Mesetasaurus

Hiika maqaa: “Meseta de Artigas lizard”1

Kan nyaate: BiqiltootaMorma-dheertotaKireetaashasii Dhumaa

Mesetasaurus was a long-necked plant-eater that lived in what is now Uruguay. It is known from two well-preserved tail bones that were found in the 1980s. This dinosaur was a type of titanosaur, a group of huge sauropods.1 2

Kan jiraate

waggaa miliyoona 86 hanga 72 dura4

Kireetaashasii Dhumaa

Fosiliiwwan kan itti argaman

Paysandú Department, Uruguay1 2

Saffisa ol'aanaa

gara 15 km/sa'a (9 mph)

Fiiguu, tilmaama

Yoom jiraate?

Tiraayaasikii

Juraasikii

Kireetaashasii

waggaa miliyoona 252 dura20114566, asteerooyidii

Hammam saffisaa ture?

Nama miilaan deemu gara 5 km/sa'a (3 mph)

Daa'ima saayikilii irra jiru gara 12 km/sa'a (7 mph)

Mesetasaurus gara 15 km/sa'a (9 mph)

Farda gulufu gara 65 km/sa'a (40 mph)

Cheetaa gara 100 km/sa'a (62 mph)

wantoota bareedoo

Odeeffannoowwan bashannansiisoo

Mesetasaurus is the second non-bird dinosaur ever described from Uruguay.1

Its fossils were found on a plateau called Meseta de Artigas, which gave the dinosaur its name.1 2

The only known bones are two tail vertebrae, which are very well preserved.1 2

Mesetasaurus belonged to a group called Aeolosaurini, which lived in South America during the Late Cretaceous.1 3

Scientists think Mesetasaurus lived between about 85 and 72 million years ago.3

Fakkii AI'n hojjetame: Mesetasaurus — Fakkii AI'n hojjetame kan Mesetasaurus maal fakkaachuu akka danda'u agarsiisu, kompiitaraan beekumsa saayintistootaa irratti hundaa'uun hojjetame. Tilmaama qofa: bineensi dhugaa adda ta'ee mul'achuu danda'a, halluu isaa dhugaa immoo namni beeku hin jiru.

ati gaafatte

Gaaffiiwwan waa'ee Mesetasaurus baay'ee gaafataman

?How big was Mesetasaurus?

Nobody knows for sure. Only two tail bones have been found, so scientists cannot estimate its full size.1

?What did Mesetasaurus eat?

It was a plant eater. As a titanosaurian, it ate plants.1

?When did Mesetasaurus live?

It lived during the Late Cretaceous, probably between about 85 and 72 million years ago.1

?Where was Mesetasaurus found?

Its fossils were found in the Guichón Formation of Paysandú Department, Uruguay.1

Ogeeyyii daayinootiif

Maqaa saayinsii: Mesetasaurus
Kan maqaa baase: Soto Núñez et al. 20264
Garee: Morma-dheertota
Maatii / kilaadii: Aeolosaurini4
Ramaddii: Sauropodomorpha > Sauropoda > Titanosauria > Macronaria4
Umurii dhagaawwanii: waggaa miliyoona 86 hanga 72 (Santonian / Campanian)4
Caasaawwan dhagaa: Guichón4
Biyyoota: Uruguwaay4
Galmee fosilii: 1 The Paleobiology Database keessa4
Argannoo: Mesetasaurus was named by Matías Soto Núñez and colleagues in 2026. The two tail bones were found in the 1980s in the Guichón Formation of Uruguay.1 2
Ammallee falmisiisaa: Because only two tail bones have been found, scientists are not sure about the exact size or full appearance of Mesetasaurus.1 2

Odeeffannoon eessaa dhufa

Mesetasaurus (en.wikipedia.org)
Manuscript LSID: urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:070DE7BE-8486-43F7-930B-8B6B90439258 Genus LSID: urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:2AA8934F-021E-46F1-9F98-893629A66E6F Species LSID urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:061C5A20-06A7-4B1A-ADCA-CC472978910C (ameghiniana.org.ar)
PBDB Taxon (paleobiodb.org)
Mesetasaurus in The Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0): umurii, bakkeewwan, caasaawwan dhagaa, ramaddii.

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