Friday, February 12, 2010

Adasaurus Dinosaur

Adasaurus


Adasaurus is a dinosaur that lived in Mongolia (Bayankhongor) at the end of the
Cretaceous, there are 75 A. It was discovered in 1977


General


* Its name means lizard or reptile Ada devil

 
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Period: Cretaceous (- 144 M.A. at - 65 M.A.)

 
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Size: 2 m long, 60 cm high, 15 kg

 
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Habitat: Asia

  
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Diet: carnivorous


Anatomy


Like other Dromaeosaurus, the hip bone is more like that of a Ornithischia than
that of a saurischien.


Adasaurus had a claw back like a switchblade but smaller than that of
Deinonychus and Velociraptor.


Inventory of fossil found


* IM 100/20: incomplete skull, ilium (20.2 cm); pubis (24.1 cm), ischium (11.8
cm).

    
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IM 100/51: leg bones, phalanges, claws.