Silutitan

Igama lithetha: “Silk Road giant”1

Yayitya: IzityaloIintamo-ndeiCretaceous yokuqala

Silutitan was a huge, long-necked plant-eater that lived in what is now China. Its fossils were found alongside many pterosaur bones, including eggs and babies. This dinosaur was one of the first big land animals discovered in that special fossil site.1 2

Yaphila

137 ukuya ku-133 izigidi zeminyaka eyadlulayo3

iCretaceous yokuqala

Iifosili zifunyenwe:

Hami, Xinjiang, China1 3

Ubude

20 m (66 ft)1

Ukuphakama

4.5 m (15 ft)

uqikelelo

Esona santya siphezulu

malunga ne-12 km/h (7 mph)

Ukubaleka, uqikelelo

Yaphila nini?

iTriassic

iJurassic

iCretaceous

Izigidi ezingama-252 zeminyaka eyadlulayo20114566, i-asteroyidi

Yayinkulu kangakanani?

Yayinde kangakanani?

Yayiphakame kangakanani?

uqikelelo

inde njengeemoto ezingama-4 zipakwe zilandelelanainde njengeebhanana ezingama-110 zilandelelanaiphakame ngokwaneleyo ukuba ilunguze efestileni yomgangatho 2ibinokubaleka iimitha ezili-100 ngemizuzwana engama-30 (oyena mntu ukhawulezayo udinga i-9,6)

Silutitan 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)

Silutitan malunga ne-12 km/h (7 mph)

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

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

izinto ezimnandi

Iinyani ezimnandi

Silutitan is known only from six neck bones and some ribs. Scientists used those bones to figure out its body length was over 20 metres (66 feet).1

Its name means 'Silk Road giant' because the fossils were found near the ancient Silk Road trade route in China.1

Silutitan lived about 137 to 132 million years ago, during the Early Cretaceous period.3

The bones of Silutitan were found in lake-bottom sandstones, along with many pterosaur fossils including eggs and embryos.1 2

Silutitan was a somphospondylan sauropod, a group of long-necked dinosaurs with air-filled bones that made them lighter.1

Its neck vertebrae had special bumps and ridges that helped scientists tell it apart from other sauropods.1

Umfanekiso owenziwe yi-AI: Silutitan — Umfanekiso owenziwe yi-AI obonisa indlela Silutitan 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: Silutitan
Inikwe igama ngu:: Wang et al. 20213
Iqela: Iintamo-nde
Usapho / iclade: Euhelopodidae3
Ukuhlelwa: Sauropodomorpha > Sauropoda > Macronaria3
Ubudala bamatye: 137 ukuya ku-133 izigidi zeminyaka (Valanginian)3
Izakhiwo zamatye: Shengjinkou3
Amazwe: iTshayina3
Iirekhodi zeefosili: 1 kwi-Paleobiology Database3
Ukufunyanwa: Silutitan was named in 2021 by a team of scientists led by Xiaolin Wang. The fossils were found in the Hami region of Xinjiang, China, starting in 2016.1 3
Kusaxoxwa ngayo: Scientists are not sure exactly how long Silutitan's whole body was, because only its neck bones have been found. The length estimate of over 20 metres is based on comparing it to a similar dinosaur called Euhelopus.1

Apho iinyani zivela khona

nature.com (nature.com)
The first dinosaurs from the Early Cretaceous Hami Pterosaur Fauna, China (pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov)
Silutitan in The Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0): ubudala, iindawo, izakhiwo zamatye, ukuhlelwa.

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