Kwimeko emangalisayo, kuye kwafunyanwa iinyosi ezonakeleyo ezivalelwe kumaqokobhe azo kunxweme oluhle lwasePortugal. Le ndlela ingaqhelekanga ye-fossilization inike izazinzulu ithuba elikhethekileyo lokufunda ngokuchanekileyo ubomi bezi zinambuzane zamandulo, zikhanyise kwizinto eziphilayo ezinokuthi zibachaphazele, kwaye zikwazi ukuqonda impembelelo yokutshintsha kwemozulu kwiinyosi zanamhlanje.
Iinyosi, eziye zagcinwa kumgangatho okhethekileyo, zinika abaphandi ulwazi malunga nesini sazo, iintlobo, kunye ne-pollen eshiywe ngumama. Lilonke, iindawo ezine ze-paleontological ezinyakazela koku kufunyaniswa kunqabileyo zafunyanwa kwingingqi ye-Odemira yasePortugal, indawo nganye iqhayisa ngokuxinana okuphezulu kweefosili zekhokoni zeenyosi. Kodwa mhlawumbi eyona nkalo ibangel’ umdla yokufunyaniswa kukuba kufuphi kweenyosi ekuhambeni kwexesha, njengoko la maqombola asusela kwiminyaka emalunga nama-3,000 XNUMX eyadlulayo.
Iinyosi ezomisiweyo zezohlobo lwe-Eucera, enye yeenyosi ezimalunga nama-700 ezisahlala kwilizwe lasePortugal namhlanje. Ubukho bazo buphakamisa umbuzo: zeziphi iimeko zendalo ezikhokelele ekubhubheni kwazo kunye nokulondolozwa kwazo? Ngelixa ezona zizathu zisahleli zingacacanga, abaphandi baye bacinga ukuba ukuhla kweqondo lobushushu ebusuku okanye izikhukhula zaloo ndawo zinokudlala indima.
Ukuphonononga le mizekelo inqabileyo ngakumbi, izazinzulu ziye zaguqukela kwi-microcomputed tomography, ubuchule bokucinga obugqibeleleyo obubonelela ngemifanekiso emacala-ntathu eenyosi ezomisiweyo ezifakwe nzulu ngaphakathi kwamaqombolo azo atywiniweyo. Ubuchwephesha bomhlaba buvumela abaphandi ukuba baphonononge ubume be-anatomical entsonkothileyo yezinambuzane kwaye bafumane ukuqonda okubalulekileyo kubomi babo bangaphambili.
Nangona ukufunyaniswa kwezi nyosi zicwilisiweyo ngaphandle kwamathandabuzo kuphawuleka kwaye ngokwako, ziziphumo zazo ezinokuthi zithabatheke ngakumbi. Njengoko ihlabathi lijijisana nezisongelo ezikhulayo ezibangelwa kukutshintsha kwemozulu, ukuhla kwezinto ezihambisa ipoleni ezibalulekileyo njengeenyosi kuye kwaba ngumba wokuxhalabisa. Ngokuqonda indlela ezi zinyosi ezinokuthi zichaphazeleke ngayo kwiinguqu zendalo kwixesha elidlulileyo, izazinzulu zinethemba lokufumana ulwazi malunga nobuninzi beenyosi zangoku kunye nokuphuhlisa izicwangciso zokuqina kwixesha elizayo.
I-Naturtejo Geopark, equka ummandla we-Odemira, idlala indima ephambili kolu phando. Njengenxalenye yeNethiwekhi yeHlabathi ye-UNESCO, i-geopark igubungela oomasipala abaliqela kwaye izinikele ekulondolozeni nasekuphononongeni imimangaliso yejoloji neyendalo kulo mmandla. Ukufunyaniswa kweenyosi eziqholiweyo kongeza omnye ubutyebi kwizinto eziphilayo ezimangalisayo ze-geopark kwaye komeleza ukubaluleka kwayo ekuqondeni ukuntsonkotha okuntsokothileyo kwehlabathi lethu lendalo.
Iziphumo zipapashwa kwijenali Amaphepha kwiPalaeontology. Nge-27 kaJulayi 2023.
