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Zapalasaurus

Nkombo elingi koloba: “lizard of Zapala, named after the city of Zapala in Argentina”1
Alyaki: MilonaNkingo milaiKretase ya ebandeli

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

Azalaki na bomoi
mbula milio 126 kino 120 eleki3
Kretase ya ebandeli
Bafosile emonanaki na
Puesto Morales, La Picaza, Neuquén Province, Argentina31
Mbangu ya likolo
pene na 15 km/h (9 mph)
Kopota mbangu, kokanisa

Azalaki na bomoi ntango nini?

Triasiki
Jurasiki
Kretase
Mbula milio 252 eleki20114566, asteroide

Azalaki na mbangu boni?

makambo ya kitoko

Makambo ya kosepelisa

1

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

2

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

3

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

4

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

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Zapalasaurus belonged to a group called rebbachisaurids, which were early cousins of Diplodocus and lived mainly in the Early Cretaceous.31

6

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

Esalemi na AIElilingi ya Zapalasaurus esalemi na AI
Elilingi esalemi na AI oyo ezali kolakisa ndenge Zapalasaurus akokaki kozala. Ordinatere esalaki yango na makambo oyo bato ya siansi bayebi. Ezali kaka kokanisa: nyama ya solo akokaki kozala ndenge mosusu, mpe moto moko te ayebi balangi na ye ya solo.
otunaki

Mituna oyo batunaka mingi na ntina na Zapalasaurus

?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

Mpo na bayebi ya badino

Nkombo ya siansi
Zapalasaurus
Nkombo epesamaki na
Salgado et al. 20063
Lisanga
Nkingo milai
Libota / klade
Rebbachisauridae3
Klasifikasio
Sauropodomorpha > Sauropoda > Diplodocoidea3
Mbula ya mabanga
mbula milio 126 kino 120 (Barremian / Aptian)3
Milongo ya mabanga
La Amarga3
Bikolo
Arzantine3
Bafosile oyo ekomami
1 na The Paleobiology Database3
Ntango bamonaki yango
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
Naino bazali kowelana
Scientists are not sure exactly how big Zapalasaurus grew, because only a partial skeleton has been found.1

Esika makambo euti

  1. Zapalasaurus (en.wikipedia.org)
  2. Translated by Michael D’Emic University of Michigan (naturalhistory.si.edu)
  3. Zapalasaurus in The Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0): mbula, bisika, milongo ya mabanga, klasifikasio.

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