Silutitan

Erinnya litegeeza: “Silk Road giant”1

Yalyanga: EbimeraEz'ensingo empanvuEntandikwa ya Kuretasi

Silutitan was a huge, long-necked plant-eater that lived in what is now China. Its fossils were found alongside many pterosaur bones, including eggs and babies. This dinosaur was one of the first big land animals discovered in that special fossil site.1 2

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emyaka obukadde 137 okutuuka ku 133 emabega3

Entandikwa ya Kuretasi

Ebisigalira byazuulibwa mu

Hami, Xinjiang, China1 3

Obuwanvu

20 m (66 ft)1

Obugulumivu

4.5 m (15 ft)

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nga 12 km/h (7 mph)

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Kuretasi

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Silutitan is known only from six neck bones and some ribs. Scientists used those bones to figure out its body length was over 20 metres (66 feet).1

Its name means 'Silk Road giant' because the fossils were found near the ancient Silk Road trade route in China.1

Silutitan lived about 137 to 132 million years ago, during the Early Cretaceous period.3

The bones of Silutitan were found in lake-bottom sandstones, along with many pterosaur fossils including eggs and embryos.1 2

Silutitan was a somphospondylan sauropod, a group of long-necked dinosaurs with air-filled bones that made them lighter.1

Its neck vertebrae had special bumps and ridges that helped scientists tell it apart from other sauropods.1

Ekifaananyi kya Silutitan 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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Erinnya lya ssaayansi: Silutitan
Yatuumibwa: Wang et al. 20213
Ekibinja: Ez'ensingo empanvu
Ekika / ekibinja: Euhelopodidae3
Engabanya: Sauropodomorpha > Sauropoda > Macronaria3
Emyaka gy'enjazi: emyaka obukadde 137 okutuuka ku 133 (Valanginian)3
Ensengeka z'enjazi: Shengjinkou3
Ensi: Cayina3
Ebisigalira ebyazuulibwa: 1 mu The Paleobiology Database3
Okuzuulibwa: Silutitan was named in 2021 by a team of scientists led by Xiaolin Wang. The fossils were found in the Hami region of Xinjiang, China, starting in 2016.1 3
Kikyakubaganyizibwako ebirowoozo: Scientists are not sure exactly how long Silutitan's whole body was, because only its neck bones have been found. The length estimate of over 20 metres is based on comparing it to a similar dinosaur called Euhelopus.1

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nature.com (nature.com)
The first dinosaurs from the Early Cretaceous Hami Pterosaur Fauna, China (pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov)
Silutitan in The Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0): emyaka, ebifo, ensengeka z'enjazi, engabanya.

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