Suchomimus

Suchomimus
Scientific classification
Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Chordata
Class	Reptilia (en)
Order	Saurischia (en)
Dangi	Spinosauridae (en)
genus (en)	Suchomimus Sereno, 1998
General information
Babban tsaton samun abinci	carnivore (en)
Tsawo	11 m
Nauyi	5.2 t

Suchomimus (ma'ana "mimic crocodile mimic") jinsin dinosaur spinosaur ne wanda ya rayu tsakanin shekaru miliyan 125 zuwa 112 da suka wuce a cikin kasar Nijar a yanzu, Arewacin Afirka, a lokacin Aptian zuwa farkon Albian matakan Farko Cretaceous Period. Masanin burbushin halittu Paul Sereno da abokan aikinsa ne suka bayyana sunansa kuma suka bayyana shi a cikin 1998, bisa wani kwarangwal na kwarangwal na haɗa Elrhaz. Dogon kwanyar Suchomimus mai tsayi da mara zurfi, mai kama da na kada, yana samun sunansa gabaɗaya, yayin da takamaiman sunan Suchomimus tenerensis yayi ishara da wurin da ya rage na farko, Desert Ténére.

Suchomimus babban jigo ne, ya kai mita 9.5-11 (31-36 ft) tsayi kuma yana yin awo 2.5-3.8 metric ton (2.8-4.2 gajeriyar tan). Duk da haka, shekarun samfurin holotype ba shi da tabbas, don haka ba a sani ba ko girman girman zai kasance iyakarsa. kunkuntar kan Suchomimus yana kan ɗan gajeren wuyansa, kuma an gina gabaɗarinta da ƙarfi, yana ɗauke da katuwar kato a kowane babban yatsa. Tare da tsakiyar layin bayan dabbar ya yi wani ƙaramin jirgin ruwa maras nauyi, wanda aka gina daga dogayen kashin bayan jijiyoyi na kashin bayanta. Kamar sauran spinosaurids, mai yiwuwa yana da abinci na kifi, eels, haskoki da ƙananan dabbobin ganima.

Wasu masu binciken burbushin halittu suna la'akari da jinsin jinsin jinsin Afirka na Turai spinosaurid Baryonyx, B. tenerensis. Suchomimus na iya zama ƙaramin ma'anar ma'anar spinosaurid Cristatusaurus lapparenti na zamani, kodayake taxon na ƙarshe ya dogara ne akan ragowar ɓarna. Suchomimus ya rayu a cikin yanayi mai cike da ruwa mai faɗin ambaliya tare da sauran dinosaurs, ban da pterosaurs, crocodylomorphs, kifin ƙashi, testudines, da bivalves.

Ganowa da suna

A cikin 1997, masanin burbushin halittu Ba’amurke Paul Sereno da tawagarsa a Gadoufaoua sun gano burbushin halittu da ke wakiltar kashi biyu bisa uku na babban kwarangwal din dinosaur a Nijar. Farkon ganowa, babban katon yatsa, an yi shi ne a ranar 4 ga Disamba 1997 ta David Varricchio. A cikin 1998, Sereno, Allison Beck, Didier Dutheil, Boubacar Gado, Hans Larsson, Gabrielle Lyon, Jonathan Marcot, Oliver Rauhut, Rudyard Sadleir, Christian Sidor, David Varricchio, Gregory Wilson da Jeffrey Wilson suna kuma sun bayyana nau'in nau'in Suchomimus tenerensis. Sunan da ake kira Suchomimus ("mimic crocodile") ya samo asali ne daga tsohuwar Girkanci σοῦχος, souchos, "crocodile", da μῖμος, mimos, "mimic", bayan siffar kan dabbar. Sunan takamaiman tenerensis shine bayan hamadar Ténéré inda aka sami dabbar.