Kuyinto engakholelekiyo ukucinga ukuba iqungequ elincinane elivaleleke kwi-amber iminyaka eyi-54 yezigidi sele lisisityhilelo senzululwazi. Ifosili yequngequ likwimeko ecocekileyo lithuba lokuba siqonde indlela yokuziphatha, i-anatomy, kunye ne-morphology yegeckos kwizigidi zeminyaka eyadlulayo.
Ukufumanisa kwenziwa kwi-2004 ngabaphandi u-Aaron M. Bauer, kwiSebe le-Biology kwiYunivesithi yaseVillanova, uWolfgang Bohme ovela kwiMyuziyam u-Alexander Koenig noWolfgang Weitschat kwiYunivesithi yaseHamburg.
Esi sityhilelo sichukumisayo sisebenza njengobungqina bobunzulu obungakholelekiyo kunye nokuntsokotha kwembali yesijikelezi-langa sethu, siqaqambisa ukubaluleka kokuqhubeka kophando lwendalo kunye nophononongo. Njengoko sityhila ngakumbi malunga nexesha elidlulileyo leplanethi yethu, sifumana ukuqonda okubalulekileyo kwindaleko kunye nophuhliso lobomi eMhlabeni, okusivumela ukuba siyiqonde ngcono indawo yethu kwihlabathi elisingqongileyo.
Emva kohlalutyo olubanzi lwezenzululwazi, i amaphepha ophando ibonise ukuba ifosili yayiyeyexesha leEocene yamandulo. Kwabo bangaqhelananga neli xesha le-geological time frame, i-Eocene Epoch okanye ixesha, elathatha ukusuka kwi-56 ukuya kwi-33.9 yezigidi zeminyaka eyadlulayo, yamkelwa njengenxalenye yesibini enkulu yeXesha lePaleogene ngaphakathi kweCenozoic Era yangoku.
Ngokutsho kwabaphandi, le gecko yabanjiswa kwi-amber yeBaltic kwaye yafunyanwa kumntla-ntshona weRashiya. Bathi le fosili “yeyona cilikishe i<em>gekkonid indala enokumelwa ngamathambo angaphezu kwamaqhekeza. Amanani alo mfanekiso agqibelele kwaye atyhila indibaniselwano eyodwa yabalinganiswa ababonwa nangayiphi na indlela ephilayo.”
Ukufunyaniswa kwakhona kwatyhila ukuba ii-scasors (iinyawo ezincinci zikanqinishe) ziyafana nezo zifumaneka kwixesha langoku yaye ziye zabonisa ukuba kukho inkqubo yokuncamathelisa entsonkothileyo kwinqila phantse kwiminyaka eyi-20 ukuya kweziyi-30 yezigidi ngaphambilana kunokuba bekukholelwa ngaphambili.
Oku kuthetha ukuba iigeckos bezikule planethi phantse ixesha elide kwaye zisinde kuyo nayiphi na indalo ephoswe phambi kwazo ukuza kuthi ga ngoku. Ingakholeleki kwaye iyamangalisa ngaxeshanye?
Emva kokufunda ngequngequ elineminyaka engama-54 lezigidi ubudala elivaleleke kwintlaka, funda malunga nalo iingwane zangaphambili ezazikho ngaphambi kweedinosaurs.
