Ptychotherates

Leina le raya: “fold hunter”1

E jele: NamaDinosoro tsa ntlhaBofelo jwa Triassic

Ptychotherates was a meat-eating dinosaur that lived near the end of the Triassic Period. It had a very deep cheek bone, deeper than any other Triassic dinosaur. Only one skull has been found, but it tells us a lot about how early dinosaurs lived in what is now New Mexico, USA.1

E tshetse

dimilione tsa dingwaga di le 206 go ya go 201 tse di fetileng4

Bofelo jwa Triassic

Difosili di fitlhetswe kwa

Ghost Ranch Quarry, northern New Mexico, USA4 1

Bonako jo bogolo

e ka nna 47 km/h (29 mph)

Go taboga, kakanyo

E tshetse leng?

Triassic

Jurassic

Cretaceous

dimilione tsa dingwaga di le 252 tse di fetileng20114566, asteroiti

E ne e le bonako go le kae?

Motho yo o tsamayang e ka nna 5 km/h (3 mph)

Ngwana mo baesekeleng e ka nna 12 km/h (7 mph)

Ptychotherates e ka nna 47 km/h (29 mph)

Pitse e e sianang ka bonako e ka nna 65 km/h (40 mph)

Lengau e ka nna 100 km/h (62 mph)

dilo tse di monate

Dintlha tse di monate

Ptychotherates is known from only one partial skull, which was found in a block of rock collected in 1982 by the Carnegie Museum of Natural History.1

Its cheek bone (the jugal) is the deepest known for any Triassic dinosaur, meaning it was very tall from top to bottom.2 1

Ptychotherates lived alongside the famous dinosaur Coelophysis, which is known from thousands of skeletons at the same quarry.1

It belongs to a group of early meat-eating dinosaurs called Morphoraptora, which includes Tawa and Chindesaurus.2 1

The name Ptychotherates means 'fold hunter' because the skull bones were twisted and hard to put back together.1

This dinosaur lived about 205 to 201 million years ago, near the very end of the Triassic Period.4

Ptychotherates shows that some early dinosaur groups survived longer at low latitudes (near the equator) than they did elsewhere.2

Setshwantsho sa Ptychotherates se se dirilweng ke AI — Setshwantsho se se dirilweng ke AI sa kafa Ptychotherates e ka tswang e ne e lebega ka gone, se dirilwe ke khomputara go ya ka se borasaense ba se itseng. Ke kakanyo fela: phologolo ya nnete e ka tswa e ne e lebega ka tsela e sele, mme ga go ope yo o itseng mebala ya yona ya nnete.

o botsitse

Dipotso tse di botswang thata ka ga Ptychotherates

?How big was Ptychotherates?

Nobody knows for sure because only one partial skull has been found. The skull is about 29 mm tall at the cheek bone, but the full size of the dinosaur is unknown.1

?What did Ptychotherates eat?

It was a meat-eater. Its name means 'fold hunter' because of its carnivorous habits inferred from its teeth.3 1

?When did Ptychotherates live?

It lived near the end of the Triassic Period, about 205 to 201 million years ago, during the Norian or Rhaetian ages.3

?Where was Ptychotherates found?

It was discovered in the Coelophysis Quarry at Ghost Ranch, New Mexico, USA, in rocks of the Chinle Formation.3

?Why did Ptychotherates have a deep cheek bone?

Scientists are not sure why its cheek bone (jugal) was so deep, but it is the deepest known for any Triassic dinosaur. It may have been for strength or display.3 1

Ya baitseanape ba didino

Leina la saense: Ptychotherates
Leina le neilwe ke: Srivastava and Nesbitt 20264
Setlhopha: Dinosoro tsa ntlha
Lelapa / clade: Morphoraptora4
Bogolo jwa matlapa: 206 go ya go 201 dimilione tsa dingwaga (Rhaetian)4
Dibopego tsa matlapa: Chinle4
Dinaga: Amerika4
Direkoto tsa difosili: 1 mo The Paleobiology Database4
Go fitlhelwa: Ptychotherates was named in 2026 by scientists S. Srivastava and S. J. Nesbitt. The only fossil, a partial skull, came from the Coelophysis Quarry at Ghost Ranch, New Mexico, and was collected by the Carnegie Museum of Natural History in 1982.4 1
Go sa ntse go ganetsanwa: Scientists are not sure exactly how Ptychotherates is related to other early dinosaurs, because its skull has a mix of features from both herrerasaurians and neotheropods.1

Kwa dintlha di tswang teng

A new taxon of saurischian dinosaur from the Coelophysis Quarry of New Mexico, USA (Triassic: latest Norian or Rhaetian) highlights herrerasaurian diversity in the latest Triassic (dinodata.de)
A new taxon of saurischian dinosaur from the Coelophysis Quarry of New Mexico, USA (Triassic: latest Norian or Rhaetian) highlights herrerasaurian diversity in the latest Triassic | NSF Public Access Repository (par.nsf.gov)
Ptychotherates (en.wikipedia.org)
Ptychotherates in The Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0): dingwaga, mafelo, dibopego tsa matlapa, thulaganyo.

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