Dziko la paleontology nthawi zonse limakhala lodzaza ndi zodabwitsa, ndipo si tsiku ndi tsiku kumene mtundu watsopano wa dinosaur umapezeka. Pa February 6, 2023, ofufuza adalengeza kuti apeza mtundu watsopano wa dinosaur womwe umagwirizana kwambiri ndi Tyrannosaurus rex.
Thanatotheristes degrootorum, lomwe limamasuliridwa kuti "Wokolola Imfa" m'Chigiriki, akuyerekezedwa kukhala membala wakale kwambiri wa banja la T-Rex lomwe lapezeka kumpoto kwa North America mpaka pano. Ikadafika kutalika pafupifupi mamita asanu ndi atatu (26 mapazi) mu siteji yake yayikulu.
Darla Zelenitsky, wothandizira pulofesa wa Dinosaur Palaeobiology pa yunivesite ya Calgary ku Canada anati: “Tinasankha dzina limene limasonyeza kuti nkhanza imeneyi inali nyama yokhayo imene inali yodziwika kwambiri panthaŵiyo ku Canada, yokolola imfa. "Dzina lodziwika lakhala Thanatos," adauza AFP.
Pomwe T-Rex - wodziwika kwambiri mwa mitundu yonse ya ma dinosaur, omwe sanafe mu Jurassic Park ya Steven Spielberg mu 1993 - adasaka nyama yake pafupifupi zaka 66 miliyoni zapitazo, Thanatos idayamba zaka zosachepera 79 miliyoni, gululo lidatero. Chitsanzocho chinapezedwa ndi Jared Voris, wophunzira wa PhD ku Calgary; ndipo ndi mtundu woyamba watsopano wa tyrannosaur womwe umapezeka m'zaka 50 ku Canada.
"Pali mitundu yochepa kwambiri ya tyrannosaurids, kunena pang'ono," adatero Zelenitsky, wolemba nawo kafukufuku yemwe adatuluka m'magazini ya Cretaceous Research. "Chifukwa cha kuchuluka kwa chakudya, nyama zazikuluzikuluzi zinali zosowa poziyerekeza ndi ma dinosaur odya udzu kapena zomera."
Kafukufukuyu adapeza kuti Thanatos anali ndi mphuno yayitali, yozama, yofanana ndi ma tyrannosaurs akale omwe amakhala kum'mwera kwa United States. Ofufuzawo adanenanso kuti kusiyana kwa mawonekedwe a chigaza cha tyrannosaur pakati pa madera atha kukhala chifukwa chakusiyana kwa zakudya, komanso kutengera nyama zomwe zidapezeka panthawiyo.
Kupezeka kwa mtundu watsopano wa dinosaur ndi nthawi yosangalatsa kwa aliyense amene ali ndi chidwi ndi paleontology. The Reaper of Death, msuweni wongopezedwa kumene wa Tyrannosaurus rex, ndiwowonjezeranso mochititsa chidwi ku banja la ma dinosaur.
Kuyambitsa mitundu yatsopano ya tyrannosaur yomwe idapezeka ku Canada m'zaka 50. Kumanani ndi Thanatotheristes degrootorum, 'wokolola imfa'! Werengani zonse za izi pa blog yathu: https://t.co/hIQZkxdACk #Thanatotheristes #OkololaImfa #RTMPResearch pic.twitter.com/WYNmsMuUFY
- Royal Tyrrell Museum of Palaeontology (@RoyalTyrrell) February 10, 2020
Tikukhulupirira kuti mwasangalala kuphunzira za zinthu zodabwitsa zomwe zapezedwazi komanso momwe zikulumikizirana ndi chithunzi chachikulu cha kusinthika kwa dinosaur. Yang'anirani zosintha ndi kafukufuku wokhudza cholengedwa chochititsa chidwichi, ndipo ndani akudziwa zodabwitsa zina zomwe dziko la paleontology lingatisungire m'tsogolomu!
