Kwizikolo New Mexico ngengozi wafumanisa iintsalela million 1.2 iminyaka

Zisendaweni kwintlango eyomileyo e New Mexico, umfundi wesikolo samabanga aphakamileyo oneminyaka eli-10 ubudala bakhubeka bawa. Onokufika kuye ngobuhle, wabhaqa amatye yamandulo, kwiminyaka apho, njengoko kwaba kamva, izigidi ezi-1,2 ubudala. La mathambo fanele ku Azityi omkhulu owaziwa ngokuba stegomastodon. Ezi zilwanyana saphela malunga 28,000 eyadlulayo.

Wazifumana njani iifosili

"Ndabaleka babetheka yinxalenye amazinyo, - uthi Dzhud Ibangela oneminyaka eli-10 ubudala, ngelo xesha entlango kunye nosapho lwakhe aze adlale kunye nomzalwana wakhe. - Xa wawa mna, ubuso bam wayesondele emhlathini asezantsi iifosili. Emva koko ndabona enye enkulu. "

Okokuqala, uYuda wayecinga ukuba usahleli, wafumana, na inkomo, nangona ngokukhawuleza kwacaca ukuba le ngqikelelo kude inyaniso. Usapho waguquka Professor Peter Howden ukusuka University of New Mexico. Wakwazi ukubuyisa yonke i ukakayi. Ngenxa engaphezulu yokwemba, ezinye iifosili efihliweyo ngaphantsi komhlaba zifunyenweyo.

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Kwadlula iinyanga ukufumana imvume ngenxa kumbiwa sokugqibela yonke le ngxelo yefosili, kodwa ke, le nkqubo kwakubonakala kunzima ebixhamla ubuncwane kunene. Ngokutsho izazinzulu, yaba lukakayi wesilwanyana extinct ubunzima malunga ton, kodwa ngaxeshanye, ukufunyanwa ulula kakhulu kwaye kwezinye iindawo ifana iqanda iqokobhe. Xa oosonzululwazi baqala yokuhlambulula ukakayi evela neetyuwa, amathambo akhe waqala iba ibe ngamaqhekeza amancinci. Kwakuyimfuneko ukuze kunqandwe ukutshatyalaliswa ezi isidumbu ezixabisekileyo, ngoko ke ngexesha yokwemba, baye komelezwa into imichiza.

Nangona ungazange ithuba kakhulu ngokufumana iintsalela stegomastodon e New Mexico, enyanisweni, oku akunjalo lokuqala ezinjalo. Ngo-2014, abathathi-nxaxheba bachelor party ngengozi wafumana eziphili phantse epheleleyo isilwanyana, nto leyo ekugqibeleni oluqokelelwe Museum of Natural History of New Mexico. Kunjalo, kulo lonke ihlabathi, oko kwafunyanwa babengamakhulu nje ambalwa matye stegomastodon, yaye izazinzulu andazi kutheni zinqabile kakhulu.

Into esiyaziyo stegomastodon

Stegomastodon ilungu kwiqela eyaziwa ngokuba gomphothere. Ezi zilwanyana yinqaba babengabazala ezikude edume kakhulu mammoths kunye elephant mihla. Kukholelwa ukuba stegomastodon leyo kakhulu engaqhelekanga, intsapho yakhe, kuba abaninzi umbala gomphothere imiboko ezine, kodwa ngakumbi ngathi iindlovu mihla, kunye ababini kuphela.

"Abantu abaninzi andiyiboni umahluko omkhulu phakathi stegomastodon kunye elephant mihla - Howden wathi. - Olu hlobo gomphothere yaba kakhulu kuloo mmandla. Noko ke, loo nto kuseyinto ezinqabileyo kakhulu. Le yaba lukakayi epheleleyo yesibini, eyafunyanwa New Mexico yena. "