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Austrosaurus

ትርጉም ስሙ: “southern lizard”1

Austrosaurus was a huge, long-necked plant-eater that lived in Australia during the Early Cretaceous. It was one of the first big sauropod dinosaurs ever found on that continent.1 2

ዝነበረሉ

ቅድሚ 106 ክሳብ 100 ሚልዮን ዓመት3

መጀመርታ ክሬታሸስ

ፎሲላት ዝተረኽቡሉ

Queensland, Australia, at a site called Whitewood Paddock on Clutha Station near Maxwelton3 1

ንውሓት

20 m (66 ft)1

ክብደት

16 ቶን (35,300 lb)1

ቁመት

3.9 ክሳብ 4.1 m (13 ክሳብ 13 ft)1

ዝለዓለ ቅልጣፈ

ኣስታት 13 ኪ.ሜ/ሰ (8 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?

ክንደይ ከቢድ ነይሩ?

ከም 2.5 ሓራምዝ ዝኸብድ

ከም 4 መካይን ብመስርዕ ዝቖማ ዝነውሕከም 110 ባናና ተሰሪዑ ዝነውሕከም 11 መካይን ዝኸብድከም 3200 ሓብሓብ ዝኸብድከም 20 ምሉኣት ክፍልታት ተመሃሮ ዝኸብድከም 36 ጻዕዳ ድባት ዝኸብድ100 ሜትሮ ኣብ 28 ካልኢት ክጎዪ ይኽእል ነበረ (እቲ ዝቐልጠፈ ሰብ 9.6 የድልዮ)

ምሳኻ ክነጻጸር Austrosaurus 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)

Austrosaurus ኣስታት 13 ኪ.ሜ/ሰ (8 mph)

ብጉያ ዝኸይድ ፈረስ ኣስታት 65 ኪ.ሜ/ሰ (40 mph)

ቺታ ኣስታት 100 ኪ.ሜ/ሰ (62 mph)

ዘደንቑ ነገራት

ደስ ዝብሉ ሓቅታት

Austrosaurus was the first Cretaceous sauropod dinosaur ever named from Australia.2

Its bones were found in a marine rock layer, and scientists think the dinosaur's body may have been washed out to sea and scavenged by the pliosaur Kronosaurus.1

The type locality was lost for decades until it was rediscovered in 2014, leading to new excavations that found more bones from the same individual.2

Austrosaurus had a very light, air-filled backbone with many small internal chambers, a feature typical of advanced titanosauriform sauropods.1

During the Early Cretaceous, the area where Austrosaurus lived was much closer to the South Pole, with cool winters that may have dropped to around 0 to 5 °C.1

Other dinosaurs that lived alongside Austrosaurus include the armored Kunbarrasaurus and the ornithopod Muttaburrasaurus.1

ብAI ዝተሰርሐ ስእሊ ናይ Austrosaurus — ብAI ዝተሰርሐ ስእሊ፣ Austrosaurus 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 Austrosaurus ብብዝሒ ዝሕተቱ ሕቶታት

?How big was Austrosaurus?

About 20 metres long and weighed around 16 metric tons. It stood about 3.9 metres at the hip and 4.1 metres at the shoulder.1

?What did Austrosaurus eat?

Austrosaurus was a plant-eater, like all sauropod dinosaurs. It ate ferns, cycads and other prehistoric plants.1

?When did Austrosaurus live?

Austrosaurus lived during the Early Cretaceous, about 112 to 100 million years ago.1

?Was Austrosaurus a dinosaur?

Yes, Austrosaurus was a sauropod dinosaur, a long-necked plant-eater from Australia.1

ጽውጽዋይ ዘፍርስ

ጽውጽዋይ: Some people think Austrosaurus lived in water to support its heavy body.

ሓቂ: Scientists now believe Austrosaurus, like all sauropods, lived on dry land.1

ንክኢላታት ዳይኖሰር

ሳይንሳዊ ስም: Austrosaurus
ዝሰመዮ: Longman 19333
ጉጅለ: ነዋሕቲ ክሳድ
ስድራ / ክላድ: Somphospondyli3
ምድባ: Sauropodomorpha > Sauropoda > Macronaria3
ዕድመ እቶም ኣኻውሕ: 106 ክሳብ 100 ሚልዮን ዓመት (Albian)3
ናይ ኣኻውሕ ንብርብራት: Allaru Mudstone3
ሃገራት: ኣውስትራልያ3
መዛግብቲ ፎሲል: 1 ኣብ The Paleobiology Database3
ርኽበት: Austrosaurus was discovered in 1932 by Mr. H.B. Wade on Clutha Station in Queensland. The fossils were sent to the Queensland Museum, and Heber Longman named the dinosaur in 1933.1
ገና ዘከራኽር: Scientists still debate whether Austrosaurus is a valid genus or a nomen dubium, because its fossils are so fragmentary.1 2