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Massospondylus

Lebitso le bolela: “longer vertebra”1
E jele: DimelaMelala e meleleleTriasiki ya Morao ho isa ho Jurasiki ya Pele

Massospondylus was an early long-necked dinosaur that lived in southern Africa during the Early Jurassic. It had a small head, a long neck and tail, and a slender body. This dinosaur walked on two legs and used its sharp thumb claws to pull down branches or dig up plants.1

E phetse
dilemo tse dimilione tse 237 ho isa ho 175 tse fetileng4
Triasiki ya Morao ho isa ho Jurasiki ya Pele
Difosili di fumanwe ho
South Africa, Lesotho, Zimbabwe, and Namibia14
Bolelele
4 ho isa ho 6 m (13 ho isa ho 20 ft)1
Boima
70 kg ho isa ho 136.7 kg (154 ho isa ho 301 lb)31
Bophahamo
1.8 m (5.9 ft)2
Lebelo le phahameng ka ho fetisisa
e ka bang 41 km/h (25 mph)
Ho matha, kakanyo

E phetse neng?

Triasiki
Jurasiki
Kretase
Dilemo tse dimilione tse 252 tse fetileng20114566, asteroiti

E ne e le kgolo hakae?

E ne e le telele hakae?

Massospondylus bolelele ba e ka bang 6 m (20 ft)Baesekele ya motho e moholo e ka bang 1.8 m (5.9 ft)Koloi e ka bang 4.5 m (15 ft)Tlou, phoofolo e kgolo ka ho fetisisa naheng kajeno e ka bang 6.5 m (21 ft)

E ne e phahame hakae?

Ntjae ka bang 0.5 m (1.6 ft)Peree ka bang 1.6 m (5.2 ft)Massospondylusbophahamo ba e ka bang 1.8 m (5.9 ft)Tloue ka bang 3.2 m (10 ft)

E ne e le boima hakae?

boima jwaloka dintja tse 7
telele jwaloka dintja tse 6 ho tloha nkong ho isa mohatlengtelele jwaloka dibanana tse 33 di behilwe ka molaboima jwaloka mahapu a 27boima jwaloka bana ba kereshe ba 7boima jwaloka bana ba sekolo ba 4e ne e ka matha dimitara tse 100 ka metsotswana e 8.8 (motho ya lebelo ka ho fetisisa o hloka 9,6)

Massospondylus e ne e le kgolo hakae ha e bapiswa le WENA?

Ke dipalo feela ho browser ya hao. Ha ho letho le bolokwang kapa le romelwang kae kapa kae.

E ne e le lebelo hakae?

dintho tse monate

Dintlha tse monate

1

Massospondylus was one of the first dinosaurs to be named, described by Richard Owen in 1854.1

2

Its name means 'longer vertebra' because Owen thought the neck bones were tail bones.1

3

Fossil eggs and embryos of Massospondylus have been found, and they are among the oldest known dinosaur eggs.1

4

The eggshell of Massospondylus was extremely thin, less than 0.1 mm (0.0039 in) thick.1

5

Baby Massospondylus had proportionally longer arms and a larger head than adults, suggesting they may have walked on four legs when young.1

6

Massospondylus could speed up or slow down its growth depending on how much food was available.1

7

The oldest known Massospondylus was about 20 years old when it died.1

E entswe ke AISetshwantsho sa Massospondylus se entsweng ke AI
Setshwantsho se entsweng ke AI, se bontshang kamoo Massospondylus e ka beng e ne e shebahala kateng, se entswe ke khomphutha ho ya ka seo bo-ramahlale ba se tsebang. Ke ho hakanya feela: phoofolo ya nnete e ka nna ya ba e ne e shebahala ka tsela e nngwe, mme ha ho motho ya tsebang mebala ya yona ya nnete.
o botsitse

Dipotso tse botswang haholo ka Massospondylus

?How big was Massospondylus?

Massospondylus was about 4 to 6 metres (13 to 20 feet) long, with a small head, long neck and tail, and a slender body. It weighed around 150 kilograms (330 pounds) according to the Natural History Museum.13

?What did Massospondylus eat?

It was probably a herbivore (plant-eater), though some scientists think it may have been omnivorous. It used its sharp thumb claws to pull down branches or dig up plants, and it may have swallowed stones to help grind tough leaves in its stomach.12

?Did Massospondylus walk on two legs or four?

It is now considered to have been bipedal (walked on two legs), though it was long thought to be quadrupedal. Some studies suggest babies may have walked on four legs, but newer research says it was bipedal at all ages.1

?When did Massospondylus live?

It lived during the Early Jurassic, about 201 to 184 million years ago.13

?Where was Massospondylus found?

Fossils have been found in southern Africa, including South Africa, Lesotho, and Zimbabwe, and also in Namibia. Some fossils from the US and Argentina were once assigned to it but are now considered different dinosaurs.12

?Did Massospondylus lay eggs?

Yes, it laid eggs, and some of the oldest known dinosaur eggs and embryos belong to this genus. The eggshells were extremely thin, less than 0.1 mm (0.004 in) thick.1

Mosenyi wa ditshomo

Tshomo: Massospondylus was a four-legged (quadrupedal) dinosaur.

Nnete: Scientists now think Massospondylus walked on two legs (bipedal), though babies may have been four-legged.1

Bakeng sa ditsebi tsa didinosaure

Lebitso la saense
Massospondylus
E rehilwe ke
Owen 18544
Sehlopha
Melala e melelele
Lelapa / leloko
Massospondylidae4
Tlhophiso
Sauropodomorpha4
Dilemo tsa mafika
dilemo tse dimilione tse 237 ho isa ho 175 (Carnian / Toarcian)4
Dibopeho tsa mafika
Elliot, Mpandi, Forest Sandstone4
Dinaha
Afrika Borwa, Zimbabwe, Lesotho, Namibia4
Direkoto tsa difosili
80 ho The Paleobiology Database4
Ho sibollwa
The first fossils of Massospondylus were found in 1853 or 1854 by Joseph Millard Orpen and his brothers on a farm in the Drakensberg mountains near Harrismith, South Africa. Their father donated the fossils to the Hunterian Museum in London, where Richard Owen described and named the dinosaur in 1854.1
E sa ntse e phehwa kgang
Scientists are still debating whether Massospondylus was purely a plant-eater or also ate small animals or carrion.1

Moo dintlha di tswang teng

  1. Massospondylus (en.wikipedia.org)
  2. enchantedlearning.com (enchantedlearning.com)
  3. Massospondylus | Natural History Museum (nhm.ac.uk)
  4. Massospondylus in The Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0): dilemo, dibaka, dibopeho tsa mafika, tlhophiso.

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