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Ngwevu

Il num vul dir: “grey head in Xhosa”1
Mangiava: PlantasCuliezs lungsGiurassic tempriv

Ngwevu was a long-necked dinosaur that lived in what is now South Africa. It had a wide, strong skull and a short snout, which helped it eat tough plants. Scientists think it was a close relative of the famous Massospondylus.1

Viveva
avant 201 fin 193 milliuns onns7
Giurassic tempriv
Fossils chattads en
Tevrede Farm, Fouriesberg District, Free State Province, South Africa1
Lunghezza
3 fin 4 m (9,8 fin 13 ft)34
Paisa
fin 300 kg (661 lb)3
Autezza
1,2 m (3,9 ft)
stima
Spertadad maximala
var 37 km/h (23 mph)
Currer, stima

Cura viveva el?

Triassic
Giurassic
Cretacic
avant 252 milliuns onns20114566, l'asteroid

Quant grond era el?

Quant lung era el?

Ngwevu var 4 m lung (13 ft)In velo da creschids var 1,8 m (5,9 ft)In auto var 4,5 m (15 ft)In elefant, il pli grond animal da terra dad oz var 6,5 m (21 ft)

Quant aut era el?

In giat da chasavar 0,3 m (1 ft)In chaunvar 0,5 m (1,6 ft)Ngwevuvar 1,2 m aut (3,9 ft)In chavalvar 1,6 m (5,2 ft)

stima

Quant grev era el?

uschè grev sco 15 chauns
uschè lung sco 4 chauns dal nas a la cuauschè lung sco 22 bananas ina suenter l'autrauschè grev sco 60 melunasuschè grev sco 16 uffants da scolettauschè grev sco 9 scolarspudess currer 100 meters en 9,7 secundas (il pli spert uman dovra 9,6)

Quant grond era Ngwevu cumpareglià cun TAI?

Mo matematica en tes navigatur. Nagut na vegn arcunà u tramess.

Quant spert era el?

chaussas cool

Fatgs divertents

1

Ngwevu was named in 2019 from a fossil that was once thought to be a Massospondylus. Scientists realized it was a new dinosaur because its skull was wider and shorter than Massospondylus.1

2

The fossil of Ngwevu is a nearly complete skull and partial skeleton. It was nicknamed 'grey skull' by scientists before it got its official name.1

3

Ngwevu lived about 201 to 193 million years ago, during the Early Jurassic period.2

4

Bone growth rings show that the Ngwevu fossil was at least 10 years old when it died and was nearly full grown.1

5

Ngwevu had a wide skull that was wider than it was tall. This is different from many other early sauropodomorphs, which had narrower skulls.1

6

Its wide snout may have helped Ngwevu eat a different mix of plants than its relative Massospondylus, so the two dinosaurs could live in the same area without competing too much.1

Fatg cun IAMaletg da Ngwevu fatg cun IA
In maletg fatg cun IA che mussa co Ngwevu pudess avair guardà ora, fatg d'in computer tenor quai che la scienza sa. I sa tracta d'ina supposiziun: l'animal vair ha forsa guardà ora auter, e sias colurs vairas èn nunenconuschentas.
tias dumondas

Las dumondas las pli frequentas davart Ngwevu

?How big was Ngwevu?

Ngwevu was a small dinosaur. The fossil was nearly full grown and may have been about 3 metres long as an adult, making it a medium sized sauropodomorph of its time.5

?When did Ngwevu live?

Ngwevu lived during the Early Jurassic period, about 201 to 193 million years ago. The fossil was found in rocks from that time in South Africa.56

?What did Ngwevu eat?

Ngwevu ate plants. Its wide snout and strong jaw helped it eat tough plants, and it may have had a more generalist diet than its relative Massospondylus.6

Per experts da dinos

Num scientific
Ngwevu
Numnà da
Chapelle et al. 20197
Gruppa
Culiezs lungs
Famiglia / clada
Massospondylidae7
Classificaziun
Sauropodomorpha7
Vegliadetgna da la crappa
201 fin 193 milliuns onns (Hettangian / Sinemurian)7
Formaziuns da crap
Elliot7
Pajais
Africa dal Sid7
Chats da fossils
1 en The Paleobiology Database7
Scuverta
Ngwevu was named in 2019 by Kimberley Chapelle and colleagues. The fossil had been sitting in a museum for years, labeled as Massospondylus, until scientists took a closer look and realized it was a new species.1
Anc discutà
Scientists are not sure if Ngwevu is a separate species or just a very unusual Massospondylus. The differences in skull shape might also be due to sex or age, but the researchers think it is a real new dinosaur.1

Danunder che vegnan ils fatgs

  1. Ngwevu intloko : a new early sauropodomorph dinosaur from the Lower Jurassic Elliot Formation of South Africa and comments on cranial ontogeny in Massospondylus carinatus (pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov)
  2. PBDB Taxon (paleobiodb.org)
  3. New dinosaur found hiding in plain sight in South African museum | Dinosaurs | The Guardian (theguardian.com)
  4. 2019-08 - Wits University PhD student discovers new species of early dinosaur - Wits University (wits.ac.za)
  5. Fossil reveals smallest sauropodomorph dinosaur from the Jurassic | Natural History Museum (nhm.ac.uk)
  6. Ngwevu (Wikipedia) (Wikipedia)
  7. Ngwevu in The Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0): vegliadetgna, lieus, formaziuns da crap, classificaziun.

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