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Xiangyunloong

ትርጉም ስሙ: “auspicious cloud dragon”1

Xiangyunloong was a big, plant-eating dinosaur that lived in what is now China. It had a short neck but a very long and strong tail, which helped it balance its heavy body. This dinosaur shows that not all early long-necked dinosaurs had long necks!2

ዝነበረሉ

ቅድሚ 201 ክሳብ 175 ሚልዮን ዓመት4

መጀመርታ ጁራሲክ

ፎሲላት ዝተረኽቡሉ

Xiangyun County, Dali Bai Autonomous Prefecture, Yunnan Province, China2

ንውሓት

9 ክሳብ 10 m (30 ክሳብ 33 ft)2

ቁመት

2.5 m (8.2 ft)

ግምት

ዝለዓለ ቅልጣፈ

ኣስታት 22 ኪ.ሜ/ሰ (14 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

ከም 2 መካይን ብመስርዕ ዝቖማ ዝነውሕከም 56 ባናና ተሰሪዑ ዝነውሕ100 ሜትሮ ኣብ 16 ካልኢት ክጎዪ ይኽእል ነበረ (እቲ ዝቐልጠፈ ሰብ 9.6 የድልዮ)

ምሳኻ ክነጻጸር Xiangyunloong 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)

Xiangyunloong ኣስታት 22 ኪ.ሜ/ሰ (14 mph)

ብጉያ ዝኸይድ ፈረስ ኣስታት 65 ኪ.ሜ/ሰ (40 mph)

ቺታ ኣስታት 100 ኪ.ሜ/ሰ (62 mph)

ዘደንቑ ነገራት

ደስ ዝብሉ ሓቅታት

Xiangyunloong had a short neck but a very long and powerful tail, which is unusual for early sauropodomorphs.2

Its tail was so strong that it could act as a counterbalance, helping the dinosaur stand on two legs to feed.2

Scientists think Xiangyunloong represents an early stage of gigantism, or getting very big, in sauropodomorphs.2

Xiangyunloong lived about 200 million years ago during the Early Jurassic period.4

The fossil of Xiangyunloong was found about 200 kilometers west of the famous Lufeng dinosaur fossil sites in China.2

Xiangyunloong is known from a partial skeleton that includes neck bones, back bones, tail bones, and hip bones.2

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

?How big was Xiangyunloong?

About 9 to 10 metres long, making it one of the largest early sauropodomorph dinosaurs from China.1 2

?Did Xiangyunloong have a long neck?

No, it had a short neck, which is unusual for early sauropodomorphs. Instead, it had a very long and strong tail.2 3

?What did Xiangyunloong eat?

It was a plant eating dinosaur, like other sauropodomorphs.1

?Could Xiangyunloong walk on two legs?

Yes, its strong tail helped it balance on its hind legs to reach food, even though it had a short neck.2 3

ጽውጽዋይ ዘፍርስ

ጽውጽዋይ: Many people think all early sauropodomorphs had long necks like later sauropods.

ሓቂ: Xiangyunloong had a short neck and a long, strong tail, showing that early sauropodomorphs had different body shapes.2

ንክኢላታት ዳይኖሰር

ሳይንሳዊ ስም: Xiangyunloong
ዝሰመዮ: Hu et al. 20264
ጉጅለ: ነዋሕቲ ክሳድ
ስድራ / ክላድ: Massopoda4
ምድባ: Sauropodomorpha4
ዕድመ እቶም ኣኻውሕ: 201 ክሳብ 175 ሚልዮን ዓመት (Hettangian / Toarcian)4
ናይ ኣኻውሕ ንብርብራት: Fengjiahe4
ሃገራት: ቻይና4
መዛግብቲ ፎሲል: 1 ኣብ The Paleobiology Database4
ርኽበት: Xiangyunloong was named in 2026 by Hu and colleagues based on a partial skeleton found in the Fengjiahe Formation in Yunnan, China.2
ገና ዘከራኽር: Scientists are still debating whether Xiangyunloong represents a new evolutionary path where the tail, not the neck, became long and strong.2