ʻAʻole waiwai wale nā hale hōʻikeʻike no nā mea a lākou e hōʻike ai, akā no nā mea a lākou e hūnā ai. I kekahi manawa mālama lākou i nā waiwai maoli, i ka wā e ʻike ai lākou, hiki ke hoʻololi i ka mea i manaʻoʻiʻo ʻia e pili ana i kekahi mau mokuna o ka mōʻaukala kūlohelohe. ʻO kēia ka hihia o kahi moʻo liʻiliʻi i ʻike ʻole ʻia no 70 mau makahiki i loko o kahi waihona waihona ma ka Natural History Museum ma Lākana a hiki i kahi hui o nā mea noiʻi i hoʻopaʻa iā ia. He ʻokoʻa ka hopena fossil. Hōʻike ko lākou ola ʻana he 35 miliona mau makahiki ma mua o nā moʻo i manaʻo ʻia, ma ka Late Triassic (ma kahi o 230-199 miliona mau makahiki) a ʻaʻole i ka Middle Jurassic (174-166 miliona mau makahiki).
Ua kapa ʻia ka moʻo 'Cryptovaranoides microlanius'. 'O ka hapa mua o ko lākou inoa 'o ia ho'i ka 'mo'o huna', no ka noho mau 'ana i loko o ka pahu huki a me ka noho 'ana ma nā māwae o ka limestone ma nā mokupuni li'ili'i e noho ana a puni Bristol. ʻO ka ʻāpana ʻelua o kāna helu ʻo ia ka mea kīʻaha liʻiliʻi, no kona mau ʻāʻī i piha i nā niho ʻoi e ʻoki. Ua hānai ʻia paha ia i nā ʻākoʻo a me nā vertebrate liʻiliʻi. He pili ia i nā moʻo ola e like me nā monitors a i ʻole nā monsters gila, akā i ka wā i ʻike ʻia ai i ka makahiki 50, ʻaʻohe mea i ʻike pehea e ʻike ai i kona waiwai, ʻoiai ʻaʻole i loaʻa ka ʻenehana e hōʻike i kona mau hiʻohiʻona o kēia wā.
Ua mālama ʻia ka mōʻalihaku i loko o kahi hōʻiliʻili hale hōʻikeʻike, e loaʻa ana nā mea hoʻohālike mai kahi quarry a puni Tortworth ma Gloucestershire, hema-komohana ʻEnelani. ʻAʻole i loaʻa ka ʻenehana no ka hōʻike ʻana i kāna mau hiʻohiʻona o kēia wā.
Ua ʻike mua ʻo David Whiteside, mai Bristol's School of Earth Sciences, i ka mea hoʻohālike i loko o kahi kīʻaha i piha i nā mōʻalihaku i loko o nā hale kūʻai o ka hale hōʻikeʻike, kahi ʻo ia he ʻepekema hui. Ua helu ʻia ka moʻo ma ke ʻano he moʻo reptile maʻamau, kahi pili pili o ka New Zealand Tuatara, ʻo ia wale nō ke ola o ka hui Rhynchocephalia, i haʻalele ʻia mai nā moʻo scaly ma mua o 240 miliona mau makahiki i hala.
Ua X-ray nā kānaka ʻepekema i ka mōʻalihaku, kūkulu hou ʻia i ʻekolu mau ʻāpana, a ʻike i ka pili maoli i nā moʻo o kēia wā ma mua o ka hui Tuatara.
E like me nā boa a me nā python
E like me kā lākou wehewehe ʻana i ka hui ma ka loiloi 'Science Advances', ʻo Cryptovaranoides he mea hoʻopunipuni i nā hiʻohiʻona kino like ʻole, e like me ka vertebra socket, ke ʻano o ka hoʻokomo ʻana o nā niho i loko o nā ʻāwae, ka hoʻolālā ʻana o ke poʻo, a pēlā aku. . Hoʻokahi wale nō hiʻohiʻona koʻikoʻi i ʻike ʻole ʻia i nā squamates o kēia wā, he puka ma kekahi ʻaoʻao o ka hope o ka iwi lima luna, ʻo ka humerus, kahi e hele ai ke aʻa a me ke aʻalolo.
Eia kekahi, he mau hiʻohiʻona ʻē aʻe ko ka mōʻalihaku, e like me kekahi mau lālani niho ma ka hale o nā iwi waha, akā ua ʻike ka poʻe akamai i ka mea like i ka moʻo aniani ʻEulopa hou. A nui nā nahesa e like me nā boa a me nā python he nui nā lālani niho nui ma kahi hoʻokahi.
"Ma ke ʻano o ke koʻikoʻi, hoʻololi kā mākou mōʻalihaku i ke kumu a me ka hoʻololi ʻana o nā squamoses mai ka Middle Jurassic a i ka Late Triassic," wahi a Mike Benton, ka mea kākau kumu o ka noiʻi. "ʻO ia ka manawa o ka hoʻoponopono hou ʻana i nā kaiaola honua, me ke kumu o nā pūʻulu hou o nā mea kanu, ʻo ia hoʻi nā conifers, a me nā ʻano pepeke hou, a me kekahi o nā hui hou mua e like me nā honu, nā crocodiles, nā dinosaurs, a me nā mammals. " wehewehe .
"ʻO ka hoʻohui ʻana i nā squamates kahiko kahiko e hoʻopau i ke kiʻi. No ka mea, ua hele mai kēia mau mea kanu a me nā holoholona hou ma ke ʻano he ʻāpana o ka hana hou ʻana o ke ola ma ka Honua ma hope o ka pau ʻana o ka nui ma ka hopena o ka Permian 252 miliona mau makahiki i hala, e komo pū ana me ka Carnian Pluvial Event, 232 miliona mau makahiki i hala, i ka wā ʻO ka piʻi ʻana. ua loli ma waena o ka haʻahaʻa a me ka mahana a hoʻopilikia nui i ke ola.
Wahi a ka poʻe noiʻi, "he mōʻalihaʻi koʻikoʻi kēia a hiki paha ke lilo i mea nui loa i loaʻa i nā makahiki i hala iho nei."
