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Musankwa

ትርጉም ስሙ: “boy close to marriage in the Tonga language”1

Musankwa was a long-necked plant-eater that lived in what is now Zimbabwe during the Late Triassic. It walked on two legs and weighed about as much as a large bear. Only one leg bone fossil has been found, but it tells scientists a lot about this dinosaur.4 1

ዝነበረሉ

ቅድሚ 237 ክሳብ 206 ሚልዮን ዓመት4

ዳሕራይ ትሪያሲክ

ፎሲላት ዝተረኽቡሉ

Spurwing Island in Lake Kariba, Zimbabwe1 4

ክብደት

386 kg (851 lb)1

ቁመት

1.5 m (4.9 ft)2

ዝለዓለ ቅልጣፈ

ኣስታት 35 ኪ.ሜ/ሰ (22 ማይል/ሰ)

ጉያ, ግምት

መዓስ እዩ ዝነበረ?

ትሪያሲክ

ጁራሲክ

ክሬታሸስ

ቅድሚ 252 ሚልዮን ዓመት20114566፣ እቲ ኣስተሮይድ

ክንደይ ዓቢ ነይሩ?

ቁመቱ ክንደይ ነይሩ?

ክንደይ ከቢድ ነይሩ?

ከም 19 ኣኽላባት ዝኸብድ

ከም 77 ሓብሓብ ዝኸብድከም 20 ቆልዑ መዋእለ ህጻናት ዝኸብድከም 12 ተመሃሮ ዝኸብድ100 ሜትሮ ኣብ 10 ካልኢት ክጎዪ ይኽእል ነበረ (እቲ ዝቐልጠፈ ሰብ 9.6 የድልዮ)

ምሳኻ ክነጻጸር Musankwa 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)

Musankwa ኣስታት 35 ኪ.ሜ/ሰ (22 mph)

ብጉያ ዝኸይድ ፈረስ ኣስታት 65 ኪ.ሜ/ሰ (40 mph)

ቺታ ኣስታት 100 ኪ.ሜ/ሰ (62 mph)

ዘደንቑ ነገራት

ደስ ዝብሉ ሓቅታት

Musankwa was named in 2024, making it one of the newest dinosaur discoveries from Africa.1

The fossil was found by a team living on a houseboat called Musankwa, which means 'boy close to marriage' in the Tonga language.1

Musankwa is only the fourth dinosaur ever named from Zimbabwe, after Vulcanodon and Mbiresaurus.1

The Musankwa specimen includes a right leg bone, the femur, tibia, and ankle bone, all still connected.1

Scientists think Musankwa was about 386 kilograms, or 851 pounds, which is as heavy as a large moose.1

Musankwa lived during the Norian stage of the Late Triassic, about 227 to 205 million years ago.4

The Pebbly Arkose Formation where Musankwa was found is made of ancient river sand and pebbles.1

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

?How big was Musankwa?

Musankwa weighed about 386 kilograms (851 pounds), which is as heavy as a large moose or a horse. It stood about 1.5 metres (5 feet) tall at the hip.1 2

?What did Musankwa eat?

Musankwa was a plant-eater. It was a sauropodomorph, a group of long-necked dinosaurs that ate plants.3

?When did Musankwa live?

Musankwa lived during the Late Triassic period, about 210 million years ago. That is during the Norian stage.1 2

?Where was Musankwa found?

Musankwa was found on the shoreline of Spurwing Island in Lake Kariba, Zimbabwe. The fossils were in the Pebbly Arkose Formation.1 2

ጽውጽዋይ ዘፍርስ

ጽውጽዋይ: Some people think only giant long-necked dinosaurs like Brachiosaurus lived in Africa.

ሓቂ: Musankwa was a smaller relative of those giants, showing that early sauropodomorphs came in many sizes and lived across the supercontinent Pangaea.1

ንክኢላታት ዳይኖሰር

ሳይንሳዊ ስም: Musankwa
ዝሰመዮ: Barrett et al. 20244
ጉጅለ: ነዋሕቲ ክሳድ
ስድራ / ክላድ: Massopoda4
ምድባ: Sauropodomorpha4
ዕድመ እቶም ኣኻውሕ: 237 ክሳብ 206 ሚልዮን ዓመት (Carnian / Norian)4
ናይ ኣኻውሕ ንብርብራት: Pebbly Arkose4
ሃገራት: ዚምባብዌ4
መዛግብቲ ፎሲል: 1 ኣብ The Paleobiology Database4
ርኽበት: Musankwa was discovered in March 2018 by paleontologist Paul Barrett on Spurwing Island, Lake Kariba, Zimbabwe. It was officially named in 2024 by Barrett and his team.1
ገና ዘከራኽር: Scientists are still debating whether Musankwa was a member of the Massopoda group or more closely related to the Unaysauridae dinosaurs.1