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Mnyamawamtuka

Igama lithetha: “beast of the Mtuka river drainage”1

Yayitya: IzityaloIintamo-ndeiCretaceous yokuqala ukuya ku-iCretaceous yamva

Mnyamawamtuka was a long-necked, plant-eating dinosaur that lived in what is now Tanzania. It had a heart-shaped tail bone and was about as long as a school bus.1

Yaphila

121 ukuya ku-94 izigidi zeminyaka eyadlulayo4

iCretaceous yokuqala ukuya ku-iCretaceous yamva

Iifosili zifunyenwe:

Tanzania, near the Mtuka River in the Rukwa Rift Basin2

Ubude

7.6 m (25 ft)1

Ubunzima

1.5 iitoni (3,300 lb)1

Esona santya siphezulu

malunga ne-26 km/h (16 mph)

Ukubaleka, uqikelelo

Yaphila nini?

iTriassic

iJurassic

iCretaceous

Izigidi ezingama-252 zeminyaka eyadlulayo20114566, i-asteroyidi

Yayinkulu kangakanani?

Yayinde kangakanani?

Yayinzima kangakanani?

inzima njengeemoto ezingama-1

inde njengezinja ezingama-8, impumlo ukuya emsileniinde njengeebhanana ezingama-42 zilandelelanainzima njengezinja ezingama-75inzima njengamavatala angama-300inzima njengabantwana basenkulisa abangama-79inzima njengabantwana besikolo abangama-47inzima njengeebhere ezimhlophe ezingama-3ibinokubaleka iimitha ezili-100 ngemizuzwana engama-14 (oyena mntu ukhawulezayo udinga i-9,6)

Mnyamawamtuka 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)

Mnyamawamtuka malunga ne-26 km/h (16 mph)

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

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

izinto ezimnandi

Iinyani ezimnandi

Its name comes from Swahili and means 'beast of the Mtuka'.1

The species name 'moyowamkia' means 'heart of the tail' because its tail vertebrae are heart-shaped.1

Mnyamawamtuka lived about 110 to 100 million years ago during the Early Cretaceous.1

It is one of the most complete early titanosaur skeletons ever found, even though the skull is missing.1

Its breastbone was unusually small, less than half the length of its upper arm bone.2

Scientists think it was a close relative of Malawisaurus, another African titanosaur.2

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ubuzile

Eyona mibuzo ibuzwa kakhulu: Mnyamawamtuka

?How big was Mnyamawamtuka?

It was about 7.6 metres long and weighed about 1.5 tonnes, though it probably was not fully grown.1 3

?What did Mnyamawamtuka eat?

It was a plant-eater, as are all sauropod dinosaurs. Its teeth were semi-spatulate, good for stripping leaves.2

?Why is Mnyamawamtuka's tail heart-shaped?

The middle tail vertebrae have a heart-shaped rear face, which is why its species name means 'heart of the tail'.1 2

?When did Mnyamawamtuka live?

It lived about 110 to 100 million years ago, during the Early Cretaceous period.1 3

Kwiingcali zeedayinaso

Igama lenzululwazi: Mnyamawamtuka
Inikwe igama ngu:: Gorscak and O'Connor 20194
Iqela: Iintamo-nde
Usapho / iclade: Titanosauria4
Ukuhlelwa: Sauropodomorpha > Sauropoda > Titanosauria > Macronaria4
Ubudala bamatye: 121 ukuya ku-94 izigidi zeminyaka (Aptian / Cenomanian)4
Izakhiwo zamatye: Galula4
Amazwe: iTanzania4
Iirekhodi zeefosili: 1 kwi-Paleobiology Database4
Ukufunyanwa: The first bones were found in 2004 by the Rukwa Rift Basin Project in Tanzania. It was named and described by Eric Gorscak and Patrick O'Connor in 2019.2
Kusaxoxwa ngayo: Scientists are not sure exactly how Mnyamawamtuka is related to other titanosaurs; different analyses place it either just outside or inside the group Lithostrotia.2

Apho iinyani zivela khona

Mnyamawamtuka (en.wikipedia.org)
A new African Titanosaurian Sauropod Dinosaur from the middle Cretaceous Galula Formation (Mtuka Member), Rukwa Rift Basin, Southwestern Tanzania | PLOS One (journals.plos.org)
Tanzanian 'beast' sheds light on gigantic dinosaur group | Reuters (reuters.com)
Mnyamawamtuka in The Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0): ubudala, iindawo, izakhiwo zamatye, ukuhlelwa.

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