Kaadi ya dayinoso No. 0964 ku 2 027

Khinjaria

Erinnya litegeeza: “dagger”1

Yalyanga: EnnyamaMosasawuluEnkomerero ya KuretasiMu butuufu si dayinoso

Khinjaria was a giant marine lizard that lived in the sea near Africa. It had huge, blade-like teeth and a short, powerful jaw to grab big prey.1 2

Ekyewuunyisa: ekyewalula kino eky'omu nnyanja kyawuganga nga dayinoso zitambula ku lukalu. Buli muntu abiyita dayinoso, naye byali ttabi ddala ery'ebyewalula.

Yabeerawo

emyaka obukadde 72 okutuuka ku 66 emabega4

Enkomerero ya Kuretasi

Ebisigalira byazuulibwa mu

Oulad Abdoun Basin, Khouribga Province, Morocco1 4

Obuwanvu

8 m (26 ft)1

Sipiidi esinga

nga 36 km/h (22 mph)

Okuwuga, kuteebereza

Yabeerawo ddi?

Tiriyasi

Jurasiki

Kuretasi

Emyaka obukadde 252 emabega20114566, asteroyidi

Yali munene atya?

Yali muwanvu kwenkana wa?

obuwanvu ng'embwa 8, ennyindo ku mukiraobuwanvu ng'amenvu 44 nga gaddiriŋŋanayandiwuze obuwanvu bw'ekidiba ekinene (50 m) mu sikonda 5

Khinjaria yali munene atya bw'ogeraageranya ku GGWE?

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Yali wa mbiro kwenkana wa?

Omuntu atambula nga 5 km/h (3 mph)

Omwana ku kagaali nga 12 km/h (7 mph)

Khinjaria nga 36 km/h (22 mph)

Embalaasi edduka ennyo nga 65 km/h (40 mph)

Cheetah nga 100 km/h (62 mph)

ebintu ebinyuvu

Ebyewuunyisa

Khinjaria's name comes from an Arabic word for dagger, because of its sharp, blade-like teeth.1

Its skull bones were tightly fused together, making its bite very powerful.1

Khinjaria lived at the very end of the Age of Dinosaurs, about 72 to 66 million years ago.4

It was about 8 metres (26 feet) long, as long as a big bus.1

Khinjaria is related to other African mosasaurs like Goronyosaurus and Gavialimimus.1 2

Scientists think Khinjaria was an apex predator, meaning it was at the top of the food chain in its ocean.2

Ekifaananyi kya Khinjaria ekyakolebwa AI, nga kiraga engeri gye yayinza okuba ng'afaanana, ekyakolebwa kompyuta okusinziira ku ebyo bannassaayansi bye bamanyi. Kuteebereza: ekisolo ekyennyini kiyinza okuba nga kyali kifaanana bulala, era tewali amanyi langi zaakyo ez'amazima.

wabuuza

Ebibuuzo ebisinga okubuuzibwa ku Khinjaria

?Was Khinjaria a dinosaur?

No, Khinjaria was not a dinosaur. It was a giant marine lizard called a mosasaur, related to today's Komodo dragons.3

?How big was Khinjaria?

Khinjaria was about 8 metres (26 feet) long, about the size of an orca.1 3

?What did Khinjaria eat?

Khinjaria was an apex predator that likely attacked large prey, using its powerful jaws and dagger-like teeth.1 2

Eri abakugu mu dayinoso

Erinnya lya ssaayansi: Khinjaria
Yatuumibwa: Longrich et al. 20244
Ekibinja: Mosasawulu
Ekika / ekibinja: Mosasauridae4
Engabanya: Mosasauroidea4
Emyaka gy'enjazi: emyaka obukadde 72 okutuuka ku 66 (Maastrichtian)4
Ensengeka z'enjazi: Couche III4
Ensi: Moroko4
Ebisigalira ebyazuulibwa: 1 mu The Paleobiology Database4
Okuzuulibwa: Khinjaria was named in 2024 by Nicholas Longrich and colleagues based on a partial skull and a vertebra found in Morocco.1 4
Kikyakubaganyizibwako ebirowoozo: Scientists are still debating exactly how Khinjaria used its unusual short, powerful jaws and dagger-like teeth compared to other mosasaurs.2

Ebituufu gye biva

Khinjaria (en.wikipedia.org)
A bizarre new plioplatecarpine mosasaurid from the Maastrichtian of Morocco - the University of Bath's research portal (researchportal.bath.ac.uk)
Fossils of giant sea lizard show how our oceans have fundamentally changed since the dinosaur era (bath.ac.uk)
Khinjaria in The Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0): emyaka, ebifo, ensengeka z'enjazi, engabanya.

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