Ka taƙaita labarin:  Wani dabba mai kama da dan damisa wanda girmansa ya yi daidai da karamar mota ya mamaye tafkunan zamanin da fiye da shekaru miliyan 200 da suka wuce, in ji wani sabon bincike. Masana kimiyyar halittu sun gano burbushin'super salamander' sa'ad da suke haƙa a wani tafki a kudancin ƙasar Portugal. Dabbar da ta yi girma ta kai tsawon mita biyu (6.5 ft) kuma ta zauna a cikin tafkuna da koguna a lokacin Late Triassic Period, an sa masa suna Metoposaurus algarvensis. Gungura ƙasa don bidiyo. Metoposaurus algarvensis, wanda aka nuna a cikin sake ginawa a sama, zai kasance girman karamin mota. Tare da baki cike da kaifi needle-kamar hakora an yi tunanin cewa ya farauta a kan kifi amma kuma zai iya snapped up wani kananan farkon dinosaur cewa samu kusa da ruwa. Masu binciken da suka yi wannan binciken, da aka yi a cikin dutsen laka da ke kusa da Loulé, a yankin Algarve da ke kudancin Portugal, sun ce wannan sabon jinsin yana kama da wasu dabbobi masu rai da ruwa da suke da yawa a lokacin. Ana tunanin cewa wannan babban salamander da ba a yawan gani a duniya yana ɗaya daga cikin jinsunan da suka daɗe sosai. Ya fara bayyana a duniyarmu kimanin shekaru miliyan 170 da suka gabata amma yanzu akwai 'yan tsirarun mutane da suka tsira a cikin daji. Manyan salamanders na kasar Sin yanzu sune mafi girman amphibians masu rai kuma zasu iya girma har zuwa mita 1.8 (ƙafa 5.9). Wani mai kula da wurin shakatawa yana riƙe da babban salamander na kasar Sin da aka samo a Heyuan City, lardin Guangdon, China. Duk da haka, gurɓata koguna da rafuffuka da suke zama a ciki ya sa waɗannan dabbobi cikin haɗari. Wani mai kula da gandun daji a kudancin China kwanan nan ya kama wani babban salamander mai nauyin kilo 5.5 da tsawon 83cm a Heyuan City a lardin Guangdong na kudancin China, na farko da aka samo a yankin. Bayan da suka ajiye shi a cikin wani tanki na ɗan lokaci, sai ma'aikata suka sake shi cikin kogin, kuma masu yawon buɗe ido da yawa suka yi sha'awar ganin abin da ya faru. Sun ce watakila su ne magabata na amphibians na zamani kamar su frogs, newts da salamanders. Dr. Steve Brusatte, masanin ilimin halittu na dabbobi masu kashin baya a...
Metoposaurus algarvensis ya girma har zuwa mita 2 kuma ya ci kifi. Tare da bakin hakora mai kama da allura zai iya cinye kananan dinosaur. Masana kimiyya sun kwatanta sabon jinsin da cewa yana da bakin da ya yi kama da 'kujerar bayan gida' An gano burbushinsa a kan busasshiyar tafkin zamanin da. Masu bincike sun ce akwai daruruwan wasu a wurin a Portugal. Wannan halittar tana da alaka da sauran salamanders na farko da ke rayuwa a lokacin.