Umkhankaso wabafundi nososayensi abavela eYekaterinburg naseNovosibirsk, owawenzeka ePerm Territory, bathola imikhondo yezinto eziphilayo ezaziphila eMhlabeni eminyakeni engaphezu kwezigidi ezingama-500 edlule.
Imikhondo eyingqayizivele yatholwa ekupheleni kwehlobo emthambekeni osentshonalanga wezintaba zase-Ural, komunye wemingenela yoMfula iChusovaya. Ngokusho kukaDmitry Grazhdankin, oyiDoctor of Geological and Mineralogical Sciences, ukutholwa okunjalo kuze kube manje kutholakala kuphela esifundeni sase-Arkhangelsk, oLwandle Olumhlophe nase-Australia.
Ukutholwa akuzange kwenzeke ngengozi, futhi ukuseshwa kwenziwe ngenhloso. Ososayensi bathungathe izingqimba ezisuka oLwandle Olumhlophe ziye ezintabeni zase-Ural futhi bezama ukuthola izimpawu zempilo yasendulo iminyaka eminingana. Futhi, ekugcineni, kuleli hlobo ungqimba oludingekayo, ungqimba oludingekayo, nezinga elidingekayo litholakele. Lapho kuvulwa lolu hlobo, kwatholakala izinhlobo eziningi zempilo yasendulo.
Ubudala bokutholakala busele cishe eminyakeni eyizigidi ezingama-550. Kule nkathi, kwakungekho cishe amathambo, futhi kwakukhona kuphela izinhlobo zokuphila ezinomzimba othambile, okwakungahlala kuzo imidwebo edwaleni kuphela.
Azikho izithombe zesimanje zalezi zilwane futhi, mhlawumbe, lezi yizilwane zasendulo kakhulu emhlabeni. Kuyiqiniso, ososayensi abakakuthembi ngokugcwele ukuthi lezi yizilwane. Kungenzeka ukuthi lolu uhlobo oluthile lokuphila oluphakathi. Kodwa-ke, kungabonakala ukuthi babenezici ezimbalwa zakudala ezazikhombisa ukuthi lezi zidalwa zithatha indawo esiqwini somuthi wezilwane wokuziphendukela kwemvelo. Lezi yimidwebo e-oval ehlukaniswe ngezigaba eziningi.
Lo mkhankaso wenziwa kusuka ngomhla ka-3 kuya ku-22 Agasti futhi wawunabantu abayisikhombisa. Abathathu kubo babengososayensi, kanti abanye abane babengabafundi baseNovosibirsk. Futhi omunye wabafundi waba ngowokuqala ukuthola ungqimba oludingekayo.
Ithimba lokuthola izinto okwamanje lisebenza kushicilelo oluzayo emaphephandabeni ahlonishwayo anjengePaleontology neGeology.
