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Atlasaurus

ትርጉም ስሙ: “Atlas lizard, named after the Atlas Mountains and the Titan Atlas who held up the sky”1

Atlasaurus was a giant, long-necked plant eater that stomped through Morocco about 165 million years ago. It was as long as a big bus and weighed as much as several elephants!1

ዝነበረሉ

ቅድሚ 168 ክሳብ 165 ሚልዮን ዓመት2

ማእከላይ ጁራሲክ

ፎሲላት ዝተረኽቡሉ

Morocco, in the Guettioua Formation of the High Atlas Mountains1 2

ንውሓት

15 m (49 ft)1

ክብደት

22.5 ቶን (49,600 lb)1

ቁመት

3.5 m (11 ft)

ግምት

ዝለዓለ ቅልጣፈ

ኣስታት 12 ኪ.ሜ/ሰ (7 ማይል/ሰ)

ጉያ, ግምት

መዓስ እዩ ዝነበረ?

ትሪያሲክ

ጁራሲክ

ክሬታሸስ

ቅድሚ 252 ሚልዮን ዓመት20114566፣ እቲ ኣስተሮይድ

ክንደይ ዓቢ ነይሩ?

ክንደይ ነዊሕ ነይሩ?

ቁመቱ ክንደይ ነይሩ?

ግምት

ክንደይ ከቢድ ነይሩ?

ከም 4 ሓራምዝ ዝኸብድ

ከም 3 መካይን ብመስርዕ ዝቖማ ዝነውሕከም 83 ባናና ተሰሪዑ ዝነውሕከም 15 መካይን ዝኸብድከም 4500 ሓብሓብ ዝኸብድከም 28 ምሉኣት ክፍልታት ተመሃሮ ዝኸብድከም 50 ጻዕዳ ድባት ዝኸብድ100 ሜትሮ ኣብ 30 ካልኢት ክጎዪ ይኽእል ነበረ (እቲ ዝቐልጠፈ ሰብ 9.6 የድልዮ)

ምሳኻ ክነጻጸር Atlasaurus ክንደይ ዓቢ ነይሩ?

ኣብ ብራውዘርካ ቀሊል ሕሳብ ጥራይ። ዝዕቀብ ወይ ናብ ዝኾነ ቦታ ዝለኣኽ የለን።

ክንደይ ቅልጡፍ ነይሩ?

ዝኸይድ ሰብ ኣስታት 5 ኪ.ሜ/ሰ (3 mph)

ብሽክለታ ዝጋልብ ቆልዓ ኣስታት 12 ኪ.ሜ/ሰ (7 mph)

Atlasaurus ኣስታት 12 ኪ.ሜ/ሰ (7 mph)

ብጉያ ዝኸይድ ፈረስ ኣስታት 65 ኪ.ሜ/ሰ (40 mph)

ቺታ ኣስታት 100 ኪ.ሜ/ሰ (62 mph)

ዘደንቑ ነገራት

ደስ ዝብሉ ሓቅታት

Atlasaurus had a shorter neck than its relative Brachiosaurus, but its neck was still about 3.86 metres (12.7 feet) long.1

Its thigh bone (femur) was about 2 metres (6 feet 7 inches) long, which is taller than most people!1

The lower jaw of Atlasaurus was about 69 centimetres (27 inches) long, and its teeth were spoon-shaped with tiny serrations.1

Atlasaurus had longer arms compared to its legs than many other sauropods, with an upper arm bone (humerus) that was almost as long as its thigh bone.1

A nearly complete tail of Atlasaurus was found in Morocco and took 300 hours to piece back together in Utah, USA.1

Scientists first thought Atlasaurus was a kind of primitive sauropod called a cetiosaur, but later they saw it was more like Brachiosaurus.1

ብAI ዝተሰርሐ ስእሊ ናይ Atlasaurus — ብAI ዝተሰርሐ ስእሊ፣ Atlasaurus ከመይ ይመስል ከም ዝነበረ ዘርኢ፣ ኮምፒተር ካብቲ ሳይንቲስታት ዝፈልጥዎ ዝሰርሖ። ግምት እዩ: እቲ ሓቀኛ እንስሳ ፍልይ ዝበለ ክመስል ይኽእል፣ ሓቀኛ ሕብሩ ድማ ዝፈልጦ የለን።

ንስኻ ሓቲትካ

ብዛዕባ Atlasaurus ብብዝሒ ዝሕተቱ ሕቶታት

?How big was Atlasaurus?

Atlasaurus was about 15 metres long and weighed around 22.5 tonnes. That is as long as a big bus and as heavy as several elephants.1

?What did Atlasaurus eat?

Atlasaurus was a plant eater, or herbivore. It had spoon-shaped teeth with tiny serrations to help chew plants.1

?Where was Atlasaurus found?

Atlasaurus was found in the High Atlas Mountains of Morocco, in North Africa. Its fossils come from the Guettioua Formation, which is about 165 million years old.1

?Was Atlasaurus related to Brachiosaurus?

Yes, Atlasaurus is thought to be closely related to Brachiosaurus. It had a shorter neck and longer tail than Brachiosaurus, but similar limb bones.1

ጽውጽዋይ ዘፍርስ

ጽውጽዋይ: Some people think Atlasaurus was a type of Brachiosaurus.

ሓቂ: Atlasaurus is a separate genus, but it is closely related to Brachiosaurus and shares many features.1

ንክኢላታት ዳይኖሰር

ሳይንሳዊ ስም: Atlasaurus
ዝሰመዮ: Monbaron et al. 19992
ጉጅለ: ነዋሕቲ ክሳድ
ስድራ / ክላድ: Macronaria2
ምድባ: Sauropodomorpha > Sauropoda > Macronaria2
ዕድመ እቶም ኣኻውሕ: 168 ክሳብ 165 ሚልዮን ዓመት (Bathonian)2
ናይ ኣኻውሕ ንብርብራት: Guettioua2
ሃገራት: ሞሮኮ2
መዛግብቲ ፎሲል: 1 ኣብ The Paleobiology Database2
ርኽበት: The first Atlasaurus skeleton was found in 1981 in Morocco, and scientists Monbaron, Russell, and Taquet described it in 1999.1
ገና ዘከራኽር: Scientists still debate exactly where Atlasaurus belongs in the sauropod family tree. Some think it is a turiasaur, while others think it is a brachiosaurid.1