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Wamweracaudia

Naam beteken: “Wamwera tail”1

Het geëet: PlanteLangnekkeLaat Jura tot Vroeë Kryt

Wamweracaudia was a huge, long-necked plant-eating dinosaur that lived in what is now Africa. It walked on four legs and had a very long tail made of many bones.1 4

Het geleef

149 tot 143 miljoen jaar gelede4

Laat Jura tot Vroeë Kryt

Fossiele gevind in

Tendaguru Formation, Tanzania, Africa1 4

Lengte

10 tot 100 m (33 tot 328 ft)2

Gewig

7 ton (15 400 lb)3

Topspoed

omtrent 17 km/h (11 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 5 motors

so lank soos 22 motors in 'n ry geparkeerso lank soos 560 piesangs punt aan puntomtrent so swaar soos 'n olifantso swaar soos 1400 waatlemoeneso swaar soos 9 hele skoolklasse vol kindersso swaar soos 16 ysberekon 100 meter in 21 sekondes hardloop (die vinnigste mens het 9,6 nodig)

Hoe groot was Wamweracaudia 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)

Wamweracaudia omtrent 17 km/h (11 mph)

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

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

cool goed

Prettige feite

Wamweracaudia is known from a nearly complete series of thirty tail vertebrae, plus two chevrons and two neural spines.1

Its tail bones were procoelous, meaning they had a hollow at the front and a ball at the back, which made the tail flexible and strong.1

It was a close relative of Mamenchisaurus, a famous long-necked dinosaur from Asia, and scientists think it may be the first mamenchisaurid found outside Asia.1

The fossils were first dug up between 1909 and 1912 by German expeditions, but they were not given their own name until 2019.1

The name honors the Wamwera people who live near the find site, and the specific name keranjei honors Mohammadi Keranje, the foreman who led the excavation team.1

Wamweracaudia lived during the Late Jurassic, about 155 to 145 million years ago.1

KI-prent van Wamweracaudia — 'n KI-prent van hoe Wamweracaudia 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 Wamweracaudia

?What did Wamweracaudia eat?

Wamweracaudia was a herbivore, meaning it ate plants. As a sauropod, it was a large quadrupedal herbivore.1

?When did Wamweracaudia live?

Wamweracaudia lived during the Late Jurassic, about 155 to 145 million years ago.1

?How big was Wamweracaudia?

Scientists don't know exactly, but it was a large sauropod. It is known from a nearly complete series of thirty tail vertebrae, which suggests a long tail.1

?Is Wamweracaudia related to Mamenchisaurus?

Yes, Wamweracaudia is a close relative of Mamenchisaurus. Scientists think it may be the first mamenchisaurid found outside Asia.1

Mite-breker

Mite: Some people think Wamweracaudia was a titanosaur, a type of giant sauropod.

Waarheid: Scientists now think it was a mamenchisaurid, more closely related to Mamenchisaurus, because of its tail bone features.1

Vir dino-kenners

Wetenskaplike naam: Wamweracaudia
Benoem deur: Mannion et al. 20194
Groep: Langnekke
Familie / klade: Mamenchisauridae4
Klassifikasie: Sauropodomorpha > Sauropoda4
Ouderdom van die rotse: 149 tot 143 miljoen jaar (Tithonian)4
Rotsformasies: Tendaguru4
Lande: Tanzanië4
Fossielrekords: 2 in The Paleobiology Database4
Ontdekking: The tail was found during German expeditions to Tendaguru in Tanzania between 1909 and 1912, supervised by paleontologist Werner Janensch. It was named Wamweracaudia keranjei in 2019 by Philip Mannion and colleagues.1
Steeds omstrede: Scientists are still unsure about the exact size of Wamweracaudia because only tail bones have been found, and the PBDB gives a very broad length estimate.2

Waar die feite vandaan kom

Wamweracaudia (en.wikipedia.org)
PBDB Taxon (paleobiodb.org)
Wamweracaudia keranjei | Dinosaur Database by DinoAnimals.com (dinoanimals.com)
Wamweracaudia in The Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0): ouderdom, plekke, rotsformasies, klassifikasie.

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