Adasaurus
Adasaurus mongoliensis
Pronounced:
A - dah - Sore - us
Diet:
Carnivore (Meat-Eater)
Name
Means:
"Ada Lizard"
Length:
6 feet (2 m)
Height:
2 feet (.7 m)
Weight:
33 pounds (15 kilos)
Time:
Late Cretaceous - 75 MYA
Fossil remains for this Dinosaur have been found
in Asia
Was Adasaurus a dinosaur or was it a bird?
Scientists believe that
it had feathers, and that it
was small and lightweight.
It also had a killer claw
like Velociraptor, but the
claw was smaller.
What we do know from the
few fossils that have been
discovered so far, is that
Adasaurus was a small,
meat-eating dinosaur that
was very lightweight and had
many bird-like features. It
has been placed in the same
family as Velociraptor for
now, but future discoveries
may change that.
This small dinosaur adds
fuel to the ever-growing
debate surrounding dinosaurs
and birds. Adasaurus has
been described as being
extremely similar to
Archeopteryx. It has enough
of the dromaeosaur
characteristics to be placed
in that family too, but the
overall view of those types
of raptors is evolving into
their being referred to as
bird-like dinosaurs,
complete with feathers.
Eventually, some members of
that family may be
reclassified as birds
instead of dinosaurs. |
