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Ajnabia

O nome significa: “stranger or foreigner”1
Comía: PlantasBicos de patoCretáceo Superior

Ajnabia was a small duck-billed dinosaur that lived in Africa at the very end of the Cretaceous. It was a surprise to scientists because duck-billed dinosaurs were not known from Africa before. Ajnabia probably swam or rafted across the sea from Europe to reach its home.2

Viviu
hai entre 72 e 66 millóns de anos4
Cretáceo Superior
Fósiles atopados en
Sidi Chennane, Khouribga Province, Morocco1
Lonxitude
3,5 m (11 ft)2
Peso
250 kg (551 lb)2
Altura
1,5 m (4,9 ft)
estimación
Velocidade máxima
uns 43 km/h (27 mph)
Correr, estimación

Cando viviu?

Triásico
Xurásico
Cretáceo
Hai 252 millóns de anos20114566, o asteroide

Como era de grande?

Canto medía de longo?

Ajnabia uns 3,5 m de longo (11 ft)Unha bici de adulto uns 1,8 m (5,9 ft)Un coche uns 4,5 m (15 ft)Un elefante, o animal terrestre máis grande de hoxe uns 6,5 m (21 ft)

Canto medía de alto?

Un canuns 0,5 m (1,6 ft)Ajnabiauns 1,5 m de alto (4,9 ft)Un cabalouns 1,6 m (5,2 ft)Un elefanteuns 3,2 m (10 ft)

estimación

Canto pesaba?

tan pesado coma 12 cans
tan longo coma 4 cans do fociño á colatan longo coma 19 plátanos postos un tras outrotan pesado coma 50 sandíastan pesado coma 13 nenos de infantiltan pesado coma 8 nenos de primariapodería correr 100 metros en 8,4 segundos (o humano máis rápido necesita 9,6)

Como era de grande Ajnabia comparado CONTIGO?

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Que velocidade alcanzaba?

cousas xeniais

Datos curiosos

1

Ajnabia is a lambeosaurine hadrosaur, a group of duck-billed dinosaurs that often had fancy head crests.2

2

It was one of the smallest duck-billed dinosaurs, only about 3.5 metres (11 feet) long.2

3

Ajnabia lived around 68 to 66 million years ago, just before the mass extinction that ended the age of dinosaurs.1

4

Its fossils were found in phosphate mines, which were once a shallow sea. The bones probably washed in from land.2

5

Ajnabia is related to European duck-billed dinosaurs, suggesting its ancestors crossed the sea from Europe to Africa.2

6

Only a few bones of Ajnabia have been found: part of the upper jaw, a piece of the lower jaw, and some teeth.1

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Unha imaxe feita con IA de como podería ser Ajnabia, creada por un ordenador a partir do que saben os científicos. É unha suposición: o animal real podía ser diferente, e ninguén sabe as súas cores de verdade.
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As preguntas máis frecuentes sobre Ajnabia

?How big was Ajnabia?

About 3.5 metres (11 feet) long, similar in size to its relative Minqaria.12

?What did Ajnabia eat?

It was a herbivore, eating plants. As a duck-billed dinosaur, it had many teeth for chewing tough vegetation.1

?Did Ajnabia have a crest?

It probably did. Ajnabia was a lambeosaurine hadrosaur, a group known for having fancy head crests, though its fossils don't include the skull top.1

?How did Ajnabia get to Africa?

Scientists think it swam or rafted across the sea from Europe, because Africa was isolated by water at the time.12

?When did Ajnabia live?

About 68 to 66 million years ago, in the very latest Cretaceous, just before the asteroid impact that ended the dinosaurs.1

?Is Ajnabia a dinosaur?

Yes, it is a dinosaur. Specifically, it is a duck-billed dinosaur (hadrosaur) from the group Lambeosaurinae.1

Para expertos en dinos

Nome científico
Ajnabia
Bautizado por
Longrich et al. 20214
Grupo
Bicos de pato
Familia / clado
Hadrosauridae4
Clasificación
Ornithischia > Ornithopoda > Iguanodontia > Hadrosauridae4
Idade das rochas
de 72 a 66 millóns de anos (Maastrichtian)4
Formacións rochosas
Couche III4
Países
Marrocos4
Rexistros fósiles
1 na Paleobiology Database4
Descubrimento
Ajnabia was named in 2021 by Longrich and colleagues. The fossils came from phosphate mines in Morocco and were described as a new species of duck-billed dinosaur.3
Aínda en debate
Scientists are not sure exactly how Ajnabia got to Africa. It may have swum or rafted across the sea from Europe, but the details of this journey are still debated.2

De onde veñen os datos

  1. Ajnabia (en.wikipedia.org)
  2. A new small duckbilled dinosaur (Hadrosauridae: Lambeosaurinae) from Morocco and dinosaur diversity in the late Maastrichtian of North Africa | Scientific Reports (nature.com)
  3. PBDB Taxon (paleobiodb.org)
  4. Ajnabia in The Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0): idade, lugares, formacións rochosas, clasificación.

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