Rukwatitan

Il num vul dir: “Rukwa giant, twice buried”1

Mangiava: PlantasCuliezs lungsCretacic tardiv

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

Viveva

avant 100 fin 72 milliuns onns3

Cretacic tardiv

Fossils chattads en

Southwestern Tanzania, Galula Formation, Rukwa Rift Basin3 1

Lunghezza

fin 9,1 m (30 ft)2

Autezza

2,3 m (7,5 ft)

stima

Spertadad maximala

var 25 km/h (16 mph)

Currer, stima

Cura viveva el?

Triassic

Giurassic

Cretacic

avant 252 milliuns onns20114566, l'asteroid

Quant grond era el?

Quant lung era el?

Quant aut era el?

stima

uschè lung sco 2 autos parcads in suenter l'auteruschè lung sco 51 bananas ina suenter l'autrapudess currer 100 meters en 14 secundas (il pli spert uman dovra 9,6)

Quant grond era Rukwatitan cumpareglià cun TAI?

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

Quant spert era el?

Ina persuna che va a pe var 5 km/h (3 mph)

In uffant sin il velo var 12 km/h (7 mph)

Rukwatitan var 25 km/h (16 mph)

In chaval che galoppescha var 65 km/h (40 mph)

In gepard var 100 km/h (62 mph)

chaussas cool

Fatgs divertents

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

Maletg da Rukwatitan fatg cun IA — In maletg fatg cun IA che mussa co Rukwatitan 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.

Per experts da dinos

Num scientific: Rukwatitan
Numnà da: Gorscak et al. 20143
Gruppa: Culiezs lungs
Famiglia / clada: Rinconsauria3
Classificaziun: Sauropodomorpha > Sauropoda > Titanosauria > Macronaria3
Vegliadetgna da la crappa: 100 fin 72 milliuns onns (Cenomanian / Campanian)3
Formaziuns da crap: Galula3
Pajais: Tansania3
Chats da fossils: 1 en The Paleobiology Database3
Scuverta: 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
Anc discutà: 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

Danunder che vegnan ils fatgs

UJVP_A_845568_O (people.ohio.edu)
Rukwatitan (en.wikipedia.org)
Rukwatitan in The Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0): vegliadetgna, lieus, formaziuns da crap, classificaziun.

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