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Khinjaria

Il num vul dir: “dagger”1

Mangiava: CharnMosasaursCretacic tardivTecnicamain betg in dinosaur

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

Fatg divertent: quest reptil da mar nudava, entant ch'ils dinosaurs chaminavan sin terra. Tuts als numnan dinos, ma els eran in'autra rama dals reptils.

Viveva

avant 72 fin 66 milliuns onns4

Cretacic tardiv

Fossils chattads en

Oulad Abdoun Basin, Khouribga Province, Morocco1 4

Lunghezza

8 m (26 ft)1

Spertadad maximala

var 36 km/h (22 mph)

Nudar, stima

Cura viveva el?

Triassic

Giurassic

Cretacic

avant 252 milliuns onns20114566, l'asteroid

Quant grond era el?

Quant lung era el?

uschè lung sco 8 chauns dal nas a la cuauschè lung sco 44 bananas ina suenter l'autrapudess nudar la lunghezza d'ina gronda piscina (50 m) en 5 secundas

Quant grond era Khinjaria 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)

Khinjaria var 36 km/h (22 mph)

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

In gepard var 100 km/h (62 mph)

chaussas cool

Fatgs divertents

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

Maletg da Khinjaria fatg cun IA — In maletg fatg cun IA che mussa co Khinjaria 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 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

Per experts da dinos

Num scientific: Khinjaria
Numnà da: Longrich et al. 20244
Gruppa: Mosasaurs
Famiglia / clada: Mosasauridae4
Classificaziun: Mosasauroidea4
Vegliadetgna da la crappa: 72 fin 66 milliuns onns (Maastrichtian)4
Formaziuns da crap: Couche III4
Pajais: Marocco4
Chats da fossils: 1 en The Paleobiology Database4
Scuverta: Khinjaria was named in 2024 by Nicholas Longrich and colleagues based on a partial skull and a vertebra found in Morocco.1 4
Anc discutà: Scientists are still debating exactly how Khinjaria used its unusual short, powerful jaws and dagger-like teeth compared to other mosasaurs.2

Danunder che vegnan ils fatgs

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): vegliadetgna, lieus, formaziuns da crap, classificaziun.

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