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Meroktenos

Igama lithetha: “thigh beast”1

Yayitya: IzityaloIintamo-ndeiTriassic yamva

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

Yaphila

227 ukuya ku-201 izigidi zeminyaka eyadlulayo4

iTriassic yamva

Iifosili zifunyenwe:

Thabana Morena, Lesotho1 4

Ubude

4 m (13 ft)1

Ubunzima

300 kg (661 lb)3

Ukuphakama

1.2 m (3.9 ft)

uqikelelo

Esona santya siphezulu

malunga ne-37 km/h (23 mph)

Ukubaleka, uqikelelo

Yaphila nini?

iTriassic

iJurassic

iCretaceous

Izigidi ezingama-252 zeminyaka eyadlulayo20114566, i-asteroyidi

Yayinkulu kangakanani?

Yayinde kangakanani?

Yayiphakame kangakanani?

uqikelelo

Yayinzima kangakanani?

inzima njengezinja ezingama-15

inde njengezinja ezingama-4, impumlo ukuya emsileniinde njengeebhanana ezingama-22 zilandelelanainzima njengamavatala angama-60inzima njengabantwana basenkulisa abangama-16inzima njengabantwana besikolo abangama-9ibinokubaleka iimitha ezili-100 ngemizuzwana engama-9.7 (oyena mntu ukhawulezayo udinga i-9,6)

Meroktenos wayemkhulu kangakanani xa ethelekiswa NAWE?

Yimathematika nje kwibhrawuza yakho. Akukho nto igcinwayo okanye ithunyelwe naphi na.

Yayikhawuleza kangakanani?

Umntu ohambayo malunga ne-5 km/h (3 mph)

Umntwana ekhwele ibhayisikile malunga ne-12 km/h (7 mph)

Meroktenos malunga ne-37 km/h (23 mph)

Ihashe elibaleka ngamandla malunga ne-65 km/h (40 mph)

Ingwenkala malunga ne-100 km/h (62 mph)

izinto ezimnandi

Iinyani ezimnandi

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

Umfanekiso owenziwe yi-AI: Meroktenos — Umfanekiso owenziwe yi-AI obonisa indlela Meroktenos esenokuba wayekhangeleka ngayo, wenziwe yikhompyutha ngokwento eyaziwa zizazinzulu. Kukuqikelela nje: esona silwanyana sinokuba sasikhangeleka ngenye indlela, kwaye akukho mntu waziyo imibala yaso yokwenyani.

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Eyona mibuzo ibuzwa kakhulu: 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

Kwiingcali zeedayinaso

Igama lenzululwazi: Meroktenos
Inikwe igama ngu:: Peyre de Fabrègues and Allain 20164
Iqela: Iintamo-nde
Usapho / iclade: Sauropodiformes4
Ukuhlelwa: Sauropodomorpha4
Ubudala bamatye: 227 ukuya ku-201 izigidi zeminyaka (Norian / Rhaetian)4
Izakhiwo zamatye: Elliot4
Amazwe: iLesotho4
Iirekhodi zeefosili: 1 kwi-Paleobiology Database4
Ukufunyanwa: 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
Kusaxoxwa ngayo: 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

Apho iinyani zivela khona

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): ubudala, iindawo, izakhiwo zamatye, ukuhlelwa.

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