Kaikaifilu
I-Kaikaifilu kwakuyisibankwa esikhulu sasolwandle esasiyabhukuda olwandle olubandayo eduze kwase-Antarctica eminyakeni eyizigidi ezingama-66 edlule. Kwakungesinye sezibankwa zasolwandle ezinkulu kakhulu (mosasaurs) eNingizimu Nenkabazwe, sinokhakhayi olude njengengane ende!1
Yaphila nini?
Yayinkulu kangakanani?
Yayinde kangakanani?
inde njengezimoto ezi-2 ezimile emgqeni🍌inde njengobhanana abangu-56 belandelana🏊ingabhukuda ubude bechibi elikhulu (50 m) ngemizuzwana engu-5.5Yayinkulu kangakanani i-Kaikaifilu uma uqhathaniswa NAWE?
Izibalo nje kusiphequluli sakho. Akukho okugcinwayo noma okuthunyelwa ndawo.
Yayishesha kangakanani?
Amaqiniso amnandi
I-Kaikaifilu yayinezinhlobo ezahlukene zamazinyo emlonyeni wayo, okuyinto engajwayelekile ezibankweni zasolwandle (mosasaurs). Lokhu kubizwa ngokuthi i-heterodont dentition.1
Ukhakhayi lwayo lwalungamamitha ayi-1.1 kuya kwayi-1.2 ubude, lude cishe kabili kunokhakhayi lwenye isibankwa sasolwandle sase-Antarctica esibizwa nge-Taniwhasaurus antarcticus.1
I-Kaikaifilu yayihlala emanzini ayebanda kakhulu afika ku-6 °C, futhi kwesinye isikhathi izinga lokushisa kwamanzi olwandle lwalewela ngaphansi kwezinga eliqandisayo.1
Yayiphila ekupheleni kwesikhathi sokubusa kwama-dinosaur, ngesikhathi sokuphela kwezinhlobo zezilwane (Cretaceous-Paleogene extinction event), futhi yayingenye yezibankwa zasolwandle zokugcina ukuba khona.1
Ofezela owaziwayo kuphela we-Kaikaifilu uyingxenye yokhakhayi nethambo lengalo engenhla (humerus), owatholakala ngo-2011 yiqembu labacwaningi base-Chile.2
Ososayensi bacabanga ukuthi i-Kaikaifilu kungenzeka ingena eqenjini lama-Tylosaurinae, kodwa ezinye izici zenza lokhu kungaqiniseki.1

Imibuzo ebuzwa kakhulu mayelana no-Kaikaifilu
?Yayinkulu kangakanani i-Kaikaifilu?
Cishe imitha eyi-10 ubude, okuyenza ibe isibankwa sasolwandle esikhulu kunazo zonke ezaziwayo eNingizimu Nenkabazwe.13
?I-Kaikaifilu yayidla ini?
Yayiyisilwane esizingelayo esidla izinhlanzi, ama-plesiosaur, ezinye izibankwa zasolwandle, nezilwane zasolwandle ezidla ngokuhlunga ukudla.13
?I-Kaikaifilu yayiphila nini?
Yayiphila eminyakeni eyizigidi ezingama-66 edlule, ekupheleni kwesikhathi sokubusa kwama-dinosaur, ngesikhathi sokuphela kwezinhlobo zezilwane (Cretaceous-Paleogene extinction event).13
?I-Kaikaifilu yatholakala kuphi?
Ofezela wayo watholakala e-Seymour Island e-Antarctica, yiqembu labacwaningi base-Chile ngo-2011.1
?Ingabe i-Kaikaifilu iyi-dinosaur?
Cha, iyisibankwa sasolwandle (mosasaur), okuyisibankwa esikhulu sasolwandle, hhayi i-dinosaur.13
?Kungani i-Kaikaifilu yayinezinhlobo ezahlukene zamazinyo?
Yayinezinhlobo ezahlukene zamazinyo (i-heterodont dentition), okuyinto engajwayelekile ezibankweni zasolwandle futhi eyayisiza ukuba idle inyamazane ehlukahlukene.1

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Ochwepheshe bama-dino
- Igama lesayensi
- Kaikaifilu
- Iqanjwe ngu
- Otero et al. 20174
- Iqembu
- Ama-Mosasaurus
- Umndeni / i-clade
- Mosasauridae4
- Ukuhlukaniswa
- Mosasauroidea4
- Inkathi yamadwala
- 72 kuya ku-66 wezigidi zeminyaka (Maastrichtian)4
- Izakhiwo zamatshe
- Lopez de Bertodano4
- Amazwe
- I-Antarctica4
- Izinsalela ezitholiwe
- 1 ku-Paleobiology Database4
- Ukutholakala
- I-Kaikaifilu yaqanjwa ngo-2017 ngu-Rodrigo Otero nozakwabo, ngokusekelwe kofezela (fossil) owatholakala ngoJanuwari 2011 e-Seymour Island, e-Antarctica, yiqembu labacwaningi base-Chile.42
- Kusaphikiswana ngakho
- Ososayensi abaqinisekile ukuthi i-Kaikaifilu ingena ngempela yini eqenjini lama-Tylosaurinae, ngoba ezinye zezici zayo zehlukile kwezinye izibankwa zalelo qembu.1
Lapho amaqiniso evela khona
- Kaikaifilu (en.wikipedia.org)
- Kaikaifilu hervei gen. et sp. nov., a new large mosasaur (Squamata, Mosasauridae) from the upper Maastrichtian of Antarctica (sciencedirect.com)
- A giant predatory lizard swam in Antarctic seas near the end of the dinosaur age | ScienceDaily (sciencedaily.com)
- Kaikaifilu in The Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0): iminyaka, izindawo, izakhiwo zamadwala, ukuhlukaniswa.
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