Rukwatitan

Leina le raya: “Rukwa giant, twice buried”1

E jele: DimelaMelala-meleeleBofelo jwa Cretaceous

Rukwatitan was a long-necked dinosaur that lived in what is now Tanzania. It was a titanosaur, a type of sauropod, and it was about as long as a school bus. Its name means 'twice buried' because its bones were buried, then moved by a river and buried again.2 1

E tshetse

dimilione tsa dingwaga di le 100 go ya go 72 tse di fetileng3

Bofelo jwa Cretaceous

Difosili di fitlhetswe kwa

Southwestern Tanzania, Galula Formation, Rukwa Rift Basin3 1

Boleele

go fitlha go 9.1 m (30 ft)2

Bogodimo

2.3 m (7.5 ft)

kakanyo

Bonako jo bogolo

e ka nna 25 km/h (16 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

telele jaaka dikoloi di le 2 di emisitswe mo molengtelele jaaka dibanana di le 51 di latelanae ne e ka taboga dimetara di le 100 mo metsotswaneng e le 14 (motho yo o bonako go gaisa o tlhoka 9,6)

Rukwatitan 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)

Rukwatitan e ka nna 25 km/h (16 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

Rukwatitan's name includes 'bisepultus', which means 'twice buried' because part of its skeleton was first buried in mud, then washed away and reburied by a river.1

It lived about 100 million years ago, during the middle Cretaceous period.2

Its upper arm bone (humerus) had a square cross-section, which is unusual for sauropods.1

Rukwatitan shared its home with a crocodile-like reptile called Rukwasuchus, whose fossils were found at the same site.1

It was a basal (early) titanosaur, meaning it belonged to the group that later included the largest dinosaurs ever.1

The neck vertebrae of Rukwatitan had undivided air pockets (pleurocoels), which helped lighten its skeleton.1

Rukwatitan was about 9 meters (30 feet) long, roughly the length of a school bus.2

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Leina la saense: Rukwatitan
Leina le neilwe ke: Gorscak et al. 20143
Setlhopha: Melala-meleele
Lelapa / clade: Rinconsauria3
Thulaganyo: Sauropodomorpha > Sauropoda > Titanosauria > Macronaria3
Bogolo jwa matlapa: 100 go ya go 72 dimilione tsa dingwaga (Cenomanian / Campanian)3
Dibopego tsa matlapa: Galula3
Dinaga: Tanzania3
Direkoto tsa difosili: 1 mo The Paleobiology Database3
Go fitlhelwa: Rukwatitan was discovered by Joseph J.W. Sertich on June 9, 2007, in southwestern Tanzania. It was named and described by Eric Gorscak and colleagues in 2014.1
Go sa ntse go ganetsanwa: Scientists are still debating exactly where Rukwatitan fits in the titanosaur family tree. Some studies place it as a non-lithostrotian titanosaur, while others group it with rinconsaurs.3 1

Kwa dintlha di tswang teng

UJVP_A_845568_O (people.ohio.edu)
Rukwatitan (en.wikipedia.org)
Rukwatitan in The Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0): dingwaga, mafelo, dibopego tsa matlapa, thulaganyo.

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