Khinjaria
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.12
Yoom jiraate?
Hammam guddaa ture?
Hammam dheeraa ture?
akka saree 8 funyaan hanga eegeetti dheeraa๐akka muuzii 44 walitti hiriiran dheeraa๐dheerina bishaan daakaa guddaa (50 m) sekondii 5 keessatti daakuu danda'aSI wajjin yoo wal bira qabamu, Khinjaria hammam guddaa ture?
Herrega qofa barbaadduu kee keessatti. Wanti tokkollee hin olkaa'amu, eessayyuu hin ergamu.
Hammam saffisaa ture?
Odeeffannoowwan bashannansiisoo
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
Scientists think Khinjaria was an apex predator, meaning it was at the top of the food chain in its ocean.2

Gaaffiiwwan waa'ee Khinjaria baay'ee gaafataman
?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
Ogeeyyii daayinootiif
- Maqaa saayinsii
- Khinjaria
- Kan maqaa baase
- Longrich et al. 20244
- Garee
- Moosaasaroota
- Maatii / kilaadii
- Mosasauridae4
- Ramaddii
- Mosasauroidea4
- Umurii dhagaawwanii
- waggaa miliyoona 72 hanga 66 (Maastrichtian)4
- Caasaawwan dhagaa
- Couche III4
- Biyyoota
- Morookoo4
- Galmee fosilii
- 1 The Paleobiology Database keessa4
- Argannoo
- Khinjaria was named in 2024 by Nicholas Longrich and colleagues based on a partial skull and a vertebra found in Morocco.14
- Ammallee falmisiisaa
- Scientists are still debating exactly how Khinjaria used its unusual short, powerful jaws and dagger-like teeth compared to other mosasaurs.2
Odeeffannoon eessaa dhufa
- 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): umurii, bakkeewwan, caasaawwan dhagaa, ramaddii.
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