Njengoba amaphiko anwebeka afinyelela kumamitha angu-40, i-Quetzalcoatlus iphethe isihloko sokuba isilwane esindizayo esikhulu kunazo zonke esake sahlobisa iplanethi yethu. Nakuba yabelana ngesikhathi esifanayo nama-dinosaurs anamandla, i-Quetzalcoatlus yayingelona idayinaso ngokwayo.
Cishe eminyakeni engu-2975 edlule, uFaro Siamun wabusa phezu kwe-Lower Egypt ngenkathi uBukhosi bukaZhou bubusa eChina. Phakathi naleso sikhathi, kwa-Israyeli, uSolomoni wayelindele ukulandelwa kwakhe esihlalweni sobukhosi ngemva kukaDavide. Esifundeni manje esisazi ngokuthi yiPortugal, izizwe zase zisondela esiphethweni seNkathi Yethusi. Ngokuphawulekayo, endaweni yanamuhla yase-Odemira ogwini oluseningizimu-ntshonalanga yePortugal, kwenzeke isenzakalo esingavamile nesingavamile: inani elikhulu lezinyosi zafela ngaphakathi kwemifece yazo, izici zazo eziyinkimbinkimbi ze-anatomical zilondolozwe ngendlela efanele.
Umlando woMhlaba uyinganekwane ethokozisayo yokuguquka njalo nokuziphendukela kwemvelo. Eminyakeni eyizigidigidi, iplanethi iye yaba nezinguquko ezimangalisayo, ezakheka amandla okwakheka komhlaba kanye nokuvela kokuphila. Ukuze baqonde lo mlando, ososayensi benze uhlaka olwaziwa ngokuthi isikali sesikhathi sokuma kwezwe.
Izazi ze-paleontology e-University of Queensland, e-Australia, ziye zathola lokho okubonakala kuyinto eseduze kakhulu nodrako ophilayo ngempela futhi muhle ngendlela ezwakala ngayo.
Izinhlobo ezisanda kutholwa, i-Prosaurosphargis yingzishanensis, zakhula zaba ngamafidi angu-5 ubude futhi zazimbozwe amazenga amathambo okuthiwa ama-osteoderms.
Lezi zici ezinhlanu zokuqothulwa, ezaziwa nangokuthi "i-Big Five," ziye zashintsha inkambo yokuziphendukela kwemvelo futhi zashintsha ngokuphawulekayo ukuhlukahluka kwempilo eMhlabeni. Kodwa yiziphi izizathu ezibangela lezi zenzakalo eziyinhlekelele?
Ubuso bedwala obunezitezi ezingu-20 e-Alaska olwaziwa ngokuthi "I-Coliseum" lumbozwe izendlalelo zezinyathelo zebanga lama-dinosaurs, okuhlanganisa ne-tyrannosaur.
Lesi silwane esizingelayo sasendulo, ososayensi abasiqambe ngokuthi i-Venetorapter gassenae, naso sasinoqhwaku olukhulu futhi ngokunokwenzeka lwalusebenzisa izinzipho zalo ukukhuphuka ezihlahleni nokucosha inyamazane.
Ucwaningo lwakamuva luthole ukuthi izinsalela eziningi ze-Posidonia shale yaseJalimane azikutholi ukukhanya kwazo ku-pyrite, ngokuvamile eyaziwa ngokuthi igolide le- fool, okwakucatshangwa isikhathi eside ukuthi liwumthombo wokukhanya. Kunalokho, umbala osagolide usuka enhlanganisweni yamaminerali ebonisa izimo lapho izinsalela ezakheka khona.
Ukutholwa kwamuva nje kwensalela yaseShayina kubonisa ukuthi iqembu lezilwane ezihuquzelayo lalinohlelo lokuphakela okomkhomo eminyakeni eyizigidi ezingu-250 edlule.
