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Mahakala

Il num vul dir: “named after Mahakala, a protector deity in Tibetan Buddhism”1

Mahakala was a tiny, feathered raptor that lived in the Gobi Desert about 80 million years ago. It was one of the smallest dromaeosaurids ever found, about the size of a crow. Its small size and bird-like features help scientists understand how flight may have evolved in dinosaurs.1

Viveva

avant 84 fin 72 milliuns onns3

Cretacic tardiv

Fossils chattads en

Tögrögiin Shiree in the Gobi Desert, Ömnögovi Province, Mongolia3 1

Lunghezza

0,5 fin 0,7 m (1,6 fin 2,3 ft)1

Paisa

0,4 kg fin 0,7 kg (1 fin 2 lb)1

Autezza

0,29 m (1 ft)

stima

Spertadad maximala

var 17 km/h (11 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

Quant grev era el?

uschè grev sco 6 bananas

uschè lung sco 4 bananas ina suenter l'autrapli lev ch'in giat da chasauschè grev sco 6 bananasuschè pitschen ch'el pudeva ir sut ina sutgapudess currer 100 meters en 21 secundas (il pli spert uman dovra 9,6)

Quant grond era Mahakala 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)

Mahakala var 17 km/h (11 mph)

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

In gepard var 100 km/h (62 mph)

chaussas cool

Fatgs divertents

Mahakala is one of the most primitive (basal) dromaeosaurids known, even though it lived late in the Cretaceous Period.1

Its skeleton shows a mix of features found in early troodontids and early birds, making it a key fossil for studying bird origins.1

Mahakala belonged to a group called Halszkaraptorinae, whose members were probably strong swimmers.1

The holotype specimen was nearly an adult, but it was still only as big as Archaeopteryx, a famous early bird.1

It lived alongside Velociraptor, Protoceratops, and many other dinosaurs in a dry, sandy environment with seasonal streams.1

Like other dromaeosaurids, Mahakala had a large, curved claw on its second toe that it may have used to catch prey.1

Maletg da Mahakala fatg cun IA — In maletg fatg cun IA che mussa co Mahakala 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.

Per experts da dinos

Num scientific: Mahakala
Numnà da: Turner et al. 20073
Gruppa: Raptors
Famiglia / clada: Dromaeosauridae3
Classificaziun: Theropoda > Dromaeosauridae3
Vegliadetgna da la crappa: 84 fin 72 milliuns onns (Campanian)3
Formaziuns da crap: Djadokhta3
Pajais: Mongolia3
Chats da fossils: 1 en The Paleobiology Database3
Scuverta: Mahakala was named in 2007 by Alan H. Turner and colleagues based on a partial skeleton found in the Gobi Desert of Mongolia.1 3
Anc discutà: Scientists are still debating whether Mahakala was a member of the Halszkaraptorinae subfamily or a more primitive dromaeosaurid outside that group.1

Danunder che vegnan ils fatgs

Mahakala omnogovae (en.wikipedia.org)
Mahakala omnogovae Turner et al. 2007 - Encyclopedia of Life (eol.org)
Mahakala in The Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0): vegliadetgna, lieus, formaziuns da crap, classificaziun.

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