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Pegomastax

Tur bi mooy: “strong jaw”1
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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

Dundoon
am na 201 ba 193 milyoŋ at6
Jurasik bu jëkk
Fosil yu ñu gis ci
Eastern Cape, South Africa2
Guddaay
0,6 m (2 ft)34
Kawewaay
0,21 m (0,7 ft)
jortu
Gaawaay bi gën a kawe
lu tollu ci 17 km/h (11 mph)
Daw, jortu

Kañ la dundoon?

Triyaas
Jurasik
Kretase
Am na 252 milyoŋ at20114566, asteroyid bi

Naka la réyoon?

Naka la guddoon?

Pegomastax lu tollu ci 0,6 m ci guddaay (2 ft)Muusu kër lu tollu ci 0,5 m (1,6 ft)Xaj lu tollu ci 1 m (3,3 ft)Weloy mag lu tollu ci 1,8 m (5,9 ft)

Naka la kawewoon?

Pegomastaxlu tollu ci 0,21 m ci kawewaay (0,7 ft)Muusu kërlu tollu ci 0,3 m (1 ft)Xajlu tollu ci 0,5 m (1,6 ft)Faslu tollu ci 1,6 m (5,2 ft)

jortu

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1

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

2

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

3

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

4

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

5

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

6

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

Def ak IANataalu Pegomastax bu ñu def ak IA
Nataal bu IA def la, muy wone ni Pegomastax mën a meloon, ordinatëer moo ko def ci li boroom xam-xam yi xam. Jortu kese la: rab bi ci dëgg mën na meloon neneen, te kenn xamul ay kulëëram yu dëgg.
yeen a laaj

Laaj yi ñu gën a laaj ci Pegomastax

?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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Turu xam-xam
Pegomastax
Ku ko tudde
Sereno 20126
Kurél
Dino yu lekk gàncax te am gémmiñu picc
Njaboot / klad
Heterodontosauridae6
Klasifikasiyoŋ
Ornithischia > Heterodontosauridae6
Màggaayu doj yi
201 ba 193 milyoŋ at (Hettangian / Sinemurian)6
Formasiyoŋi doj
Elliot6
Réew yi
Afrig di Sid6
Fosil yu ñu gis
1 ci The Paleobiology Database6
Gisees
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
Ñu ngi koy werante ba tey
Scientists are still debating whether the large canine teeth of Pegomastax were used for defense, display, or occasional omnivory.1

Fa xibaar yi jóge

  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): at, béréb yi, formasiyoŋi doj, klasifikasiyoŋ.

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