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Meroktenos

Din no ase: “thigh beast”1

Ɔdii: NhabanKɔn tentenTriasik Awieeɛ

Meroktenos was a long-necked plant-eater that lived in what is now Lesotho during the Late Triassic. It walked on four sturdy legs and had a very thick thighbone for its size.1 4

Ɔtenaa ase

mfeɛ ɔpepem 227 kɔsi 201 a atwam4

Triasik Awieeɛ

Wɔhunuu fɔsil wɔ

Thabana Morena, Lesotho1 4

Tenten

4 m (13 ft)1

Mu duru

300 kg (661 lb)3

Korɔn

1.2 m (3.9 ft)

nsusuiɛ

Ntɛmntɛm a ɛsen biara

bɛyɛ 37 km/h (23 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?

nsusuiɛ

Na ne mu yɛ duru sɛn?

ne mu duru te sɛ nkraman 15

ne tenten te sɛ nkraman 4 firi hwene kɔsi duane tenten te sɛ kwadu 22 a wɔde abɔ toatoa sone mu duru te sɛ watamɛlɔn 60ne mu duru te sɛ nkɔkɔaa sukuu mmofra 16ne mu duru te sɛ sukuu mmofra 9anka ɔbɛtumi atu mmirika mita 100 wɔ sikɛn 9.7 mu (onipa a ɔyɛ ntɛm sen biara hia 9.6)

Meroktenos 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)

Meroktenos bɛyɛ 37 km/h (23 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

Meroktenos had a very wide and thick thighbone, a shape that was previously only seen in giant sauropods. Scientists think this helped support its heavy body.1

The name Meroktenos comes from Greek words meaning 'thigh' and 'beast', because its thighbone is so unusual.1

Meroktenos lived about 216 to 201 million years ago, during the Late Triassic period.1 4

The first fossils of Meroktenos were found in 1959 by a team of geologists and paleontologists near the village of Thabana Morena in Lesotho.1

Meroktenos was originally thought to be a species of Melanorosaurus, but in 2016 scientists gave it its own genus.1 2

The thighbone of Meroktenos is about 48 centimeters long, which suggests the whole animal was around 4 meters in length.1

Yei yɛ Meroktenos 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 Meroktenos ho

?How big was Meroktenos?

About 4 metres (13 feet) long. Its thighbone is about 48 centimetres long.1

?What did Meroktenos eat?

It was a plant-eater. It ate plants like ferns and cycads.1

?When did Meroktenos live?

It lived during the Late Triassic period, about 216 to 201 million years ago.1

Ma dino ho animdefoɔ

Nyansahu din: Meroktenos
Obi a ɔtoo din: Peyre de Fabrègues and Allain 20164
Kuo: Kɔn tenten
Abusua / kuo kɛseɛ: Sauropodiformes4
Nkyekyɛmu: Sauropodomorpha4
Abotan no mfeɛ: mfeɛ ɔpepem 227 kɔsi 201 (Norian / Rhaetian)4
Abotan nhyehyɛeɛ: Elliot4
Aman: Lesotho4
Fɔsil nkyerɛwee: 1 wɔ The Paleobiology Database mu4
Nhunumu: In 1959, François Ellenberger, Paul Ellenberger, Jean Fabre and Leonard Ginsburg discovered the first fossils near Thabana Morena, Lesotho. In 1993, François-Xavier Gauffre named it Melanorosaurus thabanensis, but in 2016 Claire Peyre de Fabrègues and Ronan Allain gave it its own genus, Meroktenos.1 2
Wɔda so gye ho akyinnye: Scientists are not sure why Meroktenos had such a wide thighbone. It was not a giant dinosaur, so the thick bone may have had a different purpose.1

Baabi a nsɛm no firi

Meroktenos (en.wikipedia.org)
New material and revision of Melanorosaurus thabanensis , a basal sauropodomorph from the Upper Triassic of Lesotho (pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov)
Meroktenos thabanensis | Dinosaur Database by DinoAnimals.com (dinoanimals.com)
Meroktenos in The Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0): mfeɛ, mmeaeɛ, abotan nhyehyɛeɛ, nkyekyɛmu.

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