Mosasaurus
Mosasaurus kwakuyisibankulu isilwane esihlala emanzini esasilawula izilwandle ekupheleni kwesikhathi sama-dinosaur. Kwakungesilo i-dinosaur kodwa kwakuyisihlobo esiseduze sezibankwa nezinyoka zanamuhla. Ngezihlathi zaso ezinamandla nomsila omude, sasiyisilwane esizingelayo esiphambili olwandle.1
Yaphila nini?
Yayinkulu kangakanani?
Yayinde kangakanani?
Yayisinda kangakanani?
inde njengezimoto ezi-4 ezimile emgqeni🍌inde njengobhanana abangu-94 belandelana
isinda njengezindlovu ezi-1.5🍉isinda njengamakhabe angu-2000🎒isinda njengamakilasi esikole aphelele ezingane ezi-12🐻❄️isinda njengamabhere ase-polar angu-22🏊ingabhukuda ubude bechibi elikhulu (50 m) ngemizuzwana engu-6.9Yayinkulu kangakanani i-Mosasaurus uma uqhathaniswa NAWE?
Izibalo nje kusiphequluli sakho. Akukho okugcinwayo noma okuthunyelwa ndawo.
Yayishesha kangakanani?
Amaqiniso amnandi
I-Mosasaurus yatholakala okokuqala ngo-1766 emayini yamatshe e-limestone eduze kwase-Maastricht, e-Netherlands, kudala ngaphambi kokuba igama elithi 'dinosaur' lisungulwe.1
Ugebhezi lokuqala lwe-Mosasaurus luthathwa yibutho lase-France ngo-1795 futhi lusaqhubeka nokuboniswa e-Paris nanamuhla.1
I-Mosasaurus yayinohlanganyelo olukhethekile esihlathini sayo esingezansi olwaluyivumela ukuba ivule umlomo wayo kakhulu, ukuze ikwazi ukugwinya inyamazane enkulu kakhulu.1
Ngokungafani nezibankwa eziningi, i-Mosasaurus yayizala amaphuphu aphilayo olwandle oluvulekile futhi yayingadingi ukuza ogwini ukuze izale amaqanda.1
Ezinye izinhlobo ze-Mosasaurus zazigazi lifudumele, okwazisiza ukuba zihlale emanzini abandayo ase-polar nasolwandle olufudumele lwe-tropical.1
Amazinyo e-Mosasaurus ayegobile futhi ebukhali, futhi ayekhula ezikhaleni ezifana nezethu, okwazisiza ukuba ilume kakhulu ngaphandle kokuzilimaza.1
I-Mosasaurus yaphila ngesikhathi se-Late Cretaceous, kusukela eminyakeni eyizigidi ezingaba 94 kuya kwengu-66 edlule, lapho ulwandle olukhulu olubizwa ngokuthi i-Western Interior Seaway lwalumboze izingxenye zase-North America.1

Imibuzo ebuzwa kakhulu mayelana no-Mosasaurus
?Ingabe i-Mosasaurus yayiyi-dinosaur?
Cha, i-Mosasaurus yayingeyona i-dinosaur. Kwakuyisilwane esikhulu esihlala emanzini nesihlobo esiseduze sezibankwa nezinyoka zanamuhla.12
?Yayinkulu kangakanani i-Mosasaurus?
Uhlobo olukhulu kunazo zonke, i-Mosasaurus hoffmanni, kungenzeka ukuthi lwalufinyelela ku-17 kuya ku-18 m (56 kuya ku-59 ft), nakuba ososayensi abaningi becabanga ukuthi 11 kuya ku-12 m (36 kuya ku-39 ft) kungenzeka kakhulu. Ezinye izinhlobo zazicishe zibe ngu-8 kuya ku-10 m (26 kuya ku-33 ft) ubude.12
?I-Mosasaurus yayidla ini?
I-Mosasaurus yayidla inyama, idla izinhlanzi, oshaka, ama-squid, izinyoni, izimfudu zasolwandle, ngisho nezinye izinhlobo ze-mosasaur. Yayikwazi ukugwinya inyamazane enkulu kakhulu ngenxa yohlanganyelo olukhethekile esihlathini sayo.132
?I-Mosasaurus yaphila nini?
I-Mosasaurus yaphila ngesikhathi se-Late Cretaceous, kusukela eminyakeni eyizigidi ezingaba 82 kuya kwengu-66 edlule, lapho yashabalala kanye nama-dinosaur.2
?Ingabe i-Mosasaurus yayikwazi ukubhukuda ngokushesha?
I-Mosasaurus yayingumubhukudi omuhle owayesebenzisa ukunyakaza komsila ohlangothini olulodwa kuya kolunye ukuze ihambe emanzini, kodwa mhlawumbe yayingakwazi ukubhukuda ngokushesha kakhulu isikhathi eside.34
?Ingabe i-Mosasaurus yayinezilwane ezizingelayo?
I-Mosasaurus endala yayingenawo amanye amasilwane ayizingelayo, kodwa amancane ayezingelwa oshaka nezinhlanzi ezinkulu. Ama-mosasaur ayelwa futhi ngezinye izikhathi adle wona ngokwawo.32
?Izinsalela ze-Mosasaurus zitholakale kuphi?
Izinsalela ze-Mosasaurus zitholakale e-North nase-South America, e-Europe, e-Africa, e-Western Asia, nase-Antarctica, okubonisa ukuthi yayihlala ezilwandle emhlabeni wonke.2
?Ingabe i-Mosasaurus yayinkulu kune-T. rex?
Yebo, i-Mosasaurus yayinde kune-T. rex. Uhlobo olukhulu lwe-Mosasaurus lwalungafinyelela ku-17 kuya ku-18 m (56 kuya ku-59 ft) ubude, kanti i-T. rex yayicishe ibe ngu-12 m (40 ft) ubude.12
?Ingabe i-Mosasaurus yayizala amaqanda?
Cha, i-Mosasaurus yayizala amaphuphu aphilayo olwandle oluvulekile. Ososayensi bathola insalela ye-mosasaur ekhulelwe enamaphuphu amahlanu ngaphakathi.13
?I-Mosasaurus yashabalala kanjani?
I-Mosasaurus yashabalala eminyakeni eyizigidi ezingaba 66 edlule, ngesikhathi esisodwa nama-dinosaur, kungenzeka ngenxa yokushayeka kwe-asteroid okwabangela ukushabalala okukhulu.2
Umchithi wezinganekwane
Inganekwane: I-Mosasaurus iyi-dinosaur.
Iqiniso: I-Mosasaurus akuyona i-dinosaur. Isilwane esihlala emanzini futhi siyilungu leqembu le-squamate, elihlanganisa izibankwa nezinyoka zanamuhla.1
Ochwepheshe bama-dino
- Igama lesayensi
- Mosasaurus
- Iqanjwe ngu
- Parkinson 18225
- Iqembu
- Ama-Mosasaurus
- Umndeni / i-clade
- Mosasauridae5
- Ukuhlukaniswa
- Mosasauroidea5
- Inkathi yamadwala
- 100 kuya ku-62 wezigidi zeminyaka (Cenomanian / Danian)5
- Izakhiwo zamatshe
- Navesink, Severn, Pierre Shale5
- Amazwe
- USA, Syria, United Kingdom, Morocco, New Zealand, Poland5
- Izinsalela ezitholiwe
- 130 ku-Paleobiology Database5
- Ukutholakala
- Izinsalela zokuqala ze-Mosasaurus zatholakala ngo-1766 eduze kwase-Maastricht, e-Netherlands. Lesi silwane saqanjwa ngokuthi i-Mosasaurus ngo-1822 ngu-James Parkinson, ngemva komfula i-Meuse. Isazi semvelo sase-France esidumile u-Georges Cuvier kamuva saqinisekisa ukuthi kwakuyisibankwa esikhulu.51
- Kusaphikiswana ngakho
- Ososayensi basaphikisana ngobukhulu obuqondile bezinhlobo ezahlukene ze-Mosasaurus, ngoba kutholakale amathambo ambalwa aphelele.1
Lapho amaqiniso evela khona
- What is a mosasaur? Facts about Mosasaurus and its relatives | Natural History Museum (nhm.ac.uk)
- Mosasaurus (Wikipedia) (Wikipedia)
- Mosasaur: Apex Predator of the Western Interior Seaway (U.S. National Park Service) (nps.gov)
- Russian Geological Research Institute (karpinskyinstitute.ru)
- Mosasaurus in The Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0): iminyaka, izindawo, izakhiwo zamadwala, ukuhlukaniswa.
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