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Kank

Il num vul dir: “nothing (the name comes from a local word for a type of bird)”1

Mangiava: PeschDinos carnivorsCretacic tardiv

Kank was a fish-eating dinosaur that lived like a modern heron. It waded in rivers and streams in southern Patagonia, using its long neck to snatch fish. This raptor-like dinosaur was about the size of a small car.1

Viveva

avant 72 fin 66 milliuns onns3

Cretacic tardiv

Fossils chattads en

La Anita farm, near El Calafate, Santa Cruz, Argentina1

Lunghezza

2,5 fin 3 m (8,2 fin 9,8 ft)1

Autezza

0,99 m (3,2 ft)

stima

Spertadad maximala

var 50 km/h (31 mph)

Currer, stima

Cura viveva el?

Triassic

Giurassic

Cretacic

avant 252 milliuns onns20114566, l'asteroid

Quant grond era el?

Quant lung era el?

Quant aut era el?

stima

uschè lung sco 3 chauns dal nas a la cuauschè lung sco 17 bananas ina suenter l'autrapudess currer 100 meters en 7,2 secundas (il pli spert uman dovra 9,6)

Quant grond era Kank cumpareglià cun TAI?

Mo matematica en tes navigatur. Nagut na vegn arcunà u tramess.

Quant spert era el?

Ina persuna che va a pe var 5 km/h (3 mph)

In uffant sin il velo var 12 km/h (7 mph)

Kank var 50 km/h (31 mph)

In chaval che galoppescha var 65 km/h (40 mph)

In gepard var 100 km/h (62 mph)

chaussas cool

Fatgs divertents

Kank lived about 70 million years ago in a warm, wet place with rivers and ponds.1

Its neck bones had air chambers inside, making them light and strong.1

Kank had a big claw on its second toe, like other raptors, but it probably used it for fishing, not hunting on land.1

The first Kank fossils were found in 2018, but scientists needed more bones to know it was a new species.1

Kank shared its home with giant predators like Maip macrothorax, a megaraptorid over 10 metres long.1

Kank is part of a group called unenlagiids, which are found in South America, Antarctica, Australia and Madagascar.1

Maletg da Kank fatg cun IA — In maletg fatg cun IA che mussa co Kank pudess avair guardà ora, fatg d'in computer tenor quai che la scienza sa. I sa tracta d'ina supposiziun: l'animal vair ha forsa guardà ora auter, e sias colurs vairas èn nunenconuschentas.

tias dumondas

Las dumondas las pli frequentas davart Kank

?How big was Kank?

About 2.5 to 3 metres long. It weighed roughly 27 kilograms.1 2

?What did Kank eat?

Kank mostly ate fish, like a modern heron. It may have also eaten frogs, lizards, turtles and small mammals that lived in its wetland home.1 2

?Did Kank have feathers?

Scientists think Kank probably had feathers, because it belongs to a group of dinosaurs called unenlagiids that are closely related to birds. No direct feather fossils of Kank have been found yet.2

?When did Kank live?

Kank lived about 70 million years ago, during the Late Cretaceous period. That was near the very end of the age of dinosaurs.1 2

?Where was Kank found?

Kank was discovered at La Anita farm near El Calafate in Santa Cruz, Argentina. The fossils come from the Chorrillo Formation in southern Patagonia.1 2

?Was Kank bigger than Velociraptor?

Yes, Kank was a bit bigger. Velociraptor was about 2 metres long, while Kank grew up to 3 metres long.1

Chatschader da mitus

Mitus: All raptor-like dinosaurs were fast land hunters like Velociraptor.

Vardad: Kank was a fish-eater that behaved like a heron, not a speedy land predator.1

Per experts da dinos

Num scientific: Kank
Numnà da: Motta et al. 20263
Gruppa: Dinos carnivors
Famiglia / clada: Unenlagiidae3
Classificaziun: Theropoda3
Vegliadetgna da la crappa: 72 fin 66 milliuns onns (Maastrichtian)3
Formaziuns da crap: Chorrillo3
Pajais: Argentinia3
Chats da fossils: 2 en The Paleobiology Database3
Scuverta: Kank was named by Matías Motta and his team in 2026, based on fossils found at La Anita farm in Argentina from 2018 to 2024.1
Anc discutà: Scientists are not sure if Kank also ate other animals like frogs or mammals, or only fish.1

Danunder che vegnan ils fatgs

Heron-like, fish-eating dinosaur from 70 million years ago discovered in Argentina | EurekAlert! (eurekalert.org)
Kank (Wikipedia) (Wikipedia)
Kank in The Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0): vegliadetgna, lieus, formaziuns da crap, classificaziun.

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