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Zalmoxes

ትርጉም ስሙ: “named after Zalmoxis, a god in ancient Dacian mythology”1
ይበልዕ ነበረ: ኣትክልቲመንቑር ዘለዎም ተኽሊ በላዕቲዳሕራይ ክሬታሸስ

Zalmoxes was a small, plant-eating dinosaur that lived on an island called Hateg, in what is now Romania. It walked on two legs, had a beak, and ate tough plants. It was about the size of a small car, but some were even smaller!1

ዝነበረሉ
ቅድሚ 84 ክሳብ 66 ሚልዮን ዓመት4
ዳሕራይ ክሬታሸስ
ፎሲላት ዝተረኽቡሉ
Fossils found in Romania, in the Hateg Island region, including the Sânpetru, Sebes, and Densuș-Ciula formations.14
ንውሓት
2 ክሳብ 2.9 m (6.6 ክሳብ 9.5 ft)1
ክብደት
45 kg (99 lb)1
ቁመት
0.91 m (3 ft)
ግምት
ዝለዓለ ቅልጣፈ
ኣስታት 44 ኪ.ሜ/ሰ (27 ማይል/ሰ)
ጉያ, ግምት

መዓስ እዩ ዝነበረ?

ትሪያሲክ
ጁራሲክ
ክሬታሸስ
ቅድሚ 252 ሚልዮን ዓመት20114566፣ እቲ ኣስተሮይድ

ክንደይ ዓቢ ነይሩ?

ክንደይ ነዊሕ ነይሩ?

Zalmoxes ኣስታት 2.9 ሜ ንውሓት (9.5 ft)ናይ ዓበይቲ ብሽክለታ ኣስታት 1.8 ሜ (5.9 ft)መኪና ኣስታት 4.5 ሜ (15 ft)ሓርማዝ፣ ሎሚ ኣብ ምድሪ ዝዓበየ እንስሳ ኣስታት 6.5 ሜ (21 ft)

ቁመቱ ክንደይ ነይሩ?

ድሙ ገዛኣስታት 0.3 ሜ (1 ft)ከልቢኣስታት 0.5 ሜ (1.6 ft)Zalmoxesኣስታት 0.91 ሜ ቁመት (3 ft)ፈረስኣስታት 1.6 ሜ (5.2 ft)

ግምት

ክንደይ ከቢድ ነይሩ?

ከም 2 ኣኽላባት ዝኸብድ
ከም 3 ኣኽላባት ካብ ኣፍንጫ ክሳብ ጭራ ዝነውሕከም 16 ባናና ተሰሪዑ ዝነውሕከም 11 ኣናሙ ገዛ ዝኸብድከም 9 ሓብሓብ ዝኸብድከም 2.5 ቆልዑ መዋእለ ህጻናት ዝኸብድከም 1.5 ተመሃሮ ዝኸብድ100 ሜትሮ ኣብ 8.2 ካልኢት ክጎዪ ይኽእል ነበረ (እቲ ዝቐልጠፈ ሰብ 9.6 የድልዮ)

ምሳኻ ክነጻጸር Zalmoxes ክንደይ ዓቢ ነይሩ?

ኣብ ብራውዘርካ ቀሊል ሕሳብ ጥራይ። ዝዕቀብ ወይ ናብ ዝኾነ ቦታ ዝለኣኽ የለን።

ክንደይ ቅልጡፍ ነይሩ?

ዘደንቑ ነገራት

ደስ ዝብሉ ሓቅታት

1

Zalmoxes had a slow growth rate and a long growth period, which is different from many other dinosaurs.1

2

It lived on an island, and scientists think it might have been smaller than its relatives because of island dwarfism, though some think it was already small.1

3

Zalmoxes had a large triangular head and a beak, which helped it eat tough plants.1

4

Fossils of Zalmoxes have been found in Austria and France too, not just Romania.4

5

One species of Zalmoxes, called Z. shqiperorum, was later reclassified as a different type of dinosaur, a ceratopsian, not an ornithopod.1

6

Zalmoxes was one of the most common vertebrates in Transylvania during the latest Cretaceous period.1

ብAI ዝተሰርሐብAI ዝተሰርሐ ስእሊ ናይ Zalmoxes
ብAI ዝተሰርሐ ስእሊ፣ Zalmoxes 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 Zalmoxes ብብዝሒ ዝሕተቱ ሕቶታት

?How big was Zalmoxes?

Zalmoxes was small, with adults of Z. robustus reaching about 2.5 metres (8.2 feet) long and weighing about 45 kilograms (99 pounds). An unnamed species grew to about 2.9 metres (9.5 feet) long.1

?What did Zalmoxes eat?

Zalmoxes ate tough, fibrous plants like soft shoots, horsetails, angiosperms, pteridophytes, and ferns. It had a beak and could process C3 plants.1

?When did Zalmoxes live?

Zalmoxes lived during the Maastrichtian age of the Late Cretaceous, about 70 to 66 million years ago. It was one of the most common vertebrates in Transylvania at that time.13

?Where was Zalmoxes found?

Fossils of Zalmoxes have been found in Romania, specifically in the Hateg Basin of Transylvania. Some sources also mention finds in Austria and France, but the main site is Romania.13

?Was Zalmoxes a dinosaur?

Yes, Zalmoxes was a dinosaur, specifically a small ornithopod. It is classified as a probable rhabdodontid ornithopod, not a ceratopsian, though one species was later reclassified.13

?Why was Zalmoxes small?

Scientists once thought Zalmoxes was small due to island dwarfism, but later studies suggest it was already close to the size of its ancestors. Some related species were larger or smaller due to island effects.1

ጽውጽዋይ ዘፍርስ

ጽውጽዋይ: Some people think Zalmoxes was a dwarf dinosaur because it lived on an island.

ሓቂ: Scientists now think Zalmoxes was already small, and its larger relative Rhabdodon had island gigantism, while a smaller relative Mochlodon had island dwarfism.1

ንክኢላታት ዳይኖሰር

ሳይንሳዊ ስም
Zalmoxes
ዝሰመዮ
Weishampel et al. 20034
ጉጅለ
መንቑር ዘለዎም ተኽሊ በላዕቲ
ስድራ / ክላድ
Rhabdodontoidea4
ምድባ
Ornithischia > Ornithopoda > Iguanodontia4
ዕድመ እቶም ኣኻውሕ
84 ክሳብ 66 ሚልዮን ዓመት (Campanian / Maastrichtian)4
ናይ ኣኻውሕ ንብርብራት
Sebeş, Sînpetru, Densuș-Ciula4
ሃገራት
ሩማንያ, ኦስትርያ, ፈረንሳ4
መዛግብቲ ፎሲል
44 ኣብ The Paleobiology Database4
ብኻልእ ስም
Onychosaurus (ዝኣረጉ ኣስማት ሕጂ ከም ሓደ እንስሳ ይቑጸሩ)4
ርኽበት
The first fossils were named Mochlodon robustus by Baron Franz Nopcsa in 1899. In 2003, scientists renamed them Zalmoxes robustus after studying new remains.12
ገና ዘከራኽር
Scientists still debate whether Zalmoxes was a dwarf species or just naturally small, and how it is related to other similar dinosaurs.1

ሓቅታት ካበይ ይመጹ

  1. Zalmoxes (en.wikipedia.org)
  2. Osteology and phylogeny of Zalmoxes (n. g.), an unusual Euornithopod dinosaur from the latest Cretaceous of Romania (tandfonline.com)
  3. Zalmoxes | Natural History Museum (nhm.ac.uk)
  4. Zalmoxes in The Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0): ዕድመ፣ ቦታታት፣ ናይ ኣኻውሕ ንብርብራት፣ ምድባ።

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