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Rukwatitan

Igama lithetha: “Rukwa giant, twice buried”1
Yayitya: IzityaloIintamo-ndeiCretaceous yamva

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.21

Yaphila
100 ukuya ku-72 izigidi zeminyaka eyadlulayo3
iCretaceous yamva
Iifosili zifunyenwe:
Southwestern Tanzania, Galula Formation, Rukwa Rift Basin31
Ubude
ukuya kuthi ga ku-9.1 m (30 ft)2
Ukuphakama
2.3 m (7.5 ft)
uqikelelo
Esona santya siphezulu
malunga ne-25 km/h (16 mph)
Ukubaleka, uqikelelo

Yaphila nini?

iTriassic
iJurassic
iCretaceous
Izigidi ezingama-252 zeminyaka eyadlulayo20114566, i-asteroyidi

Yayinkulu kangakanani?

Yayinde kangakanani?

Rukwatitan malunga ne-9.1 m ubude (30 ft)Ibhayisikile yomntu omdala malunga ne-1.8 m (5.9 ft)Imoto malunga ne-4.5 m (15 ft)Indlovu, esona silwanyana sikhulu emhlabeni namhlanje malunga ne-6.5 m (21 ft)

Yayiphakame kangakanani?

Injamalunga ne-0.5 m (1.6 ft)Ihashemalunga ne-1.6 m (5.2 ft)Rukwatitanmalunga ne-2.3 m ukuphakama (7.5 ft)Indlovumalunga ne-3.2 m (10 ft)

uqikelelo

inde njengeemoto ezingama-2 zipakwe zilandelelanainde njengeebhanana ezingama-51 zilandelelanaibinokubaleka iimitha ezili-100 ngemizuzwana engama-14 (oyena mntu ukhawulezayo udinga i-9,6)

Rukwatitan wayemkhulu kangakanani xa ethelekiswa NAWE?

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

Yayikhawuleza kangakanani?

izinto ezimnandi

Iinyani ezimnandi

1

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

2

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

3

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

4

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

5

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

6

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

7

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

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

Kwiingcali zeedayinaso

Igama lenzululwazi
Rukwatitan
Inikwe igama ngu:
Gorscak et al. 20143
Iqela
Iintamo-nde
Usapho / iclade
Rinconsauria3
Ukuhlelwa
Sauropodomorpha > Sauropoda > Titanosauria > Macronaria3
Ubudala bamatye
100 ukuya ku-72 izigidi zeminyaka (Cenomanian / Campanian)3
Izakhiwo zamatye
Galula3
Amazwe
iTanzania3
Iirekhodi zeefosili
1 kwi-Paleobiology Database3
Ukufunyanwa
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
Kusaxoxwa ngayo
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.31

Apho iinyani zivela khona

  1. UJVP_A_845568_O (people.ohio.edu)
  2. Rukwatitan (en.wikipedia.org)
  3. Rukwatitan in The Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0): ubudala, iindawo, izakhiwo zamatye, ukuhlelwa.

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