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Khinjaria

Naam beteken: “dagger”1

Het geëet: VleisMosasourusseLaat KrytTegnies nie 'n dinosourus nie

Khinjaria was a giant marine lizard that lived in the sea near Africa. It had huge, blade-like teeth and a short, powerful jaw to grab big prey.1 2

Prettige feit: hierdie seereptiel het geswem terwyl dinosourusse op land geloop het. Almal noem hulle dino's, maar hulle was 'n ander tak van die reptiele.

Het geleef

72 tot 66 miljoen jaar gelede4

Laat Kryt

Fossiele gevind in

Oulad Abdoun Basin, Khouribga Province, Morocco1 4

Lengte

8 m (26 ft)1

Topspoed

omtrent 36 km/h (22 mph)

Swem, skatting

Wanneer het dit geleef?

Trias

Jura

Kryt

252 miljoen jaar gelede20114566, die asteroïde

Hoe groot was dit?

Hoe lank was dit?

so lank soos 8 honde van neus tot stertso lank soos 44 piesangs punt aan puntkon die lengte van 'n groot swembad (50 m) in 5 sekondes swem

Hoe groot was Khinjaria vergeleke met JOU?

Net wiskunde in jou blaaier. Niks word gestoor of êrens heen gestuur nie.

Hoe vinnig was dit?

'n Mens wat loop omtrent 5 km/h (3 mph)

'n Kind op 'n fiets omtrent 12 km/h (7 mph)

Khinjaria omtrent 36 km/h (22 mph)

'n Galopperende perd omtrent 65 km/h (40 mph)

'n Jagluiperd omtrent 100 km/h (62 mph)

cool goed

Prettige feite

Khinjaria's name comes from an Arabic word for dagger, because of its sharp, blade-like teeth.1

Its skull bones were tightly fused together, making its bite very powerful.1

Khinjaria lived at the very end of the Age of Dinosaurs, about 72 to 66 million years ago.4

It was about 8 metres (26 feet) long, as long as a big bus.1

Khinjaria is related to other African mosasaurs like Goronyosaurus and Gavialimimus.1 2

Scientists think Khinjaria was an apex predator, meaning it was at the top of the food chain in its ocean.2

KI-prent van Khinjaria — 'n KI-prent van hoe Khinjaria dalk gelyk het, deur 'n rekenaar gemaak uit wat wetenskaplikes weet. Dit is 'n raaiskoot: die regte dier het dalk anders gelyk, en niemand weet wat sy regte kleure was nie.

julle het gevra

Mees gevraagde vrae oor Khinjaria

?Was Khinjaria a dinosaur?

No, Khinjaria was not a dinosaur. It was a giant marine lizard called a mosasaur, related to today's Komodo dragons.3

?How big was Khinjaria?

Khinjaria was about 8 metres (26 feet) long, about the size of an orca.1 3

?What did Khinjaria eat?

Khinjaria was an apex predator that likely attacked large prey, using its powerful jaws and dagger-like teeth.1 2

Vir dino-kenners

Wetenskaplike naam: Khinjaria
Benoem deur: Longrich et al. 20244
Groep: Mosasourusse
Familie / klade: Mosasauridae4
Klassifikasie: Mosasauroidea4
Ouderdom van die rotse: 72 tot 66 miljoen jaar (Maastrichtian)4
Rotsformasies: Couche III4
Lande: Marokko4
Fossielrekords: 1 in The Paleobiology Database4
Ontdekking: Khinjaria was named in 2024 by Nicholas Longrich and colleagues based on a partial skull and a vertebra found in Morocco.1 4
Steeds omstrede: Scientists are still debating exactly how Khinjaria used its unusual short, powerful jaws and dagger-like teeth compared to other mosasaurs.2

Waar die feite vandaan kom

Khinjaria (en.wikipedia.org)
A bizarre new plioplatecarpine mosasaurid from the Maastrichtian of Morocco - the University of Bath's research portal (researchportal.bath.ac.uk)
Fossils of giant sea lizard show how our oceans have fundamentally changed since the dinosaur era (bath.ac.uk)
Khinjaria in The Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0): ouderdom, plekke, rotsformasies, klassifikasie.

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