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Kank

Izenaren esanahia: “nothing (the name comes from a local word for a type of bird)”1
Jaten zuen: ArrainaDino haragijaleakGoi Kretazeoa

Kank was a fish-eating dinosaur that lived like a modern heron. It waded in rivers and streams in southern Patagonia, using its long neck to snatch fish. This raptor-like dinosaur was about the size of a small car.1

Bizi izan zen
Duela 72 eta 66 milioi urte artean3
Goi Kretazeoa
Fosilak hemen aurkitu dira:
La Anita farm, near El Calafate, Santa Cruz, Argentina1
Luzera
2,5 eta 3 m artean (8,2 eta 9,8 ft artean)1
Altuera
0,99 m (3,2 ft)
kalkulua
Abiadura maximoa
50 km/h inguru (31 mph)
Korrika egitea, kalkulua

Noiz bizi izan zen?

Triasikoa
Jurasikoa
Kretazeoa
Duela 252 milioi urte20114566, asteroidea

Zein handia zen?

Zein luzea zen?

Kank 3 m inguru luze (9,8 ft)Heldu baten bizikleta 1,8 m inguru (5,9 ft)Auto bat 4,5 m inguru (15 ft)Elefante bat, gaur egungo lehorreko animaliarik handiena 6,5 m inguru (21 ft)

Zein altua zen?

Etxeko katu bat0,3 m inguru (1 ft)Txakur bat0,5 m inguru (1,6 ft)Kank0,99 m inguru altu (3,2 ft)Zaldi bat1,6 m inguru (5,2 ft)

kalkulua

3 txakur bezain luze, sudurretik buztanerabata bestearen atzean jarritako 17 banana bezain luze100 metro 7,2 segundotan egin zitzakeen korrika (gizakirik azkarrenak 9,6 behar ditu)

Zein handia zen Kank ZUREKIN alderatuta?

Zure nabigatzaileko kalkulu hutsak. Ez da ezer gordetzen ez inora bidaltzen.

Zein azkarra zen?

gauza bikainak

Datu dibertigarriak

1

Kank lived about 70 million years ago in a warm, wet place with rivers and ponds.1

2

Its neck bones had air chambers inside, making them light and strong.1

3

Kank had a big claw on its second toe, like other raptors, but it probably used it for fishing, not hunting on land.1

4

The first Kank fossils were found in 2018, but scientists needed more bones to know it was a new species.1

5

Kank shared its home with giant predators like Maip macrothorax, a megaraptorid over 10 metres long.1

6

Kank is part of a group called unenlagiids, which are found in South America, Antarctica, Australia and Madagascar.1

AAk eginaKank: AAk egindako irudia
Kank nolakoa izan zitekeen erakusten duen AAk egindako irudia, ordenagailu batek zientzialariek dakitenetik sortua. Asmakizun bat da: benetako animalia desberdina izan zitekeen, eta inork ez daki zein ziren bere benetako koloreak.
zure galderak

Kank: gehien egindako galderak

?How big was Kank?

About 2.5 to 3 metres long. It weighed roughly 27 kilograms.12

?What did Kank eat?

Kank mostly ate fish, like a modern heron. It may have also eaten frogs, lizards, turtles and small mammals that lived in its wetland home.12

?Did Kank have feathers?

Scientists think Kank probably had feathers, because it belongs to a group of dinosaurs called unenlagiids that are closely related to birds. No direct feather fossils of Kank have been found yet.2

?When did Kank live?

Kank lived about 70 million years ago, during the Late Cretaceous period. That was near the very end of the age of dinosaurs.12

?Where was Kank found?

Kank was discovered at La Anita farm near El Calafate in Santa Cruz, Argentina. The fossils come from the Chorrillo Formation in southern Patagonia.12

?Was Kank bigger than Velociraptor?

Yes, Kank was a bit bigger. Velociraptor was about 2 metres long, while Kank grew up to 3 metres long.1

Mito-hauslea

Mitoa: All raptor-like dinosaurs were fast land hunters like Velociraptor.

Egia: Kank was a fish-eater that behaved like a heron, not a speedy land predator.1

Dino adituentzat

Izen zientifikoa
Kank
Izendatzailea:
Motta et al. 20263
Taldea
Dino haragijaleak
Familia / klada
Unenlagiidae3
Sailkapena
Theropoda3
Arroken adina
72 eta 66 milioi urte artean (Maastrichtian)3
Arroka-formazioak
Chorrillo3
Herrialdeak
Argentina3
Fosil-erregistroak
2 The Paleobiology Database datu-basean3
Aurkikuntza
Kank was named by Matías Motta and his team in 2026, based on fossils found at La Anita farm in Argentina from 2018 to 2024.1
Oraindik eztabaidagai
Scientists are not sure if Kank also ate other animals like frogs or mammals, or only fish.1

Datuak nondik datozen

  1. Heron-like, fish-eating dinosaur from 70 million years ago discovered in Argentina | EurekAlert! (eurekalert.org)
  2. Kank (Wikipedia) (Wikipedia)
  3. Kank in The Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0): adina, tokiak, arroka-formazioak, sailkapena.

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