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Erketu

Leina le raya: “named after Erketu, a Mongolian god”1

E jele: DimelaMelala-meleeleBofelo jwa Cretaceous

Erketu was a huge plant-eating dinosaur with an incredibly long neck. It lived in what is now Mongolia during the Early Cretaceous period. Imagine a giraffe with a neck that was almost half its body length!1 2

E tshetse

dimilione tsa dingwaga di le 100 go ya go 72 tse di fetileng4

Bofelo jwa Cretaceous

Difosili di fitlhetswe kwa

Mongolia and China4 1

Boleele

15 m (49 ft)1

Bokete

ditone di le 5 (11,000 lb)3

Bogodimo

3.5 m (11 ft)

kakanyo

Bonako jo bogolo

e ka nna 19 km/h (12 mph)

Go taboga, kakanyo

E tshetse leng?

Triassic

Jurassic

Cretaceous

dimilione tsa dingwaga di le 252 tse di fetileng20114566, asteroiti

E ne e le kgolo go le kae?

E ne e le telele go le kae?

E ne e le kwa godimo go le kae?

kakanyo

E ne e le bokete go le kae?

bokete jaaka dikoloi di le 3

telele jaaka dikoloi di le 3 di emisitswe mo molengtelele jaaka dibanana di le 83 di latelanae ka nna bokete jaaka tloubokete jaaka magapu a le 1000bokete jaaka diphaposiborutelo tse di tletseng bana di le 6bokete jaaka dibere tse ditshweu di le 11e ne e ka taboga dimetara di le 100 mo metsotswaneng e le 19 (motho yo o bonako go gaisa o tlhoka 9,6)

Erketu e ne e le kgolo go le kae fa e bapisiwa le WENA?

Ke dipalo fela mo sebatling sa gago. Ga go sepe se se bolokwang kgotsa se se romelwang gope.

E ne e le bonako go le kae?

Motho yo o tsamayang e ka nna 5 km/h (3 mph)

Ngwana mo baesekeleng e ka nna 12 km/h (7 mph)

Erketu e ka nna 19 km/h (12 mph)

Pitse e e sianang ka bonako e ka nna 65 km/h (40 mph)

Lengau e ka nna 100 km/h (62 mph)

dilo tse di monate

Dintlha tse di monate

Erketu had one of the longest necks relative to its body size of any known dinosaur. Its neck was made of extremely long vertebrae, and scientists think it could reach over 8 metres (26 feet) long.2

The bones in Erketu's neck were hollow and full of air pockets, called camellae. This made its neck lighter, so it could hold it up.2

Erketu had a unique breastbone that was shaped like a crescent moon. This is different from many other sauropods.2

The first Erketu fossil was found in 2002 during a joint expedition by the American Museum of Natural History and the Mongolian Academy of Sciences.2

Erketu lived about 100 to 72 million years ago, during the Cretaceous period.4

Setshwantsho sa Erketu se se dirilweng ke AI — Setshwantsho se se dirilweng ke AI sa kafa Erketu e ka tswang e ne e lebega ka gone, se dirilwe ke khomputara go ya ka se borasaense ba se itseng. Ke kakanyo fela: phologolo ya nnete e ka tswa e ne e lebega ka tsela e sele, mme ga go ope yo o itseng mebala ya yona ya nnete.

o botsitse

Dipotso tse di botswang thata ka ga Erketu

?How big was Erketu?

Erketu was about 15 metres (49 feet) long and weighed around 5 tonnes (11,000 pounds). That is roughly as long as a bus and as heavy as a small elephant.3 1

?Did Erketu have a really long neck?

Yes, its neck was about twice as long as its body, which may be a record for neck-to-body ratio among sauropods. The neck could reach over 8 metres (26 feet) long.3 1

?What did Erketu eat?

Erketu was a herbivore, meaning it ate plants. Its long neck likely helped it reach high leaves, like a giraffe, so it was probably a high browser.1 3

?When did Erketu live?

Erketu lived during the Late Cretaceous, about 96 to 89 million years ago. That is later than the Early Cretaceous date mentioned in some sources, but the most recent estimates say Late Cretaceous.3 1

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Leina la saense: Erketu
Leina le neilwe ke: Ksepka and Norell 20064
Setlhopha: Melala-meleele
Lelapa / clade: Euhelopodidae4
Thulaganyo: Sauropodomorpha > Sauropoda > Macronaria4
Bogolo jwa matlapa: 100 go ya go 72 dimilione tsa dingwaga (Cenomanian / Campanian)4
Dibopego tsa matlapa: Baynshire4
Dinaga: Mongolia, Tšhaena4
Direkoto tsa difosili: 2 mo The Paleobiology Database4
Go fitlhelwa: Erketu was named by Daniel Ksepka and Mark Norell in 2006. The first fossil was found in 2002 in the Gobi Desert of Mongolia, and it included neck bones, a breastbone, and part of a leg.2 1
Go sa ntse go ganetsanwa: Scientists are not sure exactly how Erketu is related to other long-necked dinosaurs. Some think it belongs to a group called Somphospondyli, but its exact family tree is still debated.2

Kwa dintlha di tswang teng

Erketu (nhm.ac.uk)
Erketu ellisoni, a long-necked sauropod from Bor Guvé (Dornogov Aimag, Mongolia). American Museum novitates ; no. 3508 (digitallibrary.amnh.org)
Erketu (en.wikipedia.org)
Erketu in The Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0): dingwaga, mafelo, dibopego tsa matlapa, thulaganyo.

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