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Saichania
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Saichania was an armored herbivore (plant-eater)
that lived in the late
Cretaceous period
around about 80 million years, in what is today
southern Mongolia.
Saichania's diet is believed to have consisted of tough vegetation - it had a
solid hard palate which seems adapted for this purpose.
Saichania was protected from predators with armor that include bony plates
on its back, spikes, and a heavy bony growth on its tail which it swing
as a club. The animal was about 23 feet long (7 meters) and weighed about
1 ton.
It is belived that Saichania lived in a hot, arid, desert-type environment -
and it seems to have possessed a number of adaptations to this environment.
Saichania's skull was equipped with complex air passages that would have
helped it keep cool. Additionally, it may have a salt gland near its nostrils.
Saichania was a herbivore (plant-eater) that lived about 80 million years ago
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Saichania Facts
Here is a summary of some of the key facts about Saichania:
- Saichania was a genus of dinosaur.
- "Saichania" means "beautiful one".
- Saichania was a member of the Ornithischia ("bird-hipped") order of dinosaurs. What this means, is that although Saichania was not closely related to birds, it did have similarly shaped pelvic bones.
- Saichania lived about 80 million years ago, during the late Cretaceous period.
- Saichania lived in southern Mongolia.
- Saichania was a herbivore (plant-eater).
- Saichania had a solid hard palate that would have helped it to eat tough plants.
- Saichania was about 23 feet (7 meters) long.
- Saichania weighed about 1 ton.
- Saichania was protected by bony plates, spikes, and a heavy bony growth on its tail which it could swing as a club.
- Saichania's skull had a series of complex air passages - these would have helped it to keep cool in its desert habitat.
- Saichania may have a salt gland next to its nostrils - this would also have helped in it the desert environment.
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- Fun Fact: Saichania had a salt gland next to its nostrils to help in finding water.
- Conservation Status: Extinct (EX)
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Shielded on each part of its body, Saichania was heavy on the armor. Around twenty feet long, Saichania was covered in armor, studded in spikes. With a tail like a club, it was ready to defend himself from predators. With complex airways and an unusually hard palate, this dinosaur was fit for its habitat in the desert eating rough plants. |
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Saichania is the Chinese word for beautiful. This dinosaur got its name for the perfect condition its bones were in when they were found by paleontologists. |
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Shielded on each part of its body, Saichania was heavy on the armor.Around twenty feet long, Saichania was covered in armor, studded in spikes. With a tail like a club, it was ready to defend himself from predators. With complex airways and an unusually hard palate, this dinosaur was fit for its habitat in the desert eating rough plants. Fun Facts:Saichania had a salt gland next to its nostrils to help in finding water. Zoological Name: Saichania chulsanensisConservation Status: ExtinctPrimary Habitat: DesertGlobal Home: Asia |
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- Zoological Name: Saichania
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Saichania was a herbivore measuring up to seven metres long. Its body was armoured from head to toe. It had spike-like protrusions all over its body and head. A Saichania was around seven metres long and covered in spiky armour. With its mace-like tail, it could defend itself against attackers. With its complex airways and unusually hard gums, this dinosaur was well adapted to life in the desert where it fed on hard-leaved plants. |
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Armored dinosaurs were some of the earliest dinosaurs named, including the ankylosaur Hylaeosaurus in 1833 and Stegosaurus in 1877. But these armored dinosaurs, or thyreophorans, have been the least studied group because they lack the visceral appeal of Tyrannosaurus and the fossil abundance of ceratopsians and hadrosaurs. The incredible diversity of armored dinosaurs has only recently been appreciated: the discovery of new stegosaurs in the Jurassic of China and the United States, and of new ankylosaurs from the Lower Cretaceous of North America have led to renewed interest in thyreophorans. The Armored Dinosaurs brings together the latest studies by an international group of dinosaur paleontologists and provides descriptions of the original specimens of Hyaleosaurus and Stegosaurus, names new thyreophorans, and redescribes historically important specimens from Europe.
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The Dinosaur Atlas is a wonderfully captivating atlas that introduces young children to dinosaurs and concentrates on the way the world looked during their reign of 160 million years. This atlas is filled with beautiful, authoritative yet engaging full-color illustrations, facts and trivia, youngsters will grasp the evolution of the dinosaurs and our planet as they follow these amazing creatures across geologically shifting continents. |
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