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Massospondylus

Din no ase: “longer vertebra”1

Ɔdii: NhabanKɔn tentenTriasik Awieeɛ kɔsi Jurasik Mfiase

Massospondylus was an early long-necked dinosaur that lived in southern Africa during the Early Jurassic. It had a small head, a long neck and tail, and a slender body. This dinosaur walked on two legs and used its sharp thumb claws to pull down branches or dig up plants.1

Ɔtenaa ase

mfeɛ ɔpepem 237 kɔsi 175 a atwam4

Triasik Awieeɛ kɔsi Jurasik Mfiase

Wɔhunuu fɔsil wɔ

South Africa, Lesotho, Zimbabwe, and Namibia1 4

Tenten

4 kɔsi 6 m (13 kɔsi 20 ft)1

Mu duru

70 kg kɔsi 136.7 kg (154 kɔsi 301 lb)3 1

Korɔn

1.8 m (5.9 ft)2

Ntɛmntɛm a ɛsen biara

bɛyɛ 41 km/h (25 mph)

Mmirikatuo, nsusuiɛ

Berɛ bɛn na ɛtenaa ase?

Triasik

Jurasik

Kretasias

mfeɛ ɔpepem 252 a atwam20114566, ɔsoro ɛboɔ no

Na ne kɛseɛ yɛ sɛn?

Na ne tenten yɛ sɛn?

Na ne korɔn yɛ sɛn?

Na ne mu yɛ duru sɛn?

ne mu duru te sɛ nkraman 7

ne tenten te sɛ nkraman 6 firi hwene kɔsi duane tenten te sɛ kwadu 33 a wɔde abɔ toatoa sone mu duru te sɛ watamɛlɔn 27ne mu duru te sɛ nkɔkɔaa sukuu mmofra 7ne mu duru te sɛ sukuu mmofra 4anka ɔbɛtumi atu mmirika mita 100 wɔ sikɛn 8.8 mu (onipa a ɔyɛ ntɛm sen biara hia 9.6)

Massospondylus kɛseɛ yɛ sɛn sɛ wode toto WO ho a?

Akontaa nko ara wɔ wo browser mu. Yɛnkora biribiara so, na yɛmmfa biribiara nkɔ baabiara.

Na ɛyɛ ntɛm sɛn?

Onipa a ɔnante bɛyɛ 5 km/h (3 mph)

Abofra a ɔte sakre so bɛyɛ 12 km/h (7 mph)

Massospondylus bɛyɛ 41 km/h (25 mph)

Ɔpɔnkɔ a ɔretu mmirika bɛyɛ 65 km/h (40 mph)

Kyiita bɛyɛ 100 km/h (62 mph)

nneɛma a ɛyɛ fɛ

Nsɛm a ɛyɛ anigye

Massospondylus was one of the first dinosaurs to be named, described by Richard Owen in 1854.1

Its name means 'longer vertebra' because Owen thought the neck bones were tail bones.1

Fossil eggs and embryos of Massospondylus have been found, and they are among the oldest known dinosaur eggs.1

The eggshell of Massospondylus was extremely thin, less than 0.1 mm (0.0039 in) thick.1

Baby Massospondylus had proportionally longer arms and a larger head than adults, suggesting they may have walked on four legs when young.1

Massospondylus could speed up or slow down its growth depending on how much food was available.1

The oldest known Massospondylus was about 20 years old when it died.1

Yei yɛ Massospondylus mfonini a AI yɛeɛ, sɛdeɛ ebia na ɔteɛ. Kɔmputa na ɛyɛeɛ firi deɛ nyansahufoɔ nim mu. Ɛyɛ nsusuiɛ: ebia na aboa ankasa no nte saa, na obiara nnim ne kɔla ankasa.

wobisaeɛ

Nsɛm a wɔbisa bebree fa Massospondylus ho

?How big was Massospondylus?

Massospondylus was about 4 to 6 metres (13 to 20 feet) long, with a small head, long neck and tail, and a slender body. It weighed around 150 kilograms (330 pounds) according to the Natural History Museum.1 3

?What did Massospondylus eat?

It was probably a herbivore (plant-eater), though some scientists think it may have been omnivorous. It used its sharp thumb claws to pull down branches or dig up plants, and it may have swallowed stones to help grind tough leaves in its stomach.1 2

?Did Massospondylus walk on two legs or four?

It is now considered to have been bipedal (walked on two legs), though it was long thought to be quadrupedal. Some studies suggest babies may have walked on four legs, but newer research says it was bipedal at all ages.1

?When did Massospondylus live?

It lived during the Early Jurassic, about 201 to 184 million years ago.1 3

?Where was Massospondylus found?

Fossils have been found in southern Africa, including South Africa, Lesotho, and Zimbabwe, and also in Namibia. Some fossils from the US and Argentina were once assigned to it but are now considered different dinosaurs.1 2

?Did Massospondylus lay eggs?

Yes, it laid eggs, and some of the oldest known dinosaur eggs and embryos belong to this genus. The eggshells were extremely thin, less than 0.1 mm (0.004 in) thick.1

Atosɛm sɛefoɔ

Atosɛm: Massospondylus was a four-legged (quadrupedal) dinosaur.

Nokorɛ: Scientists now think Massospondylus walked on two legs (bipedal), though babies may have been four-legged.1

Ma dino ho animdefoɔ

Nyansahu din: Massospondylus
Obi a ɔtoo din: Owen 18544
Kuo: Kɔn tenten
Abusua / kuo kɛseɛ: Massospondylidae4
Nkyekyɛmu: Sauropodomorpha4
Abotan no mfeɛ: mfeɛ ɔpepem 237 kɔsi 175 (Carnian / Toarcian)4
Abotan nhyehyɛeɛ: Elliot, Mpandi, Forest Sandstone4
Aman: Afrika Anaafoɔ, Zimbabwe, Lesotho, Namibia4
Fɔsil nkyerɛwee: 80 wɔ The Paleobiology Database mu4
Nhunumu: The first fossils of Massospondylus were found in 1853 or 1854 by Joseph Millard Orpen and his brothers on a farm in the Drakensberg mountains near Harrismith, South Africa. Their father donated the fossils to the Hunterian Museum in London, where Richard Owen described and named the dinosaur in 1854.1
Wɔda so gye ho akyinnye: Scientists are still debating whether Massospondylus was purely a plant-eater or also ate small animals or carrion.1

Baabi a nsɛm no firi

Massospondylus (en.wikipedia.org)
enchantedlearning.com (enchantedlearning.com)
Massospondylus | Natural History Museum (nhm.ac.uk)
Massospondylus in The Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0): mfeɛ, mmeaeɛ, abotan nhyehyɛeɛ, nkyekyɛmu.

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