Giraffatitan
I-Giraffatitan yayiyisilwane esikhulu esidla izitshalo esinentamo ende, esasiyohlala endaweni okuyizwe laseTanzania manje. Yayinomumo ofana nowendlulamithi, inemilenze yangaphambili emide kakhulu nekhanda eliphakeme. Le dinosaur yayikwazi ukufinyelela phezulu ezihlahleni ukuze idle amaqabunga ezinye izidinosaur ezazingakwazi ukuwafinyelela.1
Yaphila nini?
Yayinkulu kangakanani?
Yayinde kangakanani?
Yayimude kangakanani?
Yayisinda kangakanani?
inde njengezimoto ezi-6 ezimile emgqeni🍌inde njengobhanana abangu-140 belandelana🍉isinda njengamakhabe angu-9600🦒inde njengozindlulamithi ezi-3 ezime phezu kwenye🎒isinda njengamakilasi esikole aphelele ezingane ezi-60🐻❄️isinda njengamabhere ase-polar angu-110🏢inde ngokwanele ukubheka efasiteleni esitezi sika-6🏃ingagijima amamitha ayi-100 ngemizuzwana engu-40 (umuntu oshesha kakhulu udinga u-9.6)Yayinkulu kangakanani i-Giraffatitan uma uqhathaniswa NAWE?
Izibalo nje kusiphequluli sakho. Akukho okugcinwayo noma okuthunyelwa ndawo.
Yayishesha kangakanani?
Amaqiniso amnandi
I-Giraffatitan ekuqaleni yayicabangelwa ukuthi iyinhlobo yase-Afrika ye-Brachiosaurus, kodwa ososayensi manje bacabanga ukuthi iyinhlobo ehlukile ngenxa yokwehluka okuningi emathanjeni ayo.1
Igama elithi Giraffatitan lisho 'endlulamithi enkulu' ngoba intamo yayo ende nomzimba wayo othambekele kwakhumbuza ososayensi ngendlulamithi.1
Izilinganiso eziningi zosayizi zivela kuhlaka lwamathambo olungakakhuli kahle olubizwa nge-HMN SII, kodwa ithambo lomlenze elikhudlwana liphakamisa ukuthi amanye ama-Giraffatitan ayekhula abe makhulu nakakhulu, afinyelela kumamitha angu-26 ubude.1
Kwakucatshangwa ukuthi imigodi yawo yamakhala yayiphezulu ekhanda, njengesipayipi sokuphefumula, kodwa izifundo zanamuhla zibonisa ukuthi yayiseduze nethiphu lomlomo.1
I-Giraffatitan yaphila eminyakeni eyizigidi ezingu-150 kuya kwezingu-145 edlule, phakathi nenkathi ye-Late Jurassic, esimweni sezulu esifudumele nesishintshashintshayo esinamahlathi nezixhaphozi ezisogwini.1
Yayinentamo ende kakhulu eyayikwazi ukunyakaza kancane kuphela phezulu naphansi, ngakho kungenzeka ukuthi yayidla amaqabunga ezihlahla ngaphandle kokunyakazisa ikhanda layo kakhulu eceleni.1

Imibuzo ebuzwa kakhulu mayelana no-Giraffatitan
?I-Giraffatitan yayingakanani?
Cishe amamitha angu-23 ubude namamitha angu-12 ukuphakama. Abantu abadala kakhulu kungenzeka bafinyelela kumamitha angu-26 futhi banesisindo esifinyelela kumathani angu-48.12
?I-Giraffatitan yayidla ini?
Yayiyisilwane esidla izitshalo (herbivore) esadla amaqabunga ezihlahleni eziphakeme. Intamo yayo ende namazinyo afana ne-chisel ayisiza ukufinyelela nokuluma amaqabunga amanye ama-dinosaur ayengakwazi ukuwafinyelela.12
?I-Giraffatitan yaphila nini?
Yaphila phakathi nenkathi ye-Late Jurassic, eminyakeni eyizigidi ezingu-154 kuya kwezingu-142 edlule.2
?I-Giraffatitan yatholakala kuphi?
Amathambo ayo atholakala e-Tanzania, e-Afrika, endaweni ebizwa ngokuthi i-Tendaguru.12
?Ingabe i-Giraffatitan yayinkulu kune-T. rex?
Yebo, inkulu kakhulu. I-Giraffatitan yayingamamitha angu-23 ubude futhi inesisindo esifinyelela kumathani angu-48, kanti i-T. rex yayingamamitha angu-12 kuphela ubude futhi inesisindo esicishe sibe amathani angu-8.1
?Ingabe i-Giraffatitan iyi-dinosaur?
Yebo, iyi-dinosaur. Ingumndeni wama-sauropod, iqembu lama-dinosaur anezinyawo ezine, anentamo ende adla izitshalo.12
?Kungani i-Giraffatitan yayinentamo ende?
Intamo yayo ende yayisiza ukufinyelela phezulu ezihlahleni ukuze idle amaqabunga amanye ama-dinosaur ayengakwazi ukuwafinyelela. Intamo yayo yayikwazi ukunyakaza kancane kuphela phezulu naphansi, ngakho kungenzeka ukuthi yayidla amaqabunga ezihlahla ngaphandle kokunyakazisa ikhanda layo kakhulu eceleni.1
?Ingabe i-Giraffatitan yayikwazi ukubhukuda?
Cha, ososayensi manje bacabanga ukuthi yayiyisilwane esihlala ezweni. Ingcindezi yamanzi yayizokwenza kube nzima ukuphefumula uma yayingaphansi kwamanzi, futhi izinyawo zayo zazincane kakhulu ukuba zingabhukuda.1
Umchithi wezinganekwane
Inganekwane: Abanye abantu bacabanga ukuthi i-Giraffatitan yayichitha isikhathi sayo esiningi emanzini ukuze isekele umzimba wayo osindayo.
Iqiniso: Ososayensi manje bakholelwa ukuthi yayihlala emhlabathini ngokuphelele, ngoba ingcindezi yamanzi yayizokwenza ukuphefumula kube nzima futhi izinyawo zayo zazingafanele ukubhukuda.1
Ochwepheshe bama-dino
- Igama lesayensi
- Giraffatitan
- Iqanjwe ngu
- (Paul 1988)3
- Iqembu
- Ama-sauropod
- Umndeni / i-clade
- Brachiosauridae3
- Ukuhlukaniswa
- Sauropodomorpha > Sauropoda > Macronaria3
- Inkathi yamadwala
- 162 kuya ku-143 wezigidi zeminyaka (Oxfordian / Tithonian)3
- Izakhiwo zamatshe
- Tendaguru3
- Amazwe
- Tanzania3
- Izinsalela ezitholiwe
- 42 ku-Paleobiology Database3
- Ukutholakala
- I-Giraffatitan yatholakala eTanzania ngohambo lwaseJalimane olwaluholwa ngu-Werner Janensch, owayiqamba ngokuthi i-Brachiosaurus brancai ngo-1914. Kamuva yanikezwa igama layo elithi Giraffatitan ngu-Gregory S. Paul ngo-1988.1
- Kusaphikiswana ngakho
- Ososayensi basaphikisana ngokuthi i-Giraffatitan kufanele ibe uhlobo oluhlukile kune-Brachiosaurus noma ibe isihlobo esiseduze nje.1
Lapho amaqiniso evela khona
- Giraffatitan (en.wikipedia.org)
- Giraffatitan | Natural History Museum (nhm.ac.uk)
- Giraffatitan in The Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0): iminyaka, izindawo, izakhiwo zamadwala, ukuhlukaniswa.
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