Sukulu ku New Mexico mwangozi anapeza mafupawa zaka 1.2 miliyoni

Ili mu chipululu louma ku New Mexico, 10 wazaka kusekondale anapunthwa ndi kugwa. Kuyang'ana pozungulira, anapeza mafupawa wakale, m'badwo umene, monga kunapezeka Patapita zaka 1.2 miliyoni. mabwinja a m'gulu herbivores lalikulu amadziwika monga stegomastodon. Nyama zimenezi anakhala zinatha bwanji 28,000 zapitazo.

Kodi inu kupeza mafupawa

"Ndinathamanga ndi amapunthwa pa mbali ya tusk wa, - anati 10 wazaka Dzhud Sparks, amene panthawiyo anali m'chipululu ndi banja lake ndiponso akusewera ndi mng'ono wake. - Pamene ndinagwa nkhope yanga inali pafupi ndi unayambira nsagwada m'munsi. Ndipo ndinaona yaikuluyi wina. "

Choyamba, Yuda ankaganiza kuti akhalabe, anapeza, ndi ng'ombe, ngakhale pasanapite nthawi zinadziwika kuti kopanda ichi ndi kutali ndi choonadi. Banja anatembenukira kwa Professor Peter Howden ku University of New Mexico. Iye anatha kuti achire ndi chigaza lonse. Chifukwa cha zina yomanga malo mafupawa zina zobisika m'madzimo anapezeka.

zofukulidwa

Panapita miyezi kupeza chilolezo kwa yomanga chomaliza cha umboni wonse pansi, koma ngakhale ndiye, ndondomeko zikuoneka zovuta ndi wosakhwima. Malinga ndi asayansi, chigaza cha nyama zinatha akulemera pafupi matani, koma pa nthawi yomweyo, anapeza ndi osalimba kwambiri ndi m'madera ena akufanana ndi chipolopolo dzira. Pamene asayansi anayamba kuyeretsa chigaza ku m'dambo mafupa ake anayamba apasuke mutizidutswa tating'ono timene. Kunali koyenera kuteteza chiwonongeko cha zotsalira zofunikazi, choncho nthawi yomanga, iwo analimbikitsidwa ndi mankhwala mankhwala.

Ngakhale inu mulibe kwambiri mwayi kupeza mafupawa stegomastodon ku New Mexico, ndipotu izi si woyamba nkhani yoteroyo. Mu 2014, ophunzira Bachala chipani mwangozi anapeza malasha pafupifupi wathunthu wa chinyama, kenako anasonkhana Museum of Natural History of New Mexico. Komabe, padziko lonse lapansi, chinapezeka mahandiredi ochepa okha mafupawa stegomastodon, ndi asayansi sindikudziwa chifukwa iwo ali osowa.

Zimene tikudziwa stegomastodon

Stegomastodon a gulu lotchedwa gomphothere. Izi nyama chodabwitsa anali kutali asuweni wa zambiri zotchuka mammoths ndi njovu ano. Akukhulupirira kuti stegomastodon zinali zachilendo kwambiri, ngakhale banja lake, chifukwa ambiri gomphothere mtundu anali tusks anayi, koma zinali zambiri monga njovu makono ndi awiri okha.

"Anthu ambiri saona kusiyana kulikonse zimasiyana kwambiri stegomastodon ndi njovu zamakono - Howden anati. - Mtundu uwu wa gomphothere anali ambiri zofala dera. Ngakhale zili choncho, amaona chosowa kwambiri. Izi ndi lachiwiri wathunthu Chigaza, amene anapezeka ku New Mexico. "