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Zapalasaurus

Din no ase: “lizard of Zapala, named after the city of Zapala in Argentina”1

Ɔdii: NhabanKɔn tentenKretasias Mfiase

Zapalasaurus was a long-necked plant-eater that lived in what is now Patagonia, Argentina, about 130 to 120 million years ago. It walked on four sturdy legs and used its long neck to reach leaves and ferns without moving its body much. This dinosaur was a early relative of the famous Diplodocus.1

Ɔtenaa ase

mfeɛ ɔpepem 126 kɔsi 120 a atwam3

Kretasias Mfiase

Wɔhunuu fɔsil wɔ

Puesto Morales, La Picaza, Neuquén Province, Argentina3 1

Ntɛmntɛm a ɛsen biara

bɛyɛ 15 km/h (9 mph)

Mmirikatuo, nsusuiɛ

Berɛ bɛn na ɛtenaa ase?

Triasik

Jurasik

Kretasias

mfeɛ ɔpepem 252 a atwam20114566, ɔsoro ɛboɔ no

Na ɛyɛ ntɛm sɛn?

Onipa a ɔnante bɛyɛ 5 km/h (3 mph)

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

Zapalasaurus bɛyɛ 15 km/h (9 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

The first fossils of Zapalasaurus were found in 1995 at a place called Puesto Morales, and more bones were dug up in 2004.1

Zapalasaurus is named after the city of Zapala, which is about 80 kilometres (50 miles) north of where its bones were discovered.1

Unlike some other long-necked dinosaurs, Zapalasaurus probably fed at ground level, while other sauropods in the same area ate plants higher up.1

Its tail vertebrae double in length from front to back, a feature shared with the more advanced diplodocines.2

Zapalasaurus belonged to a group called rebbachisaurids, which were early cousins of Diplodocus and lived mainly in the Early Cretaceous.3 1

The species name bonapartei honors the famous Argentine paleontologist José Bonaparte, who helped collect the first bones.1

Yei yɛ Zapalasaurus 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 Zapalasaurus ho

?How big was Zapalasaurus?

Scientists do not know its exact size because only a partial skeleton has been found. It was a medium-sized sauropod, but no length or weight estimates have been published.1

?What did Zapalasaurus eat?

Zapalasaurus was a plant-eater. It used its long neck to browse a wide variety of low-growing plants and greens without having to walk very far.1

?When did Zapalasaurus live?

Zapalasaurus lived during the Early Cretaceous, about 130 to 120 million years ago.1

?Did Zapalasaurus have feathers?

No. Zapalasaurus was a sauropod dinosaur, and there is no evidence that any sauropod had feathers.1

Ma dino ho animdefoɔ

Nyansahu din: Zapalasaurus
Obi a ɔtoo din: Salgado et al. 20063
Kuo: Kɔn tenten
Abusua / kuo kɛseɛ: Rebbachisauridae3
Nkyekyɛmu: Sauropodomorpha > Sauropoda > Diplodocoidea3
Abotan no mfeɛ: mfeɛ ɔpepem 126 kɔsi 120 (Barremian / Aptian)3
Abotan nhyehyɛeɛ: La Amarga3
Aman: Argentina3
Fɔsil nkyerɛwee: 1 wɔ The Paleobiology Database mu3
Nhunumu: Zapalasaurus was first described in 2006 by a team led by Leonardo Salgado. The bones were collected by scientists from the Bernardino Rivadavia Natural Sciences Museum and the Juan A. Olsacher Museum, with help from José Bonaparte.1
Wɔda so gye ho akyinnye: Scientists are not sure exactly how big Zapalasaurus grew, because only a partial skeleton has been found.1

Baabi a nsɛm no firi

Zapalasaurus (en.wikipedia.org)
Translated by Michael D’Emic University of Michigan (naturalhistory.si.edu)
Zapalasaurus in The Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0): mfeɛ, mmeaeɛ, abotan nhyehyɛeɛ, nkyekyɛmu.

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