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Mnyamawamtuka

ትርጉም ስሙ: “beast of the Mtuka river drainage”1

ይበልዕ ነበረ: ኣትክልቲነዋሕቲ ክሳድመጀመርታ ክሬታሸስ ክሳብ ዳሕራይ ክሬታሸስ

Mnyamawamtuka was a long-necked, plant-eating dinosaur that lived in what is now Tanzania. It had a heart-shaped tail bone and was about as long as a school bus.1

ዝነበረሉ

ቅድሚ 121 ክሳብ 94 ሚልዮን ዓመት4

መጀመርታ ክሬታሸስ ክሳብ ዳሕራይ ክሬታሸስ

ፎሲላት ዝተረኽቡሉ

Tanzania, near the Mtuka River in the Rukwa Rift Basin2

ንውሓት

7.6 m (25 ft)1

ክብደት

1.5 ቶን (3,300 lb)1

ዝለዓለ ቅልጣፈ

ኣስታት 26 ኪ.ሜ/ሰ (16 ማይል/ሰ)

ጉያ, ግምት

መዓስ እዩ ዝነበረ?

ትሪያሲክ

ጁራሲክ

ክሬታሸስ

ቅድሚ 252 ሚልዮን ዓመት20114566፣ እቲ ኣስተሮይድ

ክንደይ ዓቢ ነይሩ?

ክንደይ ነዊሕ ነይሩ?

ክንደይ ከቢድ ነይሩ?

ከም 1 መካይን ዝኸብድ

ከም 8 ኣኽላባት ካብ ኣፍንጫ ክሳብ ጭራ ዝነውሕከም 42 ባናና ተሰሪዑ ዝነውሕከም 75 ኣኽላባት ዝኸብድከም 300 ሓብሓብ ዝኸብድከም 79 ቆልዑ መዋእለ ህጻናት ዝኸብድከም 47 ተመሃሮ ዝኸብድከም 3 ጻዕዳ ድባት ዝኸብድ100 ሜትሮ ኣብ 14 ካልኢት ክጎዪ ይኽእል ነበረ (እቲ ዝቐልጠፈ ሰብ 9.6 የድልዮ)

ምሳኻ ክነጻጸር Mnyamawamtuka 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)

Mnyamawamtuka ኣስታት 26 ኪ.ሜ/ሰ (16 mph)

ብጉያ ዝኸይድ ፈረስ ኣስታት 65 ኪ.ሜ/ሰ (40 mph)

ቺታ ኣስታት 100 ኪ.ሜ/ሰ (62 mph)

ዘደንቑ ነገራት

ደስ ዝብሉ ሓቅታት

Its name comes from Swahili and means 'beast of the Mtuka'.1

The species name 'moyowamkia' means 'heart of the tail' because its tail vertebrae are heart-shaped.1

Mnyamawamtuka lived about 110 to 100 million years ago during the Early Cretaceous.1

It is one of the most complete early titanosaur skeletons ever found, even though the skull is missing.1

Its breastbone was unusually small, less than half the length of its upper arm bone.2

Scientists think it was a close relative of Malawisaurus, another African titanosaur.2

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

?How big was Mnyamawamtuka?

It was about 7.6 metres long and weighed about 1.5 tonnes, though it probably was not fully grown.1 3

?What did Mnyamawamtuka eat?

It was a plant-eater, as are all sauropod dinosaurs. Its teeth were semi-spatulate, good for stripping leaves.2

?Why is Mnyamawamtuka's tail heart-shaped?

The middle tail vertebrae have a heart-shaped rear face, which is why its species name means 'heart of the tail'.1 2

?When did Mnyamawamtuka live?

It lived about 110 to 100 million years ago, during the Early Cretaceous period.1 3

ንክኢላታት ዳይኖሰር

ሳይንሳዊ ስም: Mnyamawamtuka
ዝሰመዮ: Gorscak and O'Connor 20194
ጉጅለ: ነዋሕቲ ክሳድ
ስድራ / ክላድ: Titanosauria4
ምድባ: Sauropodomorpha > Sauropoda > Titanosauria > Macronaria4
ዕድመ እቶም ኣኻውሕ: 121 ክሳብ 94 ሚልዮን ዓመት (Aptian / Cenomanian)4
ናይ ኣኻውሕ ንብርብራት: Galula4
ሃገራት: ታንዛንያ4
መዛግብቲ ፎሲል: 1 ኣብ The Paleobiology Database4
ርኽበት: The first bones were found in 2004 by the Rukwa Rift Basin Project in Tanzania. It was named and described by Eric Gorscak and Patrick O'Connor in 2019.2
ገና ዘከራኽር: Scientists are not sure exactly how Mnyamawamtuka is related to other titanosaurs; different analyses place it either just outside or inside the group Lithostrotia.2