Ua wehewehe ʻia ma 1991 e D. Gillett ma ke kumu o kahi huina ʻokoʻa i loaʻa ma ka waihona Late Jurassic (Kimmeridge) o New Mexico i ka 1980s. ʻO ka huina helu kaulike mua o ke kino he 40-50 mau mika a ʻo ke kaupaona he 140 tons. Ke emi iki nei kēia mau helu waiwai - ʻaʻole i lōʻihi ka lōʻihi i luna o 36 mau mika, ke kaupaona - 30-50 tons.
ʻO ka seismosaurus kekahi o nā dinosaur nui loa i noho ma ka honua. ʻOiai ʻo kona lōʻihi kupaianaha, ʻaʻohe ona kino nui no ka diplodocide, akā he lōʻihi lōʻihi me ke kāʻei puhoi a he lōʻihi hoʻi ka lōʻihi.
Aia nā puu o ka seismosaurus i luna ma luna o kona poʻo liʻiliʻi. ʻO kona mau wāwae hele mua ma mua o ke kua, like-elepani. Ua kōkua nā wāwae pōkole e hoʻopaʻa i kahi kino nui. Hoʻokahi lima keʻe o nā manamana lima ma kēlā me kēia wāwae. ʻO ka huelo o nā seismosaurus i loaʻa ma ka liʻiliʻi o kahi ʻano i like me ka lei i like me ka piko o ke ʻano. ʻO ka seismosaurus paha i hoʻohana ʻia i kahi ʻoʻe puaʻī no kēia pale.
ʻO ka seismosaurus i hoʻopaʻa ʻia i kona ʻāʻī a i ʻole ka liʻiliʻi (kūlike i ka lepo). Ua hoʻohana ʻia kekahi ʻāʻī lōʻihi e komo i nā nahele, i kiʻi i nā lau, ʻaʻole i hiki i nā sauropods nui ke komo ʻole i ka nahele no ka nui o lākou. Pēlā kekahi, ʻāʻī lōʻihi i ʻāpiki i kēia dinosaur e ʻai i nā mea kanu palupalu (horsetails, crowns, and ferns). Ua ulu kēia mau mea kanu palupalu i nā wahi lepo kahi i hiki ʻole ai i ka dinosaur ke neʻe me ka pilikia ʻole, akā aia paha e kū ma luna o ka ʻāina a ʻai i ka ʻāina.
Ke noho maʻamau
ʻO ka Seismosaurus kahi i noho nui ʻia i nā ʻāpana a i ʻole nā nā kau. No ka palekana, mālama ʻia nā ʻōpiopio i nā pipi, ʻoiai nā kānaka pākeke ke kū hoʻokahi. Ua ʻai ʻo ia i nā māla lau a i ʻole nā māla lau mai ka maka o ka papalō. ʻAʻole e like i ke diplodocus, ʻaʻole hiki iā ia ke kū i luna o kona mau wāwae hind, akā hiki iā ia ke hāpai i kona ʻāʻī i ke kiʻekiʻe a hiki i ka iwakālua mika.
Ke hoʻomau nei nā kuhi ola.
Seismosaurus Dinosaur: Nā Mana Kūʻai
ʻO ka sauropods nui i hānai ʻia i nā māla maloʻo a no ka hana ʻana o ka hoʻāʻo ʻana e pono ai lākou i nā pōhaku - gastrolites. Ua ʻike ʻia kēlā mau pōhaku ma ka ʻōpū o ka seismosaurus. ʻO ka lōʻihi pōkole o nā wāwae "elephant-like" hiki ke hoʻopaʻa i ke kino nui o ka holoholona. ʻOi aku ka lōʻihi o nā ʻōpū o nā holoholona ma mua o ka mua. He ʻōlelo puʻupuʻu pākuhi i ke ʻano o nā wāwae - ma kekahi manamana lima o kēlā me kēia wāwae, ka pā nui o ke kanaka nunui a i ʻole e pale aku i ka poʻe hana kaua.
ʻO kekahi o ka vertebrae o ka huelo i ulana ʻia, e ʻae ʻo ka ʻili e kakaki maikaʻi. Ua manaʻo nā mea hoʻomaikaʻi luho palaio hoʻohana i ka uapo-poni a no ka pale.
Pono ka holoholona e mālama i kona poʻo i ka honua. Ma muli o kona nui kikoʻī kākalēlā huaʻōlelo ʻaʻole hiki ke komo i ka nahele o ka nahele no ka hānai. Ua kōkua ʻia kēia holoholona e loaʻa i ka meaʻai ma ka ʻāʻī lōʻihi.
Me kāna kōkua, hiki i ka poʻe ke loaʻa ke lau i nā lāʻau palupalu: horsetail a me nā mea ulu. Ua ulu kēia mau mea kanu i nā wahi i kahi paʻa i hiki ʻole ai i ka seismosaurus, no ka nui o ke kaumaha. I kēia kūlana, ua kōkua ke ʻāʻī lōʻihi i ka holoholona, e kū ana i ka ʻāina, e ʻai ana i nā ʻōpala.
Pau wale ke ʻano o nā seismosaur i ʻike ʻia e nā paleontologist no ka mea nui a me ka nui o kona hele ʻana i ke one. Mahalo i nā radar, ua hiki i nā paleontologists ke aʻo i nā koena nui.
Kahi helu
Ma 2004, i ka hālāwai hālāwai makahiki o ka Hui Pūʻulu o Geological ʻAmelika, ua kūkala ʻia ʻo ia Seismosaurus ʻo ia ka ʻatikala hope loa no ka genod diplodocus. Ua ukali ʻia kēia me nā mea ʻike i nā kikoʻī kikoʻī ma 2006, a hopena ʻO Seismosaurus hallorum inoa ʻia e Versiocus hallorum . ^ E Ha yM. Kahi ia Versiocus hallorum pono e manaʻo ʻia i ke ʻano he manawa Versiocus longusua lawe ʻia i ka mea kākau mea kākau Hopeke hōʻole nei i ka hypothesis ma mua Seismosaurus a Hope nā kīʻaha like ʻole.