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Taleta

Naam beteken: “three in Arabic, because it is the third duck-billed dinosaur found in the same rock layer”1

Taleta was a small duck-billed dinosaur that lived in what is now Morocco. It had huge, blade-like teeth that gave it a wicked grin. This dinosaur was one of several duckbills that crossed the ocean to reach Africa and then quickly evolved into many different species.1

Het geleef

72 tot 66 miljoen jaar gelede6

Laat Kryt

Fossiele gevind in

Sidi Chennane, Morocco (Couche III layer)6

Lengte

3,5 tot 5,5 m (11 tot 18 ft)3 4

Gewig

380 kg tot 500 kg (838 tot 1 100 lb)4

Hoogte

2,1 m (6,9 ft)

skatting

Topspoed

omtrent 39 km/h (24 mph)

Hardloop, skatting

Wanneer het dit geleef?

Trias

Jura

Kryt

252 miljoen jaar gelede20114566, die asteroïde

Hoe groot was dit?

Hoe lank was dit?

Hoe hoog was dit?

skatting

Hoe swaar was dit?

so swaar soos 25 honde

so lank soos 6 honde van neus tot stertso lank soos 31 piesangs punt aan puntso swaar soos 100 waatlemoeneso swaar soos 26 kleuterskoolkindersso swaar soos 16 skoolkinderskon 100 meter in 9,2 sekondes hardloop (die vinnigste mens het 9,6 nodig)

Hoe groot was Taleta 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)

Taleta omtrent 39 km/h (24 mph)

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

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

cool goed

Prettige feite

Taleta is known from only two upper jaw bones (maxillae).2

Its teeth were huge for such a small animal, with tall, blade-like ridges on the crown.1

Unlike most duckbills, Taleta had only one tooth per tooth socket instead of several teeth stacked together.1

Taleta belonged to a group of lambeosaurine duckbills called Arenysaurini, which spread from Europe to Africa.6 2

It lived about 70 to 66 million years ago, near the very end of the Age of Dinosaurs.6

KI-prent van Taleta — 'n KI-prent van hoe Taleta 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 Taleta

?How big was Taleta?

Taleta was a small duck-billed dinosaur, about the size of a pony. It was similar in size to Minqaria, which has been estimated at 3.5 metres long.3 1

?What did Taleta eat?

Taleta was a plant-eater. Like other duck-billed dinosaurs, it used its wide beak and rows of teeth to chew tough plants.3

?Did Taleta have feathers?

Nobody knows for sure. Duck-billed dinosaurs like Taleta are not usually shown with feathers in fossils, but some related dinosaurs had simple feathers, so it is possible.3

?When did Taleta go extinct?

Taleta lived at the very end of the Cretaceous period, about 67 to 66 million years ago. It died out along with all non-bird dinosaurs when the asteroid hit Earth.3 5

Vir dino-kenners

Wetenskaplike naam: Taleta
Benoem deur: Longrich et al. 20256
Groep: Eendbekke
Familie / klade: Hadrosauridae6
Klassifikasie: Ornithischia > Ornithopoda > Iguanodontia > Hadrosauridae6
Ouderdom van die rotse: 72 tot 66 miljoen jaar (Maastrichtian)6
Rotsformasies: Couche III6
Lande: Marokko6
Fossielrekords: 1 in The Paleobiology Database6
Ontdekking: Taleta was named in 2025 by Nick Longrich and colleagues. It was discovered in the phosphate mines of Morocco, where the bones were first mistaken for fish remains.6 1
Steeds omstrede: Scientists are not sure how many species of duckbills lived in Africa. Limb bones hint at a fourth, larger species that has not yet been named.1

Waar die feite vandaan kom

Nick Longrich - Blog (nicklongrich.com)
A new hadrosaurid dinosaur from the late Maastrichtian Phosphates of Morocco provides evidence for an African radiation of lambeosaurines - the University of Bath's research portal (researchportal.bath.ac.uk)
Taleta (en.wikipedia.org)
Taleta taleta | Dinosaur Database by DinoAnimals.com (dinoanimals.com)
Nick Longrich - Blog (nicklongrich.com)
Taleta in The Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0): ouderdom, plekke, rotsformasies, klassifikasie.

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