Tethyshadros is a hadrosauroid dinosaur from Italy. Its name references the Tethys Sea, a prehistoric ocean during much of the Mesozoic Era of which the Mediterranean Sea is a remnant. Tethyshadros was relatively small for a hadrosaur, at about 4.5 m in length, and weighing around 500 kg. As a hadrosaur, Tethyshadros was a beaked animal with a hand formed into a fleshy pad and three-toed feet. The beak was unique in its snowplow-like shape, which was pointed, and serrated rather than smooth.
its head shape: 🤌🏻
La cosa interessante degli adrosauri è che avevano le mascelle superiori ai lati, dove c’erano i denti, snodate (potevano muoversi verso l’interno/esterno e scivolare contro i denti di sotto) e potevano perciò masticare il cibo come i mammiferi erbivori, forse persino meglio.
In più, le zampe anteriori finivano in uno zoccolo invece che avere dita separate.
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Tethyshadros is a hadrosauroid dinosaur from Italy. Its name references the Tethys Sea, a prehistoric ocean during much of the Mesozoic Era of which the Mediterranean Sea is a remnant. Tethyshadros was relatively small for a hadrosaur, at about 4.5 m in length, and weighing around 500 kg. As a hadrosaur, Tethyshadros was a beaked animal with a hand formed into a fleshy pad and three-toed feet. The beak was unique in its snowplow-like shape, which was pointed, and serrated rather than smooth.
its head shape: 🤌🏻
La cosa interessante degli adrosauri è che avevano le mascelle superiori ai lati, dove c’erano i denti, snodate (potevano muoversi verso l’interno/esterno e scivolare contro i denti di sotto) e potevano perciò masticare il cibo come i mammiferi erbivori, forse persino meglio.
In più, le zampe anteriori finivano in uno zoccolo invece che avere dita separate.