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Velocisaurus

ትርጉም ስሙ: “swift lizard”1

ይበልዕ ነበረ: ስጋስጋ በላዕቲ ዳይኖሰራትዳሕራይ ክሬታሸስ

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

ዝነበረሉ

ቅድሚ 86 ክሳብ 84 ሚልዮን ዓመት3

ዳሕራይ ክሬታሸስ

ፎሲላት ዝተረኽቡሉ

Neuquén and Río Negro provinces, Patagonia, Argentina1 2

ንውሓት

1.5 m (4.9 ft)1

ቁመት

0.52 m (1.7 ft)

ግምት

ዝለዓለ ቅልጣፈ

ኣስታት 35 ኪ.ሜ/ሰ (22 ማይል/ሰ)

ጉያ, ግምት

መዓስ እዩ ዝነበረ?

ትሪያሲክ

ጁራሲክ

ክሬታሸስ

ቅድሚ 252 ሚልዮን ዓመት20114566፣ እቲ ኣስተሮይድ

ክንደይ ዓቢ ነይሩ?

ክንደይ ነዊሕ ነይሩ?

ቁመቱ ክንደይ ነይሩ?

ግምት

ከም 3 ኣናሙ ገዛ ካብ ኣፍንጫ ክሳብ ጭራ ዝነውሕከም 8 ባናና ተሰሪዑ ዝነውሕ100 ሜትሮ ኣብ 10 ካልኢት ክጎዪ ይኽእል ነበረ (እቲ ዝቐልጠፈ ሰብ 9.6 የድልዮ)

ምሳኻ ክነጻጸር Velocisaurus ክንደይ ዓቢ ነይሩ?

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

ክንደይ ቅልጡፍ ነይሩ?

ዝኸይድ ሰብ ኣስታት 5 ኪ.ሜ/ሰ (3 mph)

ብሽክለታ ዝጋልብ ቆልዓ ኣስታት 12 ኪ.ሜ/ሰ (7 mph)

Velocisaurus ኣስታት 35 ኪ.ሜ/ሰ (22 mph)

ብጉያ ዝኸይድ ፈረስ ኣስታት 65 ኪ.ሜ/ሰ (40 mph)

ቺታ ኣስታት 100 ኪ.ሜ/ሰ (62 mph)

ዘደንቑ ነገራት

ደስ ዝብሉ ሓቅታት

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

ብAI ዝተሰርሐ ስእሊ ናይ Velocisaurus — ብAI ዝተሰርሐ ስእሊ፣ Velocisaurus 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 Velocisaurus ብብዝሒ ዝሕተቱ ሕቶታት

?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

ንክኢላታት ዳይኖሰር

ሳይንሳዊ ስም: Velocisaurus
ዝሰመዮ: Bonaparte 19913
ጉጅለ: ስጋ በላዕቲ ዳይኖሰራት
ስድራ / ክላድ: Noasauridae3
ምድባ: Theropoda > Ceratosauria3
ዕድመ እቶም ኣኻውሕ: 86 ክሳብ 84 ሚልዮን ዓመት (Santonian)3
ናይ ኣኻውሕ ንብርብራት: Bajo de la Carpa3
ሃገራት: ኣርጀንቲና3
መዛግብቲ ፎሲል: 2 ኣብ The Paleobiology Database3
ርኽበት: 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
ገና ዘከራኽር: 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