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Makambo ya kosepelisa
Zapsalis is known only from its teeth, not from any other bones. Scientists call it a 'tooth taxon'.1
The name Zapsalis means 'thorough scissors' in Greek, because its teeth look like sharp scissors.1
Zapsalis lived between about 85 and 66 million years ago, during the Late Cretaceous.2
Its teeth have rounded denticles (little bumps) and vertical grooves, which help scientists tell them apart from other raptor teeth.1
Some scientists think Zapsalis teeth might have been used for preening feathers, like some other raptors.1
Zapsalis was named by famous fossil hunter Edward Drinker Cope in 1876, during the 'Bone Wars' with his rival Othniel Charles Marsh.1

Mituna oyo batunaka mingi na ntina na Zapsalis
Mobuki masapo
Lisapo: Zapsalis is a complete dinosaur known from a full skeleton.
Solo: Zapsalis is only known from a few teeth. No other bones have been found.1
Mpo na bayebi ya badino
- Nkombo ya siansi
- Zapsalis
- Nkombo epesamaki na
- Cope 18762
- Lisanga
- Baraptore
- Libota / klade
- Dromaeosauridae2
- Klasifikasio
- Theropoda > Dromaeosauridae2
- Mbula ya mabanga
- mbula milio 86 kino 66 (Santonian / Maastrichtian)2
- Milongo ya mabanga
- Milk River, Lance, Hell Creek2
- Bikolo
- Kanada, Amerika2
- Bafosile oyo ekomami
- 7 na The Paleobiology Database2
- Ntango bamonaki yango
- Zapsalis was named by American paleontologist Edward Drinker Cope in 1876, based on a single tooth from the Judith River Formation in Montana, USA.1
- Naino bazali kowelana
- Scientists still debate whether Zapsalis is a valid genus or just the teeth of another raptor like Saurornitholestes.1
Esika makambo euti
- Zapsalis (en.wikipedia.org)
- Zapsalis in The Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0): mbula, bisika, milongo ya mabanga, klasifikasio.
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