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Ouranosaurus
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Ouranosaurus was a plant-eating dinosaur that lived in the early
Cretaceous period,
about 115 to 100 million years ago. Its
fossils have been found in
Niger in Africa, and its name, which means
"brave monitor lizard" was chosen by the French paleontologist,
Philippe-Taquet in
1976.
Ouranosaurus was 23 feet (7 meters) long,
and probably weighed around 4 tons.
Ouranosaurus has long thick spines on its back and tail,
and for many years scientists believed that these supported
a large fin (sometimes also called "sail") that was covered with
skin, similar to the fin found on
Spinosaurus.
It was thought that this fin
was probably used for temperature
regulation: the animal could face it towards or away from the sun, depending
on whether it needed to heat up or cool down.
Close examination of Ouranosaurus however suggests that whatever was on
its back may have been quite different from the fin on
Spinosaurus.
In fact, many scientists now believe that the spines on Ouranosaurus back
are more likely to have supported a hump (similar to a modern bison's
hump) than a sail. If this was the case, the hump may perhaps have been
used to store food and water (like a camel's hump).
Ouranosaurus was a herbivore (plant-eater) that lived from 115 to 100 million years ago
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Ouranosaurus Facts
Here is a summary of some of the key facts about Ouranosaurus:
- Ouranosaurus was a genus of dinosaur.
- "Ouranosaurus" means "brave lizard".
- Ouranosaurus was a member of the Ornithischia ("bird-hipped") order of dinosaurs. What this means, is that although Ouranosaurus was not closely related to birds, it did have similarly shaped pelvic bones.
- Ouranosaurus lived between about 115 million years ago and 100 million years ago, during the Cretaceous period.
- Ouranosaurus lived in Africa.
- Ouranosaurus was a herbivore (plant-eater).
- Ouranosaurus was about 23 feet (7 meters) long.
- Ouranosaurus weighed about 4 tons.
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Fuente: Wikipedia. Páginas: 30. Capítulos: Iguanodon, Altirhinus, Camptosaurus, Talenkauen, Anabisetia, Ouranosaurus, Dryosaurus, Cedrorestes, Tenontosaurus, Dryptosaurus, Muttaburrasaurus, Lurdusaurus, Rhabdodon, Eolambia, Planicoxa, Hypselospinus, Iguanodontidae, Mantellisaurus, Barilium, Owenodon, Lanzhousaurus, Macrogryphosaurus, Dakotadon, Draconyx, Callovosaurus, Dollodon, Equijubus, Jinzhousaurus, Jintasaurus, Sellacoxa, Probactrosaurus, Elrhazosaurus, Hippodraco, Fukuisaurus, Shuangmiaosaurus, Penelopognathus, Iguanacolossus, Zalmoxes, Kukufeldia, Tichosteus, Proplanicoxa, Elasmaria, Mochlodon, Kangnasaurus, Nanyangosaurus, Bihariosaurus, Valdosaurus, Euiguanodontia, Bolong, Camptosauridae, Dryosauridae, Rhabdodontidae, Dryomorpha, Arctosaurus, Iguanodontoidea. Extracto: Iguanodon (gr. "diente de iguana") es un género de dinosaurios ornitópodos iguanodóntidos, que vivieron a principios período Cretácico, hace aproximadamente 130 a 120 millones de años (entre el Berriasiano y el Aptiano), en lo que hoy es Europa. Iguanodon está a medio camino entre los primitivos de los hipsilofodóntidos, bípedos y rápidos, y la culminación de los ornitópodos en los dinosaurios de pico de pato. Se han descrito muchas especies de Iguanodon, datadas desde el Kimeridgiano, a finales del Jurásico, al Cenomaniano del Cretácico Superior en Asia, Europa, y Norteamérica. Sin embargo, desde la primera década del siglo XXI se tiende a reconocer una única especie, Iguanodon bernissartensis, que vivió en el Cretácico Inferior de Europa. La principal característica de Iguanodon son sus grandes garras en los pulgares, que fueron utilizados posiblemente para defenderse de los depredadores. Descubierto en 1822 y descrito tres años más tarde por el geólogo inglés Gideon Mantell, Iguanodon fue el segundo dinosaurio nombrado formalmente, después de Megalosaurus. Junto con Megalosaurus y Hylaeosaurus, es uno de los tres géneros usados originalmente para definir Dinosauria. Fue bautizado por ... |
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Bron: Wikipedia. Pagina's: 119. Hoofdstukken: Iguanodon, Maiasaura, Stegosauria, Pachycephalosaurus, Camptosaurus, Ouranosaurus, Tethyshadros, Muttaburrasaurus, Cumnoria, Uteodon, Zalmoxes, Tsintaosaurus, Fruitadens, Probactrosaurus, Orthomerus, Koreanosaurus, Trachodon, Manidens, Altirhinus, Valdosaurus, Telmatosaurus, Thespesius, Stenopelix, Willinakaqe, Dollodon, Mochlodon, Hadrosauridae, Ceratopia, Theiophytalia, Priodontognathus, Lurdusaurus, Nanyangosaurus, Delapparentia, Cryptosaurus, Equijubus, Eolambia, Nipponosaurus, Othnielosaurus, Tatisaurus, Lycorhinus, Hypselospinus, Owenodon, Protohadros, Tianyulong, Mantellisaurus, Emausaurus, Dyoplosaurus, Xiaosaurus, Draconyx, Hoplitosaurus, Hippodraco, Jeyawati, Tenontosaurus, Dakotadon, Minotaurasaurus, Osmakasaurus, Iguanodontia, Lophorhothon, Nanosaurus, Rhabdodon, Sellacoxa, Callovosaurus, Jinzhousaurus, Hadrosaurus, Iguanacolossus, Proplanicoxa, Fukuisaurus, Barilium, Dracorex, Tichosteus, Xuwulong, Albalophosaurus, Hypsibema, Glyptodontopelta, Parasaurolophus, Leaellynasaura, Loricatosaurus, Kangnasaurus, Dryosaurus, Tanius, Arenysaurus, Tatankacephalus, Saurolophinae, Pisanosaurus, Taveirosaurus, Agilisaurus, Homalocephale, Hexinlusaurus, Shantungosaurus, Glishades, Blasisaurus, Micropachycephalosaurus, Lusitanosaurus, Pachycephalosauria, Levnesovia, Texacephale, Euornithopoda, Elrhazosaurus, Geranosaurus, Lanasaurus, Marginocephalia, Heterodontosaurus, Angulomastacator, Macrogryphosaurus, Kukufeldia, Fulgurotherium, Trimucrodon, Bolong, Dryosauridae, Hypsilophodon, Dacentrurinae, Hadrosauroidea, Oryctodromeus, Brachylophosaurus, Craspedodon, Edmontosaurus, Changchunsaurus, Vectisaurus, Velafrons, Koutalisaurus, Ferganocephale, Scelidosaurus, Shuangmiaosaurus, Stygimoloch, Lambeosaurus, Lambeosaurinae, Peloroplites, Goyocephale, Haya, Alocodon, Corythosaurus, Antarctopelta, Lesothosaurus, Lanzhousaurus, Alaskacephale, Cedrorestes, Jintasaurus, Heterodontosauridae, Hadrosaurinae, Eocursor, Bissektipelta,... |
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Forrás: Wikipedia. Oldalak: 32. Fejezetek: Iguanodontiák, Thescelosaurus, Hypsilophodontidae, Ornithopoda, Parksosaurus, Altirhinus, Camptosaurus, Ouranosaurus, Dryosaurus, Zephyrosaurus, Muttaburrasaurus, Qantassaurus, Leaellynasaura, Tenontosaurus, Kangnasaurus, Anabisetia, Iguanodontia, Hadrosauroidea, Mantellisaurus, Rhabdodon, Orodromeus, Dollodon, Probactrosaurus, Lesothosaurus, Fukuisaurus. Idézet: Az Iguanodon (nevének jelentése: 'leguán fogú') az ornithopodák alrendágába tartozó dinoszaurusznem, amely nagyjából az első gyors mozgású, két lábon járó hypsilophodontidák és a kacsacsőrű dinoszauruszok elterjedése (az ornithopodák aranykora) közti időszakban élt. Számos faját azonosították, melyek a késő jura kor kimmeridge-i korszakától a késő kréta kor cenomani korszakáig éltek Laurázsia (a mai Ázsia, Európa és Észak-Amerika) területén. A 2000-es évek első évtizedében azonban megállapították, hogy mindössze egyetlen megfelelően igazolt faja van: az I. bernissartensis, ami a kora kréta kor barremi és kora apti korszakában élt Európában, mintegy 130-120 millió évvel ezelőtt. Az Iguanodon egy nagyméretű, testes növényevő volt, melynek jellegzetessége a nagy, hegyes hüvelykujj-tüske, amit feltehetően a ragadozók elleni védekezésre és az élelem összegyűjtésére használt. Az Iguanodont az angol geológus, Gideon Mantell fedezte fel 1822-ben, három évvel később pedig leírást készített róla. A Megalosaurus után ez volt a második, hivatalosan elnevezett dinoszaurusz. A Megalosaurusszal és a Hylaeosaurusszal együtt ezt a nemet használták fel harmadikként, amikor a Dinosauria öregrendet definiálták. Az Iguanodon a kacsacsőrű hadrosauridákkal együtt az Iguanodontia csoportba tartozik. A nem taxonómiája kutatások tárgyát képezi, és az új fajok megjelenésével vagy a régiek más nembe való áthelyeződésével változhat. Az Iguanodon tudományos megértése a fosszíliákból kinyert új információk révén fejlődött az idők során. Két jól isme... |
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More info: Iguanodonts were herbivorous dinosaurs that lived from the mid-Jurassic to Late Cretaceous. Some members include Camptosaurus, Callovosaurus, Iguanodon, and Ouranosaurus. Iguanodonts were one of the first groups of dinosaurs to be found. They are among the best known of the dinosaurs, and include the "duck-billed" hadrosaurs. Iguanodontians were fairly large animals, and some (such as Shantungosaurus, which measured up to 50 ft (15 m) in length and weighed up to 8 tons) approached the largest carnivorous dinosaurs in size. |
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