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Musankwa

名字的意思： “boy close to marriage in the Tonga language”1

吃：植物長脖子恐龍三疊紀晚期

Musankwa was a long-necked plant-eater that lived in what is now Zimbabwe during the Late Triassic. It walked on two legs and weighed about as much as a large bear. Only one leg bone fossil has been found, but it tells scientists a lot about this dinosaur.4 1

生存年代

237 到 206 百萬年前4

三疊紀晚期

化石發現地

Spurwing Island in Lake Kariba, Zimbabwe1 4

體重

386 kg (851 lb)1

高度

1.5 m (4.9 ft)2

最高速度

時速約 35 公里（22 英里）

跑步, 估計值

牠生活在什麼時候？

三疊紀

侏羅紀

白堊紀

2 億 5200 萬年前20114566，小行星撞地球

牠有多大？

牠有多高？

牠有多重？

跟 19 隻狗一樣重

跟 77 顆西瓜一樣重跟 20 個幼兒園小朋友一樣重跟 12 個小學生一樣重能在 10 秒內跑完 100 公尺（最快的人類要 9.6 秒）

Musankwa 跟「你」比起來有多大？

只是在你的瀏覽器裡算算數學。什麼都不會被儲存或傳送出去。

牠有多快？

走路的人 時速約 5 公里 (3 mph)

騎腳踏車的小朋友 時速約 12 公里 (7 mph)

Musankwa 時速約 35 公里 (22 mph)

一匹飛奔的馬 時速約 65 公里 (40 mph)

一隻獵豹 時速約 100 公里 (62 mph)

酷東西

趣味知識

Musankwa was named in 2024, making it one of the newest dinosaur discoveries from Africa.1

The fossil was found by a team living on a houseboat called Musankwa, which means 'boy close to marriage' in the Tonga language.1

Musankwa is only the fourth dinosaur ever named from Zimbabwe, after Vulcanodon and Mbiresaurus.1

The Musankwa specimen includes a right leg bone, the femur, tibia, and ankle bone, all still connected.1

Scientists think Musankwa was about 386 kilograms, or 851 pounds, which is as heavy as a large moose.1

Musankwa lived during the Norian stage of the Late Triassic, about 227 to 205 million years ago.4

The Pebbly Arkose Formation where Musankwa was found is made of ancient river sand and pebbles.1

Musankwa 的 AI 繪圖 — 這是電腦根據科學家目前的知識，用 AI 畫出 Musankwa 可能的樣子。這只是猜測：真正的動物可能長得不一樣，也沒有人知道牠真正的顏色。

你們都在問

關於 Musankwa 最常被問的問題

?How big was Musankwa?

Musankwa weighed about 386 kilograms (851 pounds), which is as heavy as a large moose or a horse. It stood about 1.5 metres (5 feet) tall at the hip.1 2

?What did Musankwa eat?

Musankwa was a plant-eater. It was a sauropodomorph, a group of long-necked dinosaurs that ate plants.3

?When did Musankwa live?

Musankwa lived during the Late Triassic period, about 210 million years ago. That is during the Norian stage.1 2

?Where was Musankwa found?

Musankwa was found on the shoreline of Spurwing Island in Lake Kariba, Zimbabwe. The fossils were in the Pebbly Arkose Formation.1 2

迷思破解王

迷思： Some people think only giant long-necked dinosaurs like Brachiosaurus lived in Africa.

真相： Musankwa was a smaller relative of those giants, showing that early sauropodomorphs came in many sizes and lived across the supercontinent Pangaea.1

給恐龍專家

學名: Musankwa
命名者: Barrett et al. 20244
類群: 長脖子恐龍
科 / 演化支: Massopoda4
分類: Sauropodomorpha4
岩石的年代: 237 到 206 百萬年 (Carnian / Norian)4
岩層: Pebbly Arkose4
國家: 辛巴威4
化石紀錄: The Paleobiology Database 收錄 1 筆4
發現: Musankwa was discovered in March 2018 by paleontologist Paul Barrett on Spurwing Island, Lake Kariba, Zimbabwe. It was officially named in 2024 by Barrett and his team.1
仍有爭議: Scientists are still debating whether Musankwa was a member of the Massopoda group or more closely related to the Unaysauridae dinosaurs.1