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Mnyamawamtuka

Naam beteken: “beast of the Mtuka river drainage”1

Het geëet: PlanteLangnekkeVroeë Kryt tot Laat Kryt

Mnyamawamtuka was a long-necked, plant-eating dinosaur that lived in what is now Tanzania. It had a heart-shaped tail bone and was about as long as a school bus.1

Het geleef

121 tot 94 miljoen jaar gelede4

Vroeë Kryt tot Laat Kryt

Fossiele gevind in

Tanzania, near the Mtuka River in the Rukwa Rift Basin2

Lengte

7,6 m (25 ft)1

Gewig

1,5 ton (3 300 lb)1

Topspoed

omtrent 26 km/h (16 mph)

Hardloop, skatting

Wanneer het dit geleef?

Trias

Jura

Kryt

252 miljoen jaar gelede20114566, die asteroïde

Hoe groot was dit?

Hoe lank was dit?

Hoe swaar was dit?

so swaar soos 1 motors

so lank soos 8 honde van neus tot stertso lank soos 42 piesangs punt aan puntso swaar soos 75 hondeso swaar soos 300 waatlemoeneso swaar soos 79 kleuterskoolkindersso swaar soos 47 skoolkindersso swaar soos 3 ysberekon 100 meter in 14 sekondes hardloop (die vinnigste mens het 9,6 nodig)

Hoe groot was Mnyamawamtuka vergeleke met JOU?

Net wiskunde in jou blaaier. Niks word gestoor of êrens heen gestuur nie.

Hoe vinnig was dit?

'n Mens wat loop omtrent 5 km/h (3 mph)

'n Kind op 'n fiets omtrent 12 km/h (7 mph)

Mnyamawamtuka omtrent 26 km/h (16 mph)

'n Galopperende perd omtrent 65 km/h (40 mph)

'n Jagluiperd omtrent 100 km/h (62 mph)

cool goed

Prettige feite

Its name comes from Swahili and means 'beast of the Mtuka'.1

The species name 'moyowamkia' means 'heart of the tail' because its tail vertebrae are heart-shaped.1

Mnyamawamtuka lived about 110 to 100 million years ago during the Early Cretaceous.1

It is one of the most complete early titanosaur skeletons ever found, even though the skull is missing.1

Its breastbone was unusually small, less than half the length of its upper arm bone.2

Scientists think it was a close relative of Malawisaurus, another African titanosaur.2

KI-prent van Mnyamawamtuka — 'n KI-prent van hoe Mnyamawamtuka dalk gelyk het, deur 'n rekenaar gemaak uit wat wetenskaplikes weet. Dit is 'n raaiskoot: die regte dier het dalk anders gelyk, en niemand weet wat sy regte kleure was nie.

julle het gevra

Mees gevraagde vrae oor Mnyamawamtuka

?How big was Mnyamawamtuka?

It was about 7.6 metres long and weighed about 1.5 tonnes, though it probably was not fully grown.1 3

?What did Mnyamawamtuka eat?

It was a plant-eater, as are all sauropod dinosaurs. Its teeth were semi-spatulate, good for stripping leaves.2

?Why is Mnyamawamtuka's tail heart-shaped?

The middle tail vertebrae have a heart-shaped rear face, which is why its species name means 'heart of the tail'.1 2

?When did Mnyamawamtuka live?

It lived about 110 to 100 million years ago, during the Early Cretaceous period.1 3

Vir dino-kenners

Wetenskaplike naam: Mnyamawamtuka
Benoem deur: Gorscak and O'Connor 20194
Groep: Langnekke
Familie / klade: Titanosauria4
Klassifikasie: Sauropodomorpha > Sauropoda > Titanosauria > Macronaria4
Ouderdom van die rotse: 121 tot 94 miljoen jaar (Aptian / Cenomanian)4
Rotsformasies: Galula4
Lande: Tanzanië4
Fossielrekords: 1 in The Paleobiology Database4
Ontdekking: The first bones were found in 2004 by the Rukwa Rift Basin Project in Tanzania. It was named and described by Eric Gorscak and Patrick O'Connor in 2019.2
Steeds omstrede: Scientists are not sure exactly how Mnyamawamtuka is related to other titanosaurs; different analyses place it either just outside or inside the group Lithostrotia.2

Waar die feite vandaan kom

Mnyamawamtuka (en.wikipedia.org)
A new African Titanosaurian Sauropod Dinosaur from the middle Cretaceous Galula Formation (Mtuka Member), Rukwa Rift Basin, Southwestern Tanzania | PLOS One (journals.plos.org)
Tanzanian 'beast' sheds light on gigantic dinosaur group | Reuters (reuters.com)
Mnyamawamtuka in The Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0): ouderdom, plekke, rotsformasies, klassifikasie.

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