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Melanorosaurus

ትርጉም ስሙ: “Black Mountain Lizard”1

ይበልዕ ነበረ: ካብ ኩሉ ቁሩብነዋሕቲ ክሳድዳሕራይ ትሪያሲክ ክሳብ መጀመርታ ጁራሲክ

Melanorosaurus was a huge, heavy plant-eater that lived during the Late Triassic. It walked on four strong legs and was as long as a school bus. Its bones were very thick and sturdy, like the later giant sauropods.1

ዝነበረሉ

ቅድሚ 227 ክሳብ 193 ሚልዮን ዓመት3

ዳሕራይ ትሪያሲክ ክሳብ መጀመርታ ጁራሲክ

ፎሲላት ዝተረኽቡሉ

Lesotho and South Africa3

ንውሓት

8 m (26 ft)1

ክብደት

1.3 ቶን (2,900 lb)1

ቁመት

2.1 m (6.9 ft)

ግምት

ዝለዓለ ቅልጣፈ

ኣስታት 27 ኪ.ሜ/ሰ (17 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 65 ኣኽላባት ዝኸብድ

ከም 8 ኣኽላባት ካብ ኣፍንጫ ክሳብ ጭራ ዝነውሕከም 44 ባናና ተሰሪዑ ዝነውሕከም 260 ሓብሓብ ዝኸብድከም 68 ቆልዑ መዋእለ ህጻናት ዝኸብድከም 41 ተመሃሮ ዝኸብድከም 3 ጻዕዳ ድባት ዝኸብድ100 ሜትሮ ኣብ 13 ካልኢት ክጎዪ ይኽእል ነበረ (እቲ ዝቐልጠፈ ሰብ 9.6 የድልዮ)

ምሳኻ ክነጻጸር Melanorosaurus 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)

Melanorosaurus ኣስታት 27 ኪ.ሜ/ሰ (17 mph)

ብጉያ ዝኸይድ ፈረስ ኣስታት 65 ኪ.ሜ/ሰ (40 mph)

ቺታ ኣስታት 100 ኪ.ሜ/ሰ (62 mph)

ዘደንቑ ነገራት

ደስ ዝብሉ ሓቅታት

The name Melanorosaurus comes from the Greek for 'Black Mountain', because its fossils were first found on a mountain called Thaba 'Nyama (Black Mountain) in South Africa.1

Its skull was about 25 centimetres (10 inches) long and had a pointed snout.1

Melanorosaurus had 4 teeth on each side of its upper jaw front and 19 teeth on each side of its upper cheek.1

For a long time scientists thought Melanorosaurus was a prosauropod, but now they think it was an early, distant relative of the giant sauropods.1

The first fossils of Melanorosaurus were named in 1924 by Sidney H. Haughton.1

Some bones once thought to belong to Melanorosaurus have since been given new names, like Meroktenos thabanensis.1

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

?How big was Melanorosaurus?

About 8 metres (26 feet) long and weighed around 1.3 tonnes. That is about as long as a school bus.1 2

?Where was Melanorosaurus found?

Its fossils were discovered in South Africa, on a mountain called Thaba 'Nyama (Black Mountain) in Transkei.1 2

?Was Melanorosaurus a dinosaur?

Yes, it was a dinosaur. It is a type of basal sauropodomorph, an early relative of the giant long-necked sauropods.1 2

?How fast could Melanorosaurus run?

Nobody knows for sure, but its heavy, sturdy legs suggest it walked slowly on all fours and was not built for speed.1 2

ጽውጽዋይ ዘፍርስ

ጽውጽዋይ: Some people think Melanorosaurus was a true sauropod, just like Brachiosaurus.

ሓቂ: Scientists now place Melanorosaurus outside Sauropoda, meaning it was not a true sauropod but a close cousin.1

ንክኢላታት ዳይኖሰር

ሳይንሳዊ ስም: Melanorosaurus
ዝሰመዮ: Haughton 19243
ጉጅለ: ነዋሕቲ ክሳድ
ስድራ / ክላድ: Sauropodiformes3
ምድባ: Sauropodomorpha3
ዕድመ እቶም ኣኻውሕ: 227 ክሳብ 193 ሚልዮን ዓመት (Norian / Sinemurian)3
ናይ ኣኻውሕ ንብርብራት: Elliot3
ሃገራት: ሌሶቶ, ደቡብ ኣፍሪቃ3
መዛግብቲ ፎሲል: 9 ኣብ The Paleobiology Database3
ርኽበት: The first fossils were found on the north slope of Thaba 'Nyama in Transkei, South Africa. Sidney H. Haughton described and named Melanorosaurus readi in 1924.1
ገና ዘከራኽር: Scientists still debate exactly which fossils belong to Melanorosaurus and which belong to other, similar dinosaurs.1