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Meroktenos

Erinnya litegeeza: “thigh beast”1

Yalyanga: EbimeraEz'ensingo empanvuEnkomerero ya Tiriyasi

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

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Enkomerero ya Tiriyasi

Ebisigalira byazuulibwa mu

Thabana Morena, Lesotho1 4

Obuwanvu

4 m (13 ft)1

Obuzito

300 kg (661 lb)3

Obugulumivu

1.2 m (3.9 ft)

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Sipiidi esinga

nga 37 km/h (23 mph)

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Tiriyasi

Jurasiki

Kuretasi

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Omwana ku kagaali nga 12 km/h (7 mph)

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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

Ekifaananyi kya Meroktenos ekyakolebwa AI, nga kiraga engeri gye yayinza okuba ng'afaanana, ekyakolebwa kompyuta okusinziira ku ebyo bannassaayansi bye bamanyi. Kuteebereza: ekisolo ekyennyini kiyinza okuba nga kyali kifaanana bulala, era tewali amanyi langi zaakyo ez'amazima.

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Ebibuuzo ebisinga okubuuzibwa ku Meroktenos

?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

Eri abakugu mu dayinoso

Erinnya lya ssaayansi: Meroktenos
Yatuumibwa: Peyre de Fabrègues and Allain 20164
Ekibinja: Ez'ensingo empanvu
Ekika / ekibinja: Sauropodiformes4
Engabanya: Sauropodomorpha4
Emyaka gy'enjazi: emyaka obukadde 227 okutuuka ku 201 (Norian / Rhaetian)4
Ensengeka z'enjazi: Elliot4
Ensi: Lesoto4
Ebisigalira ebyazuulibwa: 1 mu The Paleobiology Database4
Okuzuulibwa: 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
Kikyakubaganyizibwako ebirowoozo: 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

Ebituufu gye biva

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): emyaka, ebifo, ensengeka z'enjazi, engabanya.

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