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Igai

ትርጉም ስሙ: “Igai is named after the 'lord of the oasis' deity from ancient Egyptian mythology, and 'semkhu' means 'the forgotten'.”1

ይበልዕ ነበረ: ኣትክልቲነዋሕቲ ክሳድዳሕራይ ክሬታሸስ

Igai was a giant, long-necked plant-eater that stomped through what is now Egypt about 74 million years ago. It was a titanosaur, a group of sauropods known for their huge bodies and small heads. Even though it was big, it was actually one of the smaller titanosaurs!1 2

ዝነበረሉ

ቅድሚ 84 ክሳብ 72 ሚልዮን ዓመት4

ዳሕራይ ክሬታሸስ

ፎሲላት ዝተረኽቡሉ

Fossils were found in the Kharga Oasis, Western Desert of Egypt, in the Quseir Formation.1 2

ንውሓት

10 ክሳብ 15 m (33 ክሳብ 49 ft)2

ቁመት

3.5 m (11 ft)

ግምት

ዝለዓለ ቅልጣፈ

ኣስታት 16 ኪ.ሜ/ሰ (10 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

ከም 3 መካይን ብመስርዕ ዝቖማ ዝነውሕከም 83 ባናና ተሰሪዑ ዝነውሕ100 ሜትሮ ኣብ 22 ካልኢት ክጎዪ ይኽእል ነበረ (እቲ ዝቐልጠፈ ሰብ 9.6 የድልዮ)

ምሳኻ ክነጻጸር Igai 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)

Igai ኣስታት 16 ኪ.ሜ/ሰ (10 mph)

ብጉያ ዝኸይድ ፈረስ ኣስታት 65 ኪ.ሜ/ሰ (40 mph)

ቺታ ኣስታት 100 ኪ.ሜ/ሰ (62 mph)

ዘደንቑ ነገራት

ደስ ዝብሉ ሓቅታት

Igai had air sacs inside its backbone bones, making them light and spongy, which helped it grow so large.2

Its fifth metacarpal (a bone in the hand) had two unique bumps on the inner side that no other titanosaur has.2

Igai was more slender than many other titanosaurs, with leg bones that were relatively thin and graceful.2

The first and second metatarsals (foot bones) had deep grooves on their upper surfaces, a feature not seen in other titanosaurs.2

Igai lived about 74 million years ago, during the Campanian stage of the Late Cretaceous.2

Igai was probably bigger than its close relative Mansourasaurus, which was about 8 to 10 metres long.2

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

?How big was Igai?

Igai was about 10 to 15 metres long, which is bigger than its relative Mansourasaurus at 8 to 10 metres.2 1

?What did Igai eat?

Igai was a plant-eater, like all sauropods. It used its long neck to reach leaves and plants.2

?When did Igai live?

Igai lived about 74 million years ago, during the Late Cretaceous period.2 1

?Where was Igai found?

Igai was found in the Kharga Oasis in Egypt, in rocks called the Quseir Formation.2 1

ጽውጽዋይ ዘፍርስ

ጽውጽዋይ: Igai was a giant, slow-moving beast like other sauropods.

ሓቂ: Igai was actually relatively small and slender for a titanosaur, and its limb bones suggest it was quite agile for its size.2

ንክኢላታት ዳይኖሰር

ሳይንሳዊ ስም: Igai
ዝሰመዮ: Gorscak et al. 20234
ጉጅለ: ነዋሕቲ ክሳድ
ስድራ / ክላድ: Saltasauridae4
ምድባ: Sauropodomorpha > Sauropoda > Titanosauria > Macronaria4
ዕድመ እቶም ኣኻውሕ: 84 ክሳብ 72 ሚልዮን ዓመት (Campanian)4
ናይ ኣኻውሕ ንብርብራት: Quseir4
ሃገራት: ግብጺ4
መዛግብቲ ፎሲል: 1 ኣብ The Paleobiology Database4
ርኽበት: Fossils of Igai were first found in 1977 by German scientists in the Kharga Oasis, Egypt. It was named and described in 2023 by Gorscak and colleagues.2 3
ገና ዘከራኽር: Scientists are still debating whether Igai was fully grown when it died, because some bones suggest it might not have been completely mature.1