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Saichania

ትርጉም ስሙ: “beautiful one”1

ይበልዕ ነበረ: ኣትክልቲዕጡቓት ዳይኖሰራትዳሕራይ ክሬታሸስ

Saichania was a tank-like dinosaur covered in bony armour and armed with a heavy tail club. It lived in the deserts of Mongolia and China during the Late Cretaceous period. Even big predators like Tarbosaurus probably thought twice before attacking this walking fortress!1

ዝነበረሉ

ቅድሚ 100 ክሳብ 72 ሚልዮን ዓመት4

ዳሕራይ ክሬታሸስ

ፎሲላት ዝተረኽቡሉ

Mongolia (Khulsan, Khermeen Tsav) and China1 4

ንውሓት

5 ክሳብ 7 m (16 ክሳብ 23 ft)1

ክብደት

1.4 ቶን ክሳብ 2 ቶን (3,100 ክሳብ 4,400 lb)1

ቁመት

2 m (6.6 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

ክንደይ ከቢድ ነይሩ?

ከም 1.5 መካይን ዝኸብድ

ከም 7 ኣኽላባት ካብ ኣፍንጫ ክሳብ ጭራ ዝነውሕከም 39 ባናና ተሰሪዑ ዝነውሕከም 100 ኣኽላባት ዝኸብድከም 400 ሓብሓብ ዝኸብድከም 2.5 ምሉኣት ክፍልታት ተመሃሮ ዝኸብድከም 4 ጻዕዳ ድባት ዝኸብድ100 ሜትሮ ኣብ 22 ካልኢት ክጎዪ ይኽእል ነበረ (እቲ ዝቐልጠፈ ሰብ 9.6 የድልዮ)

ምሳኻ ክነጻጸር Saichania 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)

Saichania 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

Saichania means 'beautiful one' in Mongolian, because the first fossil found was so well preserved.1

Its neck bones, shoulder bones and ribs were fused together, making its body extra strong and sturdy.1

Saichania had a special cooling system in its nose: bony curls inside the nasal cavity helped moisten the dry desert air.2

It shared its desert home with other dinosaurs like Bagaceratops and Tylocephale, but large meat-eaters were rare in that area.1

Some scientists think that two Chinese dinosaurs, Tianzhenosaurus and Shanxia, are actually the same as Saichania.1 4

Saichania's tail club could deliver a powerful blow to defend itself against predators like Tarbosaurus.1

The first Saichania fossil was found by a Polish-Mongolian expedition in the Gobi Desert in 1970 and 1971.1

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

?What did Saichania eat?

Saichania was an herbivore (plant-eater). It used its horny beak to bite off plants in its desert habitat and then processed the food in its wide hindgut.1

?How big was Saichania?

Saichania was about 5 to 7 metres long and weighed around 1.4 to 2.0 metric tons.1

?Did Saichania have a tail club?

Yes, Saichania had a heavy tail club. It could use it to defend itself against predators like Tarbosaurus, and biomechanical analysis shows the club could generate a force of about 13631 Newtons.1 3

?When did Saichania live?

Saichania lived during the Late Cretaceous period, about 73 million years ago, in what is now Mongolia and China.1

?Could Saichania run fast?

Saichania was a slow, heavy dinosaur that walked on four short legs. It wasn't built for speed, but its armour and tail club made it a tough target for predators.1

?Is Saichania a dinosaur?

Yes, Saichania is a dinosaur. More specifically, it is an ankylosaurid, a type of armoured herbivorous dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous.1

ንክኢላታት ዳይኖሰር

ሳይንሳዊ ስም: Saichania
ዝሰመዮ: Maryanska 19774
ጉጅለ: ዕጡቓት ዳይኖሰራት
ስድራ / ክላድ: Ankylosauridae4
ምድባ: Ornithischia > Ankylosauria > Ankylosauridae > Thyreophora4
ዕድመ እቶም ኣኻውሕ: 100 ክሳብ 72 ሚልዮን ዓመት (Cenomanian / Campanian)4
ናይ ኣኻውሕ ንብርብራት: Baruungoyot, Huiquanpu4
ሃገራት: ሞንጎልያ, ቻይና4
መዛግብቲ ፎሲል: 5 ኣብ The Paleobiology Database4
ብኻልእ ስም: Shanxia, Tianzhenosaurus (ዝኣረጉ ኣስማት ሕጂ ከም ሓደ እንስሳ ይቑጸሩ)4
ርኽበት: Saichania was named by Polish palaeontologist Teresa Maryańska in 1977, based on a beautifully preserved skull and front part of the body found in the Gobi Desert, Mongolia.1
ገና ዘከራኽር: Scientists debate whether some fossils belong to Saichania or to its close relatives Tarchia and Zaraapelta, since they lived in the same area.1