Duniyar ilimin burbushin halittu koyaushe tana cike da abubuwan mamaki, kuma ba kowace rana ba ne ake gano sabon nau'in dinosaur. A ranar 6 ga Fabrairu, 2023, masu bincike sun sanar da cewa sun gano wani sabon nau'in dinosaur wanda ke da alaƙa da Tyrannosaurus rex.
Thanatotherites degrootorum, wanda ke fassara zuwa “Mai girbin Mutuwa” a Hellenanci, an kiyasta shi ne mafi tsufa a cikin dangin T-Rex da aka gano a Arewacin Amirka zuwa yanzu. Da ya kai tsayin kusan mita takwas (ƙafa 26) a matakin girma.
"Mun zaɓi sunan da ya ƙunshi abin da wannan azzalumi ya kasance a matsayin kawai sanannen babban mafarauci na lokacinsa a Kanada, mai girbin mutuwa," in ji Darla Zelenitsky, mataimakiyar farfesa na Dinosaur Palaeobiology a Jami'ar Calgary ta Kanada. "Lakabin ya zama Thanatos," kamar yadda ta shaida wa AFP.
Ganin cewa T-Rex - wanda ya fi shahara a cikin dukkanin nau'in dinosaur, wanda ba a mutu ba a cikin Jurassic Park na Steven Spielberg na 1993 - ya kama ganima a kusan shekaru miliyan 66 da suka wuce, Thanatos ya koma aƙalla shekaru miliyan 79, in ji ƙungiyar. Jared Voris, dalibin PhD a Calgary ne ya gano wannan samfurin; kuma shine sabon nau'in tyrannosaur na farko da aka samu a cikin shekaru 50 a Kanada.
"Akwai 'yan kaɗan na nau'in tyrannosaurids, in mun gwada da magana," in ji Zelenitsky, marubucin binciken da ya fito a cikin mujallar Cretaceous Research. "Saboda yanayin sarkar abinci, waɗannan manyan mafarauta ba su da yawa idan aka kwatanta da ciyawa ko dinosaurs masu cin ganyayyaki."
Binciken ya gano cewa Thanatos yana da dogon hanci mai zurfi, mai kama da mafi girman azzaluman azzaluman da ke zaune a kudancin Amurka. Masu binciken sun ba da shawarar cewa bambanci a cikin sifofin kwanyar tyrannosaur tsakanin yankuna na iya zama ƙasa da bambance-bambancen abinci, kuma ya dogara da ganima da ake samu a lokacin.
Gano sabon nau'in dinosaur lokaci ne mai ban sha'awa ga duk mai sha'awar ilimin burbushin halittu. Mai girbi na Mutuwa, sabon dan uwan da aka gano na Tyrannosaurus rex, ƙari ne mai ban sha'awa ga bishiyar dangin dinosaur.
Gabatar da sabon nau'in tyrannosaur na farko da aka gano a Kanada cikin shekaru 50. Haɗu da Thanatotheristes degrootorum, 'mai girbin mutuwa'! Karanta komai game da shi a kan shafinmu: https://t.co/hIQZkxdACk #Thanatotherists #Mai Girman Mutuwa #Bincike na RTM pic.twitter.com/WYNmsMuUFY
- Gidan kayan tarihi na Royal Tyrrell na Palaeontology (@RoyalTyrrell) Fabrairu 10, 2020
Muna fatan kun ji daɗin koyo game da wannan abin ban mamaki da kuma yadda ya dace da babban hoton juyin halittar dinosaur. A sa ido don ƙarin sabuntawa da bincike kan wannan halitta mai ban sha'awa, kuma wa ya san abin da wasu abubuwan mamaki da duniyar ilmin burbushin halittu za ta iya tanadar mana a nan gaba!
