6 I-Dinosaurs ifunyenwe eNew Mexico

I-Dinosaurs ihamba ngeNew Mexico ngexesha le-Paleozoic, i-Mesozoic ne-Cenozoic eras, ishiya i-rekodi yezinto ezidityanisiweyo ezithetha ibali elingaphezu kwezigidi eziyi-500 leminyaka. Nangona kukho ii-dinosaurs ezininzi eziye zanyuka zikarhulumente, ezininzi zimelele njengemifanekiso ekhethekileyo.

Indawo enkulu yokufunda malunga needinosaurs eNew Mexico i- New Mexico Museum yaseMbali yeMveli kunye neSayensi.

• 01 ngo-06

  I-Alamosaurus: I-Dinosaur enkulu kunazo zonke yaseMerika

  Inkulu yedinosaur eNyakatho Melika yafunyanwa eNew Mexico ngo-2004. I-Alamosaurus yayihlala kwisixeko saseNew Mexico malunga neminyaka eyi-69 yezigidi edlulileyo. Le dinosaur enkulu yayimalunga nobukhulu be-Titanosaurus sauropods ezivela eMzantsi Melika, ezilinganise kwiitoni ezili-100 kwaye ziba zide ezingama-60 ukusuka kwintloko ukuya emsila.

  Amathambo afunyanwe ayengumlenze omkhulu we-vertebrae entanyeni, eyayikhulu kunamaphi amathambo e-Alamosurus atholakala kwenye indawo eMntla Melika. Iingcali zenzululwazi ziye zacaca ukuba i-dinosaur enkulu yafudukela eMzantsi Melika, nangona ingaba ingazi ukuba kutheni iyenzile.

• 02 we-06

  Coelophysis: I-State Fossil

  I-Coelophysis yayinguDinosaur encinane ehamba ngeNew Mexico malunga neminyaka eyi-220 yezigidi edlulileyo. Kwafunyanwa ngo-1947 kwi- Ghost Ranch . I-quarry e-Ghost Ranch kufuphi ne-Abiquiu, iNew Mexico ihlinzekele amawaka eengxowankulu zale nkunkuma encinane yedinosaur.

  I-Coelophysis yayincinci kwi-dinosaur, isilinganisa malunga neenyawo ezili-10 ubude, kwaye malunga ne-33 ukuya kuma-44 lbs. ubunzima. NjengoT. Rex, wayenobhongo kunye nomdla. Wayengumgijimi onokukhawuleza nosizi. Ixesha le-Triassic i-dinosaur yi-fossil yaseburhulumenteni yaseNew Mexico.

• 03 we-06

  I-Parasaurolophus: Isandi esiqhawulayo

  I-Parasaurolophus yayiyi-dinosaur eneziqhumane kunye nedada. Isithambo esityebileyo ngasemva kwekhanda laso savelisa isandi esibuhlungu esicinga ukuba oososayensi babesetyenziselwa ukunxibelelana, kunye ne-thermoregulation. Kwakhona kusenokwenzeka ukuba isetyenziswe njengomboniso wokubonakalisa iintlobo kunye nesondo. I-Parasaurolophus yayingu-bipedal herbivore eyayiphila kwiindawo eziphantsi kwamanqatha. Nangona okokuqala kwafunyanwa e-Alberta, eCanada, izinto ezenziwe eNew Mexico zanceda izazinzulu zifumanisa iintlobo ezimbini ezongezelelweyo zale dinosaur engavamile.

• 04 we-06

  I-Tyrannosaur: Isilwanyana seBiti

  Ngo-1997, umvolontiya kwiNew Museum yaseMexico yeMbali yeNdalo kunye neNzululwazi wathola isayithi ye-fossil ngelixa ehlola indawo ye-Bisti / De-na-zin enyakatho-ntshona yeNew Mexico. I-fossil yayiyi-skeleton ye-tyrannosaur, ilungu le-dinosaurs yokutya inyama equka iTrannosaurus Rex edumile. Emva kokuphanda kunye nokuhlalutya, kwafumanisa ukuba i-dinosaur yayihlobo olutsha kunye neentsholongwane ezanceda ukucacisa imbali yokuziphendulela ye-tyrannosaurs.

  I-tyrannosaur entsha ibizwa ngegama elithi Bistahieversor sealeyi, elidibanisa amagama aseGrike namaNavajo athetha "i-Sealey's Destroyer ye-Badlands." I-dinosaur yayihlala malunga neminyaka eyi-74 yezigidi edlulileyo, kwaye njengokuba abaninzi be-tyrannosaurs bahlala ubomi obufutshane kunye nobundlobongela.

• 05 ka 06

  Ankylosaurus: Iindidi ezintsha zeDinosaur

  I-Bisti Wilderness e-San Juan Basin ngasezantsi kweFasington ibukeka njengentlango ephuma kwifilimu yecawa yemveli, kodwa yinyani. Yilungiselelo eliqhelekileyo lokufumanisa i-Ankylosaur, i-dinosaur ekhangele into efana ne-alligator yezixhobo. I-dinosaur yafunyanwa ngowama-2011 ngu-Robert Sullivan we-paleontologist. Ukufunyanwa kwakhe kwekhanga nentamo ye-dinosaur kuye kwaba yinto engavumelekanga. Nangona ama-Ankylosaurs azulazula umhlaba iminyaka eyi-73 yezigidi edlulileyo ngexesha leCretaceous, le dinosaur yayiyizilwanyana ezintsha, ezithiwa yiZia Pelta. I-fossil yayigcinwe kakuhle kwaye ilahleka kakhulu encinane yecayi.

• 06 we-06

  I-Pentaceratops: Iintsana zeBantwana

  Intsana yokuqala iPentaceratops iguqa efunyenwe ifunyenwe eNew Mexico. I-fossil eneminyaka engama-70 yezigidi ifunyenwe kwi-Bisti Wilderness ngo-2011 kwaye yayigxininiswe ngokugqithisa kwaye yabuyiselwa kwiNew Museum yaseMexico yeMbali yeNdalo kunye neSayensi. Isisele se-baby dinosaur sinokuhlamba kwi-streambed, njengoko amanye amathambo ayo ahluke.

  I-Pentaceratops yayiyi-herbivore, kwaye enye yezona dinosaurs ezinkulu ezinamaxesha awake waphila. Zingaba zide ezingama-27 kwaye zikwazi ukulinganisela ngaphezu kweetoni ezi-5. Ukufunyanwa kwe-dinosaur encinci kuya kunika izazinzulu ukuba zijonge kwiinqanaba zokuqala zokuphila zePentaceratops.