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Minqaria

Erinnya litegeeza: “beak duck”1
Yalyanga: EbimeraEz'emimwa gy'embaataEnkomerero ya Kuretasi

Minqaria was a tiny duck-billed dinosaur that lived in Africa near the end of the age of dinosaurs. It was only about as long as a car and weighed as much as a big pig. Despite its small size, it was a full-grown adult!21

Yabeerawo
emyaka obukadde 72 okutuuka ku 66 emabega4
Enkomerero ya Kuretasi
Ebisigalira byazuulibwa mu
Oulad Abdoun Basin, Morocco21
Obuwanvu
3.5 m (11 ft)21
Obuzito
250 kg (551 lb)1
Obugulumivu
1.5 m (4.9 ft)
kuteebereza
Sipiidi esinga
nga 43 km/h (27 mph)
Okudduka, kuteebereza

Yabeerawo ddi?

Tiriyasi
Jurasiki
Kuretasi
Emyaka obukadde 252 emabega20114566, asteroyidi

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Yali muwanvu kwenkana wa?

Minqaria obuwanvu nga 3.5 m (11 ft)Akagaali k'omukulu nga 1.8 m (5.9 ft)Emmotoka nga 4.5 m (15 ft)Enjovu, ekisolo ekisinga obunene ku lukalu leero nga 6.5 m (21 ft)

Yali mugulumivu kwenkana wa?

Embwanga 0.5 m (1.6 ft)Minqariaobugulumivu nga 1.5 m (4.9 ft)Embalaasinga 1.6 m (5.2 ft)Enjovunga 3.2 m (10 ft)

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Yali muzito kwenkana wa?

obuzito ng'obw'embwa 12
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Ebyewuunyisa

1

Minqaria was a dwarf dinosaur, only about 3.5 metres (11 feet) long, much smaller than its giant relatives like Edmontosaurus.21

2

Its skull bones were fused together, which tells scientists it was a fully grown adult, not a baby.21

3

Minqaria lived alongside other dinosaurs in Morocco, including the duck-billed Ajnabia and the meat-eating Chenanisaurus.2

4

The name Minqaria comes from the Arabic word for 'beak', and bata means 'duck', so its full name is 'beak duck'.1

5

Minqaria belonged to a group of duck-billed dinosaurs called lambeosaurines, which often had fancy crests on their heads.21

6

Fossils of Minqaria were found in marine rocks, meaning its body washed out to sea after death.2

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Ebibuuzo ebisinga okubuuzibwa ku Minqaria

?How big was Minqaria?

Minqaria was about 3.5 metres long and weighed about 250 kilograms, similar in size to a large motorcycle.12

?Was Minqaria a baby or an adult?

It was a fully grown adult. Its skull bones were fused together, which shows it was mature even though it was small.12

?What did Minqaria eat?

Minqaria was a duck-billed dinosaur, so it ate plants. It had teeth in its jaws for chewing plant material.1

?When did Minqaria live?

Minqaria lived in the very latest Cretaceous period, about 1 million years before the asteroid impact that wiped out the dinosaurs.1

Eri abakugu mu dayinoso

Erinnya lya ssaayansi
Minqaria
Yatuumibwa
Longrich et al. 20244
Ekibinja
Ez'emimwa gy'embaata
Ekika / ekibinja
Hadrosauridae4
Engabanya
Ornithischia > Ornithopoda > Iguanodontia > Hadrosauridae4
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
Minqaria was named in 2024 by paleontologist Nick Longrich and his team. The fossils were found by local miners in the phosphate mines of Sidi Chennane, Morocco.21
Kikyakubaganyizibwako ebirowoozo
Scientists are not sure why Minqaria and other African duck-billed dinosaurs were so small, but they think it might be because giant sauropods outcompeted them for food.2

Ebituufu gye biva

  1. Minqaria (en.wikipedia.org)
  2. A new small duckbilled dinosaur (Hadrosauridae: Lambeosaurinae) from Morocco and dinosaur diversity in the late Maastrichtian of North Africa (pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov)
  3. PBDB Taxon (paleobiodb.org)
  4. Minqaria in The Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0): emyaka, ebifo, ensengeka z'enjazi, engabanya.

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