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Khankhuuluu

Comía: CarneTiranosaurosCretáceo Superior

Khankhuuluu was a meat-eating dinosaur that lived in what is now Mongolia, about 100 to 84 million years ago. It was a cousin of the famous Tyrannosaurus rex, but it was smaller and more lightly built. Scientists think it helps show how big tyrannosaurs evolved from smaller ancestors.15

Viviu
hai entre 100 e 84 millóns de anos5
Cretáceo Superior
Fósiles atopados en
Fossils of Khankhuuluu were found in the Baynshire Formation in Mongolia.5
Lonxitude
4 m (13 ft)2
Peso
750 kg (1 700 lb)23
Altura
2 m (6,6 ft)3
Velocidade máxima
uns 39 km/h (24 mph)
Correr, estimación

Cando viviu?

Triásico
Xurásico
Cretáceo
Hai 252 millóns de anos20114566, o asteroide

Como era de grande?

Canto medía de longo?

Khankhuuluu uns 4 m de longo (13 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)Un cabalouns 1,6 m (5,2 ft)Khankhuuluuuns 2 m de alto (6,6 ft)Un elefanteuns 3,2 m (10 ft)

Canto pesaba?

tan pesado coma 38 cans
tan longo coma 4 cans do fociño á colatan longo coma 22 plátanos postos un tras outrotan pesado coma 150 sandíastan pesado coma 39 nenos de infantiltan pesado coma 23 nenos de primariapodería correr 100 metros en 9,2 segundos (o humano máis rápido necesita 9,6)

Como era de grande Khankhuuluu comparado CONTIGO?

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Que velocidade alcanzaba?

cousas xeniais

Datos curiosos

1

Khankhuuluu is known from fossils found in rocks that are between 100.5 and 83.6 million years old, from the Cenomanian to Santonian ages.5

2

Scientists think Khankhuuluu was a close relative of the group that includes Tyrannosaurus rex, but it lived earlier and was not as big.1

3

Khankhuuluu had a shallow skull and a gracile, or slender, build, similar to some young tyrannosaurs. This suggests it kept some baby-like features into adulthood.1

4

The discovery of Khankhuuluu helped scientists figure out that tyrannosaurs moved from Asia to North America and then later came back to Asia.1

5

Khankhuuluu is the only species in its genus, and its full scientific name is Khankhuuluu mongoliensis.5

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As preguntas máis frecuentes sobre Khankhuuluu

?How big was Khankhuuluu?

About 4 metres (13 feet) long and 750 kilograms (1,650 pounds), roughly the size of a horse.24

?Was Khankhuuluu a dinosaur?

Yes, it was a meat-eating dinosaur called a tyrannosauroid.3

?When did Khankhuuluu live?

It lived about 86 million years ago, during the Late Cretaceous Period.2

?What did Khankhuuluu eat?

It was a meat eater that hunted smaller prey using speed and ambush.4

?Could Khankhuuluu crush bones like T. rex?

No, its long, shallow skull shows it could not crunch through bone the way T. rex could.4

?Where was Khankhuuluu found?

Its fossils were discovered in the Gobi Desert of southeastern Mongolia, in the Bayanshiree Formation.34

Para expertos en dinos

Nome científico
Khankhuuluu
Bautizado por
Voris et al. 20255
Grupo
Tiranosauros
Familia / clado
Tyrannosauroidea5
Clasificación
Theropoda > Tyrannosauroidea5
Idade das rochas
de 100 a 84 millóns de anos (Cenomanian / Santonian)5
Formacións rochosas
Baynshire5
Países
Mongolia5
Rexistros fósiles
2 na Paleobiology Database5
Descubrimento
Khankhuuluu was named by a team of scientists in 2025. The fossils were found in Mongolia and are stored at the Institute of Paleontology in Ulaanbaatar.15
Aínda en debate
Scientists are still debating exactly how Khankhuuluu is related to other tyrannosaurs, and whether some features it shares with later tyrannosaurs were inherited or evolved separately.1

De onde veñen os datos

  1. A new Mongolian tyrannosauroid and the evolution of Eutyrannosauria | Nature (nature.com)
  2. Mongolia's 'Dragon Prince' dinosaur was forerunner of T. rex | Reuters (reuters.com)
  3. Khankhuuluu (Wikipedia) (Wikipedia)
  4. UCalgary paleontologists identify closest known ancestor of tyrannosaurs | News | University of Calgary (ucalgary.ca)
  5. Khankhuuluu in The Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0): idade, lugares, formacións rochosas, clasificación.

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