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Mnyamawamtuka

Erinnya litegeeza: “beast of the Mtuka river drainage”1

Yalyanga: EbimeraEz'ensingo empanvuEntandikwa ya Kuretasi okutuuka ku Enkomerero ya Kuretasi

Mnyamawamtuka was a long-necked, plant-eating dinosaur that lived in what is now Tanzania. It had a heart-shaped tail bone and was about as long as a school bus.1

Yabeerawo

emyaka obukadde 121 okutuuka ku 94 emabega4

Entandikwa ya Kuretasi okutuuka ku Enkomerero ya Kuretasi

Ebisigalira byazuulibwa mu

Tanzania, near the Mtuka River in the Rukwa Rift Basin2

Obuwanvu

7.6 m (25 ft)1

Obuzito

ttani 1.5 (3,300 lb)1

Sipiidi esinga

nga 26 km/h (16 mph)

Okudduka, kuteebereza

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Tiriyasi

Jurasiki

Kuretasi

Emyaka obukadde 252 emabega20114566, asteroyidi

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Omuntu atambula nga 5 km/h (3 mph)

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

Mnyamawamtuka nga 26 km/h (16 mph)

Embalaasi edduka ennyo nga 65 km/h (40 mph)

Cheetah nga 100 km/h (62 mph)

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Its name comes from Swahili and means 'beast of the Mtuka'.1

The species name 'moyowamkia' means 'heart of the tail' because its tail vertebrae are heart-shaped.1

Mnyamawamtuka lived about 110 to 100 million years ago during the Early Cretaceous.1

It is one of the most complete early titanosaur skeletons ever found, even though the skull is missing.1

Its breastbone was unusually small, less than half the length of its upper arm bone.2

Scientists think it was a close relative of Malawisaurus, another African titanosaur.2

Ekifaananyi kya Mnyamawamtuka 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 Mnyamawamtuka

?How big was Mnyamawamtuka?

It was about 7.6 metres long and weighed about 1.5 tonnes, though it probably was not fully grown.1 3

?What did Mnyamawamtuka eat?

It was a plant-eater, as are all sauropod dinosaurs. Its teeth were semi-spatulate, good for stripping leaves.2

?Why is Mnyamawamtuka's tail heart-shaped?

The middle tail vertebrae have a heart-shaped rear face, which is why its species name means 'heart of the tail'.1 2

?When did Mnyamawamtuka live?

It lived about 110 to 100 million years ago, during the Early Cretaceous period.1 3

Eri abakugu mu dayinoso

Erinnya lya ssaayansi: Mnyamawamtuka
Yatuumibwa: Gorscak and O'Connor 20194
Ekibinja: Ez'ensingo empanvu
Ekika / ekibinja: Titanosauria4
Engabanya: Sauropodomorpha > Sauropoda > Titanosauria > Macronaria4
Emyaka gy'enjazi: emyaka obukadde 121 okutuuka ku 94 (Aptian / Cenomanian)4
Ensengeka z'enjazi: Galula4
Ensi: Tanzaniya4
Ebisigalira ebyazuulibwa: 1 mu The Paleobiology Database4
Okuzuulibwa: The first bones were found in 2004 by the Rukwa Rift Basin Project in Tanzania. It was named and described by Eric Gorscak and Patrick O'Connor in 2019.2
Kikyakubaganyizibwako ebirowoozo: Scientists are not sure exactly how Mnyamawamtuka is related to other titanosaurs; different analyses place it either just outside or inside the group Lithostrotia.2

Ebituufu gye biva

Mnyamawamtuka (en.wikipedia.org)
A new African Titanosaurian Sauropod Dinosaur from the middle Cretaceous Galula Formation (Mtuka Member), Rukwa Rift Basin, Southwestern Tanzania | PLOS One (journals.plos.org)
Tanzanian 'beast' sheds light on gigantic dinosaur group | Reuters (reuters.com)
Mnyamawamtuka in The Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0): emyaka, ebifo, ensengeka z'enjazi, engabanya.

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