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Moabosaurus

ትርጉም ስሙ: “Moab lizard”1

Moabosaurus was a long-necked plant-eater that lived in what is now Utah, USA, about 125 million years ago. It had thick, air-filled bones and a mouth full of spoon-shaped teeth for munching tough plants.1 4

ዝነበረሉ

ቅድሚ 137 ክሳብ 133 ሚልዮን ዓመት4

መጀመርታ ክሬታሸስ

ፎሲላት ዝተረኽቡሉ

Dalton Wells Quarry, about 20 km northwest of Moab, Utah, USA1 4

ንውሓት

ክሳብ 10 m (33 ft)1

ዝለዓለ ቅልጣፈ

ኣስታት 15 ኪ.ሜ/ሰ (9 ማይል/ሰ)

ጉያ, ግምት

መዓስ እዩ ዝነበረ?

ትሪያሲክ

ጁራሲክ

ክሬታሸስ

ቅድሚ 252 ሚልዮን ዓመት20114566፣ እቲ ኣስተሮይድ

ክንደይ ዓቢ ነይሩ?

ክንደይ ነዊሕ ነይሩ?

ከም 2 መካይን ብመስርዕ ዝቖማ ዝነውሕከም 56 ባናና ተሰሪዑ ዝነውሕ100 ሜትሮ ኣብ 24 ካልኢት ክጎዪ ይኽእል ነበረ (እቲ ዝቐልጠፈ ሰብ 9.6 የድልዮ)

ምሳኻ ክነጻጸር Moabosaurus 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)

Moabosaurus ኣስታት 15 ኪ.ሜ/ሰ (9 mph)

ብጉያ ዝኸይድ ፈረስ ኣስታት 65 ኪ.ሜ/ሰ (40 mph)

ቺታ ኣስታት 100 ኪ.ሜ/ሰ (62 mph)

ዘደንቑ ነገራት

ደስ ዝብሉ ሓቅታት

Moabosaurus is known from over 5,500 bones from at least 18 individuals, all found in one quarry.1

Many of its bones were damaged by trampling and by insects, probably beetle larvae, that ate parts of the bones before they were buried.1

Its neck and back vertebrae had extremely low spines and large air chambers, making the bones lighter and stronger.1

Moabosaurus lived alongside the theropod dinosaurs Utahraptor and Nedcolbertia, as well as the armored dinosaur Gastonia.1

The rocks that contain Moabosaurus fossils are about 125 million years old, based on tiny zircon crystals.1

Scientists disagree on exactly where Moabosaurus fits in the dinosaur family tree: some say it is a close relative of Camarasaurus, while others place it in a group called Turiasauria.1

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

?How big was Moabosaurus?

Moabosaurus reached about 10 meters (32.8 feet) long, based on juvenile and sub-adult specimens, so adults may have been even larger.1 3

?What did Moabosaurus eat?

Moabosaurus was a plant-eater, using its spoon-shaped teeth to munch tough plants.1

?When did Moabosaurus live?

Moabosaurus lived about 125 million years ago, during the Early Cretaceous (Aptian age).1 3

?Where was Moabosaurus found?

Moabosaurus was found in the Dalton Wells Quarry, about 20 km northwest of Moab, Utah, USA.1

ንክኢላታት ዳይኖሰር

ሳይንሳዊ ስም: Moabosaurus
ዝሰመዮ: Britt et al. 20174
ጉጅለ: ነዋሕቲ ክሳድ
ስድራ / ክላድ: Turiasauria4
ምድባ: Sauropodomorpha > Sauropoda4
ዕድመ እቶም ኣኻውሕ: 137 ክሳብ 133 ሚልዮን ዓመት (Valanginian)4
ናይ ኣኻውሕ ንብርብራት: Cedar Mountain4
ሃገራት: ኣመሪካ4
መዛግብቲ ፎሲል: 2 ኣብ The Paleobiology Database4
ርኽበት: Moabosaurus was named in 2017 by Brooks Britt, Rodney Scheetz, Michael Whiting, and Ray Wilhite, based on fossils collected from the Dalton Wells Quarry in Utah between 1975 and 2005.1 2
ገና ዘከራኽር: Scientists are not sure whether Moabosaurus was a type of titanosauriform (related to Camarasaurus) or a turiasaur (a more primitive group), because different studies give different results.1