Rukwatitan

Erinnya litegeeza: “Rukwa giant, twice buried”1

Yalyanga: EbimeraEz'ensingo empanvuEnkomerero ya Kuretasi

Rukwatitan was a long-necked dinosaur that lived in what is now Tanzania. It was a titanosaur, a type of sauropod, and it was about as long as a school bus. Its name means 'twice buried' because its bones were buried, then moved by a river and buried again.2 1

Yabeerawo

emyaka obukadde 100 okutuuka ku 72 emabega3

Enkomerero ya Kuretasi

Ebisigalira byazuulibwa mu

Southwestern Tanzania, Galula Formation, Rukwa Rift Basin3 1

Obuwanvu

okutuuka ku 9.1 m (30 ft)2

Obugulumivu

2.3 m (7.5 ft)

kuteebereza

Sipiidi esinga

nga 25 km/h (16 mph)

Okudduka, kuteebereza

Yabeerawo ddi?

Tiriyasi

Jurasiki

Kuretasi

Emyaka obukadde 252 emabega20114566, asteroyidi

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kuteebereza

obuwanvu ng'emmotoka 2 ezisimbiddwa mu lunyiririobuwanvu ng'amenvu 51 nga gaddiriŋŋanayandidduse mita 100 mu sikonda 14 (omuntu asinga embiro yeetaaga 9.6)

Rukwatitan yali munene atya bw'ogeraageranya ku GGWE?

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Omuntu atambula nga 5 km/h (3 mph)

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

Rukwatitan nga 25 km/h (16 mph)

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

Cheetah nga 100 km/h (62 mph)

ebintu ebinyuvu

Ebyewuunyisa

Rukwatitan's name includes 'bisepultus', which means 'twice buried' because part of its skeleton was first buried in mud, then washed away and reburied by a river.1

It lived about 100 million years ago, during the middle Cretaceous period.2

Its upper arm bone (humerus) had a square cross-section, which is unusual for sauropods.1

Rukwatitan shared its home with a crocodile-like reptile called Rukwasuchus, whose fossils were found at the same site.1

It was a basal (early) titanosaur, meaning it belonged to the group that later included the largest dinosaurs ever.1

The neck vertebrae of Rukwatitan had undivided air pockets (pleurocoels), which helped lighten its skeleton.1

Rukwatitan was about 9 meters (30 feet) long, roughly the length of a school bus.2

Ekifaananyi kya Rukwatitan 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.

Eri abakugu mu dayinoso

Erinnya lya ssaayansi: Rukwatitan
Yatuumibwa: Gorscak et al. 20143
Ekibinja: Ez'ensingo empanvu
Ekika / ekibinja: Rinconsauria3
Engabanya: Sauropodomorpha > Sauropoda > Titanosauria > Macronaria3
Emyaka gy'enjazi: emyaka obukadde 100 okutuuka ku 72 (Cenomanian / Campanian)3
Ensengeka z'enjazi: Galula3
Ensi: Tanzaniya3
Ebisigalira ebyazuulibwa: 1 mu The Paleobiology Database3
Okuzuulibwa: Rukwatitan was discovered by Joseph J.W. Sertich on June 9, 2007, in southwestern Tanzania. It was named and described by Eric Gorscak and colleagues in 2014.1
Kikyakubaganyizibwako ebirowoozo: Scientists are still debating exactly where Rukwatitan fits in the titanosaur family tree. Some studies place it as a non-lithostrotian titanosaur, while others group it with rinconsaurs.3 1

Ebituufu gye biva

UJVP_A_845568_O (people.ohio.edu)
Rukwatitan (en.wikipedia.org)
Rukwatitan in The Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0): emyaka, ebifo, ensengeka z'enjazi, engabanya.

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