Izwe le-paleontology lihlale ligcwele izimanga, futhi akuzona zonke izinsuku lapho kutholakala khona uhlobo olusha lwe-dinosaur. Ngomhla ziyisi-6 kuFebhruwari, 2023, abacwaningi bamemezela ukuthi bathole uhlobo olusha lwe-dinosaur oluhlobene eduze ne-Tyrannosaurus rex.
Thanatotherapists degrootorum, okuhunyushwa ngokuthi "Umvuni Wokufa" ngesiGreki, kulinganiselwa ukuthi ilungu elidala kunawo wonke lomndeni wakwa-T-Rex otholwe enyakatho yeNyakatho Melika kuze kube manje. Ibingafinyelela ubude obungamamitha ayisishiyagalombili (26 feet) esigabeni sayo sabantu abadala.
“Sakhetha igama elihlanganisa lokho lo tyrannosaur ayeyikho njengokuphela kwesilwane esikhulu esaziwayo ngesikhathi saso eCanada, umvuni wokufa,” kusho uDarla Zelenitsky, isekela likaprofesa we-Dinosaur Palaeobiology e-University of Calgary yaseCanada. "Igama lesiteketiso selibizwa ngeThanatos," etshela abe-AFP.
Nakuba u-T-Rex - odume kakhulu kuzo zonke izinhlobo zama-dinosaur, owafa e-Jurassic Park ka-Steven Spielberg ka-1993 - wacupha inyamazane yakhe eminyakeni eyizigidi ezingu-66 edlule, i-Thanatos yaqala emuva okungenani eminyakeni eyizigidi ezingu-79, kusho ithimba. Isifanekiso satholwa nguJared Voris, umfundi we-PhD eCalgary; futhi iwuhlobo lokuqala olusha lwe-tyrannosaur olutholakala eminyakeni engama-50 eCanada.
"Kunezinhlobo ezimbalwa kakhulu zama-tyrannosaurids, uma kuqhathaniswa," kusho uZelenitsky, umbhali ngokubambisana wocwaningo olwavela kumagazini i-Cretaceous Research. “Ngenxa yesimo sochungechunge lokudla lezi zilwane ezinkulu ezidla ezinye zazingavamile uma ziqhathaniswa namadinosaur adla uhlaza noma adla izitshalo.”
Ucwaningo luthole ukuthi i-Thanatos yayinekhala elide, elijulile, elifana nama-tyrannosaurs akudala ayehlala eningizimu ye-United States. Abacwaningi baphakamise ukuthi umehluko ekubunjweni kogebhezi lwe-tyrannosaur phakathi kwezifunda kungenzeka ukuthi wehlile ekuhlukeni kokudla, futhi kuncike esilwaneni esitholakala ngaleso sikhathi.
Ukutholwa kohlobo olusha lwe-dinosaur isikhathi esijabulisayo kunoma ubani onentshisekelo ku-paleontology. Umvuni Wokufa, umzala osanda kutholwa we-Tyrannosaurus rex, iyisengezo esithakazelisayo esihlahleni somndeni wama-dinosaurs.
Sethula uhlobo olusha lokuqala lwe-tyrannosaur olutholwe eCanada eminyakeni engama-50. Hlangana ne-Thanatotheristes degrootorum, 'umvuni wokufa'! Funda konke ngakho kubhulogi yethu: https://t.co/hIQZkxdACk #Thanatotheristes #UmvuniWokufa #RTMPResearch pic.twitter.com/WYNmsMuUFY
- I-Royal Tyrrell Museum of Palaeontology (@RoyalTyrrell) February 10, 2020
Sithemba ukuthi ukujabulele ukufunda ngalokhu kutholakala okumangalisayo nokuthi ungena kanjani esithombeni esikhulu sokuvela kwama-dinosaur. Hlala ubhekile ukuze uthole ukwaziswa okwengeziwe kanye nocwaningo ngalesi sidalwa esithakazelisayo, futhi ubani owaziyo ukuthi yiziphi ezinye izinto ezimangazayo umhlaba we-paleontology okungenzeka usibekele zona esikhathini esizayo!
