Majungasaurus

Majungasaurus ya rayu kimanin shekaru miliyan 70 zuwa 66 da suka gabata, a ƙarshen Lokacin Cretaceous. Yana ɗaya daga cikin darnosur marasa fuka-fuki na ƙarshe kafin babban halaka.1

Wannan dinosaur yana da kauri, kai mai kumbura tare da ƙaho ɗaya mai zagaye a saman kansa. Ƙahon an yi shi ne da ƙashi kuma wataƙila ana amfani da shi don bugun kai ko nuna kansa.12

Majungasaurus yana da tsawon mita 6 zuwa 7, wanda ya kai tsawon babban motar makaranta. Shi dinosaur ne mai matsakaicin girma, ba shi da girma kamar T. rex amma har yanzu shi mafarauci ne mai ban tsoro.2

Burbushin halittu ya nuna cewa Majungasaurus wani lokacin yana cin sauran Majungasaurus. Alamun haƙora a ƙashinsa sun yi daidai da nasa haƙoran, wanda hakan ya sa ya zama ɗaya daga cikin ƴan dinosaur da aka sani da cin naman jinsinsu.2

Ya rayu tare da wasu dabbobi da yawa, ciki har da Rapetosaurus mai dogon wuya, ƙaramin mai cin nama Masiakasaurus, da kuma halittu masu kama da kada na gaske.1

An gano burbushin farko na Majungasaurus a shekarar 1895 ta hannun masu bincike na Faransa. Da farko, masana kimiyya sun yi tunanin cewa wani nau'in Megalosaurus ne, kuma daga baya har ma an kira shi Majungatholus.12

Majungasaurus yana ɗaya daga cikin dinosaur masu cin nama da aka fi sani daga nahiyoyin kudanci. An gano kawuna da ƙasusuwa da yawa cikakku, don haka masana kimiyya sun san abubuwa da yawa game da shi.2