተሮይድ

ክንደይ ዓቢ ነይሩ?

ክንደይ ነዊሕ ነይሩ?

Medusaceratops ኣስታት 7 ሜ ንውሓት (23 ft)ናይ ዓበይቲ ብሽክለታ ኣስታት 1.8 ሜ (5.9 ft)መኪና ኣስታት 4.5 ሜ (15 ft)ሓርማዝ፣ ሎሚ ኣብ ምድሪ ዝዓበየ እንስሳ ኣስታት 6.5 ሜ (21 ft)

ቁመቱ ክንደይ ነይሩ?

ከልቢኣስታት 0.5 ሜ (1.6 ft)ፈረስኣስታት 1.6 ሜ (5.2 ft)Medusaceratopsኣስታት 2.2 ሜ ቁመት (7.2 ft)ሓርማዝኣስታት 3.2 ሜ (10 ft)

ግምት

ክንደይ ከቢድ ነይሩ?

ከም 1 መካይን ዝኸብድ
ከም 7 ኣኽላባት ካብ ኣፍንጫ ክሳብ ጭራ ዝነውሕከም 39 ባናና ተሰሪዑ ዝነውሕከም 91 ኣኽላባት ዝኸብድከም 360 ሓብሓብ ዝኸብድከም 95 ቆልዑ መዋእለ ህጻናት ዝኸብድከም 57 ተመሃሮ ዝኸብድከም 4 ጻዕዳ ድባት ዝኸብድ100 ሜትሮ ኣብ 11 ካልኢት ክጎዪ ይኽእል ነበረ (እቲ ዝቐልጠፈ ሰብ 9.6 የድልዮ)

ምሳኻ ክነጻጸር Medusaceratops ክንደይ ዓቢ ነይሩ?

ኣብ ብራውዘርካ ቀሊል ሕሳብ ጥራይ። ዝዕቀብ ወይ ናብ ዝኾነ ቦታ ዝለኣኽ የለን።

ክንደይ ቅልጡፍ ነይሩ?

ዘደንቑ ነገራት

ደስ ዝብሉ ሓቅታት

1

Medusaceratops was first thought to be a different dinosaur called Albertaceratops, but later scientists realized it was a new species.2

2

Its frill had at least five pairs of bony bumps called epiparietals, including a large hooked spike on each side.2

3

The Mansfield bonebed where Medusaceratops was found contains many skeletons of this dinosaur, suggesting they lived in herds.2

4

Medusaceratops is one of the oldest known centrosaurine ceratopsids, a group of horned dinosaurs with big nose horns.2

5

The type specimen of Medusaceratops is a partial skull roof, found in rocks that are between 83.6 and 72.2 million years old.15

ብAI ዝተሰርሐብAI ዝተሰርሐ ስእሊ ናይ Medusaceratops
ብAI ዝተሰርሐ ስእሊ፣ Medusaceratops ከመይ ይመስል ከም ዝነበረ ዘርኢ፣ ኮምፒተር ካብቲ ሳይንቲስታት ዝፈልጥዎ ዝሰርሖ። ግምት እዩ: እቲ ሓቀኛ እንስሳ ፍልይ ዝበለ ክመስል ይኽእል፣ ሓቀኛ ሕብሩ ድማ ዝፈልጦ የለን።
ንስኻ ሓቲትካ

ብዛዕባ Medusaceratops ብብዝሒ ዝሕተቱ ሕቶታት

?How big was Medusaceratops?

About 6 metres (20 feet) long, based on a 2010 estimate.4

?What did Medusaceratops eat?

It was a plant-eater, so it ate plants like ferns and leaves.4

?When did Medusaceratops live?

It lived about 77.5 million years ago, during the Late Cretaceous period.4

?Why is it called Medusaceratops?

Its name means 'Medusa's horned face' because its frill spikes looked like the snake hair of Medusa from Greek myths.4

?Was Medusaceratops a dinosaur?

Yes, it was a horned dinosaur, a type of ceratopsian.4

?Where was Medusaceratops found?

Its fossils were found in Montana, USA, in the Judith River Formation.4

ንክኢላታት ዳይኖሰር

ሳይንሳዊ ስም
Medusaceratops
ዝሰመዮ
Ryan et al. 20105
ጉጅለ
ቀርኒ ዘለዎም ዳይኖሰራት
ስድራ / ክላድ
Ceratopsidae5
ምድባ
Ornithischia > Ceratopsia > Ceratopsidae5
ዕድመ እቶም ኣኻውሕ
84 ክሳብ 72 ሚልዮን ዓመት (Campanian)5
ናይ ኣኻውሕ ንብርብራት
Judith River5
ሃገራት
ኣመሪካ5
መዛግብቲ ፎሲል
1 ኣብ The Paleobiology Database5
ርኽበት
Medusaceratops was named by Michael Ryan, Anthony Russell, and Scott Hartman in 2010 based on fossils from the Judith River Formation in Montana.15
ገና ዘከራኽር
Scientists are not sure whether Medusaceratops was a chasmosaurine or a centrosaurine ceratopsid, because its frill has features of both groups.2

ሓቅታት ካበይ ይመጹ

  1. PBDB Taxon (paleobiodb.org)
  2. New material and systematic re-evaluation of Medusaceratops lokii (Dinosauria, Ceratopsidae) from the Judith River Formation (Campanian, Montana) (cambridge.org)
  3. New horned dinosaur: Two-ton plant-eater lived 78 million years ago in Montana | ScienceDaily (sciencedaily.com)
  4. Medusaceratops - Wikipedia (en.wikipedia.org)
  5. Medusaceratops in The Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0): ዕድመ፣ ቦታታት፣ ናይ ኣኻውሕ ንብርብራት፣ ምድባ።

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