Nā kapuaʻi wāwae ma ka pā: Ua piʻi maoli anei nā dinosaur i nā pali ma Bolivia?

Hōʻike kekahi kiʻi pōhaku kahiko i ka haʻalele ʻana o ko mākou mau kūpuna i nā kiʻi lima, e hōʻailona mau ana i ko lākou ola ʻana. ʻO nā kiʻi haʻalulu i ʻike ʻia ma ka maka pōhaku ma Bolivia he mau hōʻailona i manaʻo ʻole ʻia i hana ʻia e nā mea pena naive.

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Nā kapuaʻi wāwae dinosaur ma ka Parque Cretacico, Sucre, Bolivia. © Kiʻi Kiʻi: Marktucan | Laikini mai Dreamstime.Com (Hoʻoponopono / Hoʻohana Kūʻai Kiʻi Photo)

I kekahi manawa, loaʻa i kahi hanana laki o nā hanana i kahi hanana paʻakikī ma ka Honua. ʻO kekahi o kēia mau laʻana, ʻo ia ka nui o nā ala dinosaur i ʻike ʻia e hoʻonani ana i ka mea i ʻike ʻia he pā kokoke i ke kū pololei.

He wāwae wāwae ma ka paia

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Aia nā ala Dino ma nā wahi a pau e like me ka pā i kēia manawa, akā ma mua he wahi moe limestone o kahi loko liʻiliʻi. Ua waiho ka lua pele kokoke i ka lehu e kōkua i ka mālama ʻana i kēia mau kapuaʻi. © Kiʻi Kiʻi: flickr/Éamonn Lawlor

He kahua ʻo Cal Orcko ma ke keʻena ʻo Chuquisaca ma ka hema-waena o Bolivia, kokoke i Sucre, ke kapikala kumukānāwai o ka ʻāina. ʻO ka pūnaewele kahi home o ka Parque Cretácico (ʻo ia hoʻi “Paka Cretaceous”), ka mea kaulana no ka loaʻa ʻana o ka pae kiʻekiʻe o ka honua o nā kapuaʻi dinosaur ma ka paia.

He mea leʻaleʻa ka ʻimi ʻana i kahi wāwae dinosaur hoʻokahi miliona mau makahiki, akā he mea kupanaha ka loaʻa ʻana o 1000s ma kahi wahi. Ua ʻike ʻia e ka poʻe archeologists he “papa hula dinosaur,” me nā ʻāpana o nā kapuaʻi e hana ana i ke ʻano o nā ala ala.

Ua hiki i nā Paleontologists ke ʻike i kekahi o nā ʻano dinosaur i noho mua ma ka ʻāina, ka hānai ʻana, ka hakakā ʻana, a me ka holo ʻana i kahi hoʻokūkū makehewa no ke ola ʻana ma muli o kēia mau paʻi.

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Ua hele nā ​​dinosaur i nā ala i nā makahiki. © Kiʻi Kiʻi: flickr/Carsten Drosse

Hoʻopilikia i nā dinosaurs

ʻO Cal Orcko ʻo ia ka "puʻu lime" ma ka ʻōlelo Quechua maoli a pili i ke ʻano o ka pōhaku i loaʻa ma ia wahi, ʻo ia ka limestone. Aia kēia wahi ma ka waiwai o FANCESA, ka hui sima aupuni o Bolivia.

Ua ʻeli ʻia kēia ʻoihana sima i ka limestone no nā makahiki he nui, a ʻo kāna poʻe limahana i loaʻa nā kapuaʻi dinosaur mua i ka makahiki 1985 ma Cal Orcko. Eia naʻe, ʻaʻole i hiki i ʻeiwa mau makahiki ma hope, i ka makahiki 1994, ua hōʻike ʻia ka pā nui o ka dinosaur track ma ka hana ʻana.

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Nā kapuaʻi wāwae Dinosaur (titanosaurs). © Kiʻi Kiʻi: Wikimedia maoli

ʻOiai ua hoʻomaka ka poʻe paleontologists e ʻimi i nā ala dinosaur, ʻo ka ʻike ʻana i ke kaiapuni a me nā hana mining ka mea i hoʻopau ai ka pā. ʻO ka hopena, ua ālai ʻia ka wahi no ʻewalu mau makahiki i hiki ke hana i mea e mālama ai i kēia pā waiwai. ʻO ka hopena, ma 2006, ua wehe ʻia ka Parque Cretácico i nā mākaʻikaʻi.

He pā dinosaur kaulana

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ʻO nā mele Dinosaur a me kahi ʻāpana pilikia o ka pā. © Loaʻa kiʻi: Public Domain

ʻO ka pā o ka dinosaur track, ma kahi o 80 m ke kiʻekiʻe a me 1200 m ka lōʻihi, ʻaʻole kānalua ka mea hoʻokipa nui o ka paka. He 5055 mau kapuaʻi dinosaur i ʻike ʻia ma kēia wahi. ʻO ka hopena, ua ʻōlelo ʻia ʻo ia ka hale o ka hōʻiliʻili nui loa o ka honua o nā kapuaʻi dinosaur.

Ua ʻike ka poʻe Paleontologists e noiʻi ana i ka pā ua hoʻokaʻawale ʻia nā kapuaʻi wāwae i 462 mau ala hoʻokahi, e ʻae iā lākou e ʻike a hiki i 15 mau ʻano dinosaur. ʻO kēia nā ankylosaurs, Tyrannosaurus rex, ceratops, a me nā titanosaurs, nā mea a pau i ola i ka wā Cretaceous, no laila ka inoa o ka paka.

Pehea i waiho ʻia ai nā ala?

Ua manaʻo ʻia ʻo ka ʻāina ʻo Sucre kahi ʻāpana moana nui, a ʻo Cal Orcko kekahi ʻāpana o kona kahakai. I ka wā Cretaceous, hele nā ​​dinosaurs ma kēia kahakai, e waiho ana i ko lākou mau kiʻi i loko o ka pālolo palupalu, i mālama ʻia i ka wā i paʻa ai ka pālolo i ka wā maloʻo.

E uhi ʻia ka papa o ka sediment mua e kahi papa hou o ka sediment, a e hoʻomaka hou ke kaʻina hana. ʻO ka hopena, i ka manawa holoʻokoʻa, ua hana ʻia nā ʻāpana he nui o nā mele dinosaur. Ua hōʻike ʻia kēia i ka makahiki 2010 i ka wā i hāʻule ai kekahi hapa o ka pā. ʻOiai ua hoʻopōʻino kēia i kekahi o nā alahele, ua hōʻike pū ʻia kekahi papa o nā kapuaʻi ma lalo.

Hoʻokumu ʻia o ka pā

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Ua hele nā ​​dinosaur i nā ala i nā makahiki. © Kiʻi Kiʻi: Wikimedia maoli

Ma muli o ka noho ʻana o nā ʻano wai maʻemaʻe i ka ʻikepili mōʻalihaʻi, ua manaʻo ʻia ua lilo ka puka moana i loko wai kaʻawale.

Eia kekahi, ma muli o ka neʻe ʻana o ka pā tectonic i ka wā Tertiary, ua hoʻokiʻekiʻe ʻia ke ala a nā dinosaur i hele mua ai, a lilo i pā kokoke i ke kū pololei.

ʻO kēia ka hopena i ke ʻano o nā ala dinosaur e piʻi i ka pā i kēia lā. Ma mua, hiki i ka lehulehu ke kiʻi i ka pā pali, akā i nā makahiki i hala iho nei, hiki i nā malihini ke ʻike wale iā ia mai kahi kahua nānā i loko o ka paka.

Ua hana ʻia kahi ala hele wāwae hou e hiki ai i nā malihini ke komo i loko o kekahi mau mika o ka pā, e hāʻawi iā lākou i kahi kokoke loa i nā kapuaʻi dinosaur.

He lā hopeʻole

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ʻO ka pā o ka dinosaur ma ka Cretaceous Park o Bolivia. © Kiʻi Kiʻi: Wikimedia maoli

ʻO kekahi o nā mea hopohopo nui e pili ana i ka pā dinosaur he pali pōhaku ia. ʻO nā ʻāpana pōhaku e hoʻokaʻawale a hāʻule i kekahi manawa mai ka pali e manaʻo ʻia he hoʻoweliweli palekana.

ʻO ka mea hopohopo, ua manaʻo ʻia inā ʻaʻole i mālama pono ʻia nā alahao, e luku loa ʻia lākou e ka ʻeli ʻana i ka makahiki 2020. ʻO ka hopena, ke hoʻāʻo nei ka paka e koho ʻia he UNESCO World Heritage Site, e hāʻawi kālā iā ia e hoʻokō. nā hana mālama.