Datonglong

Igama lithetha: “Datong dragon, after the city of Datong in China”1

Yayitya: IzityaloIzitya-zityalo ezinemilomoiCretaceous yamva

Datonglong was a plant-eating dinosaur that lived in what is now China during the Late Cretaceous. It had a special jaw with two teeth in each tooth spot, which helped it chew tough plants.1 2

Yaphila

100 ukuya ku-72 izigidi zeminyaka eyadlulayo4

iCretaceous yamva

Iifosili zifunyenwe:

Shanxi Province, China3 1

Esona santya siphezulu

malunga ne-41 km/h (25 mph)

Ukubaleka, uqikelelo

Yaphila nini?

iTriassic

iJurassic

iCretaceous

Izigidi ezingama-252 zeminyaka eyadlulayo20114566, i-asteroyidi

Yayikhawuleza kangakanani?

Umntu ohambayo malunga ne-5 km/h (3 mph)

Umntwana ekhwele ibhayisikile malunga ne-12 km/h (7 mph)

Datonglong malunga ne-41 km/h (25 mph)

Ihashe elibaleka ngamandla malunga ne-65 km/h (40 mph)

Ingwenkala malunga ne-100 km/h (62 mph)

izinto ezimnandi

Iinyani ezimnandi

Datonglong had two functional teeth in each tooth socket, which is different from most other hadrosauroids.2

The only known fossil of Datonglong is a piece of its lower jaw, called a dentary, which is 34 centimeters (13 inches) long.1

Its teeth could be up to 5.5 centimeters (2.2 inches) tall, even before they fully grew in.1

Datonglong lived between about 100 and 72 million years ago, during the Late Cretaceous period.3

The name Datonglong means 'Datong dragon', after the city of Datong in China where the fossil was found.1

Datonglong is a hadrosauroid, meaning it is closely related to duck-billed dinosaurs but not a true hadrosaurid.1

The fossil was discovered in 2008 by a team from the Shanxi Museum of Geological and Mineral Science and Technology.1

Umfanekiso owenziwe yi-AI: Datonglong — Umfanekiso owenziwe yi-AI obonisa indlela Datonglong esenokuba wayekhangeleka ngayo, wenziwe yikhompyutha ngokwento eyaziwa zizazinzulu. Kukuqikelela nje: esona silwanyana sinokuba sasikhangeleka ngenye indlela, kwaye akukho mntu waziyo imibala yaso yokwenyani.

ubuzile

Eyona mibuzo ibuzwa kakhulu: Datonglong

?What did Datonglong eat?

It was a plant-eater. Its special jaw with two teeth in each spot helped it chew tough plants.1

?How big was Datonglong?

Nobody knows for sure because only a piece of its lower jaw, 34 centimetres (13 inches) long, has been found. Scientists cannot estimate its full size from just that.1

?When did Datonglong live?

It lived during the Late Cretaceous period, roughly between 95 and 80 million years ago.1

Kwiingcali zeedayinaso

Igama lenzululwazi: Datonglong
Inikwe igama ngu:: Xu et al. 20164
Iqela: Izitya-zityalo ezinemilomo
Usapho / iclade: Hadrosauroidea4
Ukuhlelwa: Ornithischia > Ornithopoda > Iguanodontia4
Ubudala bamatye: 100 ukuya ku-72 izigidi zeminyaka (Cenomanian / Campanian)4
Izakhiwo zamatye: Huiquanpu4
Amazwe: iTshayina4
Iirekhodi zeefosili: 1 kwi-Paleobiology Database4
Ukufunyanwa: Datonglong was named and described in 2016 by Xu Shicha and colleagues, based on a lower jaw found in the Huiquanpu Formation of Shanxi, China.1 2
Kusaxoxwa ngayo: Scientists are not sure exactly how old the Datonglong fossil is, but it likely dates from between 100 and 72 million years ago.1

Apho iinyani zivela khona

Datonglong (en.wikipedia.org)
A New Hadrosauroid Dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous of Tianzhen, Shanxi Province, China (vertpala.ac.cn)
PBDB Taxon (paleobiodb.org)
Datonglong in The Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0): ubudala, iindawo, izakhiwo zamatye, ukuhlelwa.

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