Raptorex
Raptorex was a tiny cousin of T. rex that lived about 70 million years ago. It had a big head, long legs for running, and tiny arms with just two fingers. Even though it was small, it already looked like a mini version of the giant tyrannosaurs!1
E phetse neng?
E ne e le kgolo hakae?
E ne e le telele hakae?
E ne e le boima hakae?
telele jwaloka dintja tse 3 ho tloha nkong ho isa mohatleng🍌telele jwaloka dibanana tse 17 di behilwe ka mola🍉boima jwaloka mahapu a 13🧸boima jwaloka bana ba kereshe ba 3🎒boima jwaloka bana ba sekolo ba 2🏃e ne e ka matha dimitara tse 100 ka metsotswana e 7.2 (motho ya lebelo ka ho fetisisa o hloka 9,6)Raptorex e ne e le kgolo hakae ha e bapiswa le WENA?
Ke dipalo feela ho browser ya hao. Ha ho letho le bolokwang kapa le romelwang kae kapa kae.
E ne e le lebelo hakae?
Dintlha tse monate
Raptorex is known from just one skeleton, which is a very young juvenile about three years old.1
Its tiny arms and big head are features that scientists once thought only appeared in giant tyrannosaurs, but Raptorex shows they evolved in small dinosaurs first.2
Many scientists now think Raptorex might actually be a baby Tarbosaurus, a close relative of T. rex from Mongolia.1
The only Raptorex fossil was bought at a gem and mineral show in Arizona before a scientist studied it.1
A fish bone found with the Raptorex skeleton helped scientists figure out that it probably came from the Late Cretaceous Nemegt Formation in Mongolia.1
Raptorex was about the size of a large dog, only 2.5 to 3 metres long and weighing around 65 kilograms.1

Dipotso tse botswang haholo ka Raptorex
?How big was Raptorex?
About 2.5 to 3 metres (8.2 to 9.8 feet) long and weighed around 65 kilograms (143 pounds), about the size of a large human.1
?Was Raptorex a dinosaur?
Yes, Raptorex was a small tyrannosaurid dinosaur, a close cousin of T. rex.1
?Did Raptorex have feathers?
The sources don't say for sure, but many small tyrannosaurs had feathers. Since Raptorex was a juvenile, it might have had a light covering of feathers, but no direct evidence is known.1
?What did Raptorex eat?
Raptorex was a meat-eater, like other tyrannosaurs. It probably hunted small animals or scavenged, using its big head and sharp teeth.1
?Is Raptorex a baby Tarbosaurus?
Many scientists now think Raptorex might be a juvenile Tarbosaurus, a close relative of T. rex from Mongolia, because the only skeleton looks just like a baby Tarbosaurus.13
?When did Raptorex live?
It probably lived about 70 million years ago, during the Late Cretaceous period, in what is now Mongolia.1
Mosenyi wa ditshomo
Tshomo: Some people think Raptorex is a separate species that lived in the Early Cretaceous, about 125 million years ago.
Nnete: Scientists now agree that Raptorex is a juvenile tyrannosaur from the Late Cretaceous, about 70 million years ago, and it may be the same as Tarbosaurus.1
Bakeng sa ditsebi tsa didinosaure
- Lebitso la saense
- Raptorex
- E rehilwe ke
- Sereno et al. 20094
- Sehlopha
- Ditiranosaure
- Lelapa / leloko
- Tyrannosauroidea4
- Tlhophiso
- Theropoda > Tyrannosauroidea4
- Dilemo tsa mafika
- dilemo tse dimilione tse 126 ho isa ho 66 (Barremian / Maastrichtian)4
- Dinaha
- Tjhaena4
- Direkoto tsa difosili
- 1 ho The Paleobiology Database4
- Ho sibollwa
- The only Raptorex fossil was bought by Dr. Henry Kriegstein at a fossil show in Tucson, Arizona. He showed it to paleontologist Paul Sereno, who named it Raptorex kriegsteini in 2009.1
- E sa ntse e phehwa kgang
- Scientists still argue whether Raptorex is a valid genus or just a baby Tarbosaurus. More fossils are needed to settle the debate.1
Moo dintlha di tswang teng
- Raptorex (en.wikipedia.org)
- Becoming T. rex | Science (science.org)
- Reanalysis of “Raptorex kriegsteini”: A Juvenile Tyrannosaurid Dinosaur from Mongolia | PLOS One (journals.plos.org)
- Raptorex in The Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0): dilemo, dibaka, dibopeho tsa mafika, tlhophiso.
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