Zapalasaurus

Leina le raya: “lizard of Zapala, named after the city of Zapala in Argentina”1

E jele: DimelaMelala-meleeleTshimologo ya Cretaceous

Zapalasaurus was a long-necked plant-eater that lived in what is now Patagonia, Argentina, about 130 to 120 million years ago. It walked on four sturdy legs and used its long neck to reach leaves and ferns without moving its body much. This dinosaur was a early relative of the famous Diplodocus.1

E tshetse

dimilione tsa dingwaga di le 126 go ya go 120 tse di fetileng3

Tshimologo ya Cretaceous

Difosili di fitlhetswe kwa

Puesto Morales, La Picaza, Neuquén Province, Argentina3 1

Bonako jo bogolo

e ka nna 15 km/h (9 mph)

Go taboga, kakanyo

E tshetse leng?

Triassic

Jurassic

Cretaceous

dimilione tsa dingwaga di le 252 tse di fetileng20114566, asteroiti

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)

Zapalasaurus e ka nna 15 km/h (9 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

The first fossils of Zapalasaurus were found in 1995 at a place called Puesto Morales, and more bones were dug up in 2004.1

Zapalasaurus is named after the city of Zapala, which is about 80 kilometres (50 miles) north of where its bones were discovered.1

Unlike some other long-necked dinosaurs, Zapalasaurus probably fed at ground level, while other sauropods in the same area ate plants higher up.1

Its tail vertebrae double in length from front to back, a feature shared with the more advanced diplodocines.2

Zapalasaurus belonged to a group called rebbachisaurids, which were early cousins of Diplodocus and lived mainly in the Early Cretaceous.3 1

The species name bonapartei honors the famous Argentine paleontologist José Bonaparte, who helped collect the first bones.1

Setshwantsho sa Zapalasaurus se se dirilweng ke AI — Setshwantsho se se dirilweng ke AI sa kafa Zapalasaurus 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 Zapalasaurus

?How big was Zapalasaurus?

Scientists do not know its exact size because only a partial skeleton has been found. It was a medium-sized sauropod, but no length or weight estimates have been published.1

?What did Zapalasaurus eat?

Zapalasaurus was a plant-eater. It used its long neck to browse a wide variety of low-growing plants and greens without having to walk very far.1

?When did Zapalasaurus live?

Zapalasaurus lived during the Early Cretaceous, about 130 to 120 million years ago.1

?Did Zapalasaurus have feathers?

No. Zapalasaurus was a sauropod dinosaur, and there is no evidence that any sauropod had feathers.1

Ya baitseanape ba didino

Leina la saense: Zapalasaurus
Leina le neilwe ke: Salgado et al. 20063
Setlhopha: Melala-meleele
Lelapa / clade: Rebbachisauridae3
Thulaganyo: Sauropodomorpha > Sauropoda > Diplodocoidea3
Bogolo jwa matlapa: 126 go ya go 120 dimilione tsa dingwaga (Barremian / Aptian)3
Dibopego tsa matlapa: La Amarga3
Dinaga: Arejentina3
Direkoto tsa difosili: 1 mo The Paleobiology Database3
Go fitlhelwa: Zapalasaurus was first described in 2006 by a team led by Leonardo Salgado. The bones were collected by scientists from the Bernardino Rivadavia Natural Sciences Museum and the Juan A. Olsacher Museum, with help from José Bonaparte.1
Go sa ntse go ganetsanwa: Scientists are not sure exactly how big Zapalasaurus grew, because only a partial skeleton has been found.1

Kwa dintlha di tswang teng

Zapalasaurus (en.wikipedia.org)
Translated by Michael D’Emic University of Michigan (naturalhistory.si.edu)
Zapalasaurus in The Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0): dingwaga, mafelo, dibopego tsa matlapa, thulaganyo.

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