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Meroktenos

Tur bi mooy: “thigh beast”1

Lekkoon: GàncaxBaat yu guddTriyaas bu mujj

Meroktenos was a long-necked plant-eater that lived in what is now Lesotho during the Late Triassic. It walked on four sturdy legs and had a very thick thighbone for its size.1 4

Dundoon

am na 227 ba 201 milyoŋ at4

Triyaas bu mujj

Fosil yu ñu gis ci

Thabana Morena, Lesotho1 4

Guddaay

4 m (13 ft)1

Diisaay

300 kg (661 lb)3

Kawewaay

1,2 m (3,9 ft)

jortu

Gaawaay bi gën a kawe

lu tollu ci 37 km/h (23 mph)

Daw, jortu

Kañ la dundoon?

Triyaas

Jurasik

Kretase

Am na 252 milyoŋ at20114566, asteroyid bi

Naka la réyoon?

Naka la guddoon?

Naka la kawewoon?

jortu

Naka la diisoon?

diis ni 15 xaj

gudd ni 4 xaj, bakkan ba geengudd ni 22 banaana yu ñu topp-toppalediis ni 60 xaaldiis ni 16 xale yu materneldiis ni 9 xale yu lekkoolmënoon na daw 100 meetar ci 9,7 segond (nit ki gën a gaaw dafay soxla 9,6)

Naka la Meroktenos réyoon, bu ñu ko méngalee ak YAW?

Ay kalkil rekk ci sa navigatëer. Dara du ñu denc, dara du ñu yónne fenn.

Naka la gaawoon?

Nit kuy dox lu tollu ci 5 km/h (3 mph)

Xale bu nekk ci welo lu tollu ci 12 km/h (7 mph)

Meroktenos lu tollu ci 37 km/h (23 mph)

Fas buy daw bu gaaw lu tollu ci 65 km/h (40 mph)

Segg bu gaaw lu tollu ci 100 km/h (62 mph)

yëf yu neex

Xibaar yu neex

Meroktenos had a very wide and thick thighbone, a shape that was previously only seen in giant sauropods. Scientists think this helped support its heavy body.1

The name Meroktenos comes from Greek words meaning 'thigh' and 'beast', because its thighbone is so unusual.1

Meroktenos lived about 216 to 201 million years ago, during the Late Triassic period.1 4

The first fossils of Meroktenos were found in 1959 by a team of geologists and paleontologists near the village of Thabana Morena in Lesotho.1

Meroktenos was originally thought to be a species of Melanorosaurus, but in 2016 scientists gave it its own genus.1 2

The thighbone of Meroktenos is about 48 centimeters long, which suggests the whole animal was around 4 meters in length.1

Nataalu Meroktenos bu ñu def ak IA — Nataal bu IA def la, muy wone ni Meroktenos mën a meloon, ordinatëer moo ko def ci li boroom xam-xam yi xam. Jortu kese la: rab bi ci dëgg mën na meloon neneen, te kenn xamul ay kulëëram yu dëgg.

yeen a laaj

Laaj yi ñu gën a laaj ci Meroktenos

?How big was Meroktenos?

About 4 metres (13 feet) long. Its thighbone is about 48 centimetres long.1

?What did Meroktenos eat?

It was a plant-eater. It ate plants like ferns and cycads.1

?When did Meroktenos live?

It lived during the Late Triassic period, about 216 to 201 million years ago.1

Ngir ñi xam dino lool

Turu xam-xam: Meroktenos
Ku ko tudde: Peyre de Fabrègues and Allain 20164
Kurél: Baat yu gudd
Njaboot / klad: Sauropodiformes4
Klasifikasiyoŋ: Sauropodomorpha4
Màggaayu doj yi: 227 ba 201 milyoŋ at (Norian / Rhaetian)4
Formasiyoŋi doj: Elliot4
Réew yi: Lesoto4
Fosil yu ñu gis: 1 ci The Paleobiology Database4
Gisees: In 1959, François Ellenberger, Paul Ellenberger, Jean Fabre and Leonard Ginsburg discovered the first fossils near Thabana Morena, Lesotho. In 1993, François-Xavier Gauffre named it Melanorosaurus thabanensis, but in 2016 Claire Peyre de Fabrègues and Ronan Allain gave it its own genus, Meroktenos.1 2
Ñu ngi koy werante ba tey: Scientists are not sure why Meroktenos had such a wide thighbone. It was not a giant dinosaur, so the thick bone may have had a different purpose.1

Fa xibaar yi jóge

Meroktenos (en.wikipedia.org)
New material and revision of Melanorosaurus thabanensis , a basal sauropodomorph from the Upper Triassic of Lesotho (pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov)
Meroktenos thabanensis | Dinosaur Database by DinoAnimals.com (dinoanimals.com)
Meroktenos in The Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0): at, béréb yi, formasiyoŋi doj, klasifikasiyoŋ.

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