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Xenodens

Lebitso le bolela: “strange tooth”1
E jele: NamaDimosasaureKretase ya MoraoHa se dinosaure ho ya ka saense

Xenodens was a mosasaur, a giant marine lizard that lived in the sea during the time of dinosaurs. It had a mouth full of flat, blade-like teeth that worked like a saw, just like a shark or a piranha. This helped it slice through fish, squid, and even other sea creatures.1

Ntlha e monate: sehahabi sena sa lewatle se ne se sesa ha didinosaure di ntse di tsamaya naheng. Bohle ba di bitsa didinosaure, empa e ne e le lekala le leng la dihahabi.
E phetse
dilemo tse dimilione tse 72 ho isa ho 66 tse fetileng2
Kretase ya Morao
Difosili di fumanwe ho
Ouled Abdoun Basin, Morocco12
Bolelele
0.9 ho isa ho 1.1 m (3 ho isa ho 3.6 ft)1
Lebelo le phahameng ka ho fetisisa
e ka bang 13 km/h (8 mph)
Ho sesa, kakanyo

E phetse neng?

Triasiki
Jurasiki
Kretase
Dilemo tse dimilione tse 252 tse fetileng20114566, asteroiti

E ne e le kgolo hakae?

E ne e le telele hakae?

Xenodens bolelele ba e ka bang 1.1 m (3.6 ft)Katse ya lapeng e ka bang 0.5 m (1.6 ft)Ntja e ka bang 1 m (3.3 ft)Baesekele ya motho e moholo e ka bang 1.8 m (5.9 ft)
telele jwaloka dikatse tsa lapeng tse 2 ho tloha nkong ho isa mohatlengtelele jwaloka dibanana tse 6 di behilwe ka molae ne e ka sesa bolelele ba letamo le leholo la ho sesa (50 m) ka metsotswana e 14

Xenodens e ne e le kgolo hakae ha e bapiswa le WENA?

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E ne e le lebelo hakae?

dintho tse monate

Dintlha tse monate

1

Xenodens means 'strange tooth' in Greek and Latin, and its species name calminechari means 'like a saw' in Arabic.1

2

Its teeth were short, flattened, and blade-like, forming a saw-like edge along the jaw. No other land or sea reptile had teeth like this.1

3

Xenodens lived about 72 to 66 million years ago, near the end of the Age of Dinosaurs.2

4

Scientists first described Xenodens in 2021 from two upper jaw bones found in a phosphate mine in Morocco.1

5

Some scientists thought the fossil might be a fake, but CT scans in 2025 showed the teeth were real and naturally attached.1

6

Xenodens was small for a mosasaur, only about 1 meter (3.3 feet) long. Many other mosasaurs were much bigger.1

E entswe ke AISetshwantsho sa Xenodens se entsweng ke AI
Setshwantsho se entsweng ke AI, se bontshang kamoo Xenodens e ka beng e ne e shebahala kateng, se entswe ke khomphutha ho ya ka seo bo-ramahlale ba se tsebang. Ke ho hakanya feela: phoofolo ya nnete e ka nna ya ba e ne e shebahala ka tsela e nngwe, mme ha ho motho ya tsebang mebala ya yona ya nnete.
o botsitse

Dipotso tse botswang haholo ka Xenodens

?Was Xenodens a dinosaur?

No, Xenodens was a mosasaur, a marine lizard that lived in the sea during the time of dinosaurs.1

?How big was Xenodens?

About 1 meter (3.3 feet) long, which is small for a mosasaur.1

?What did Xenodens eat?

It likely ate fish, squid, crustaceans, and scavenged dead marine reptiles, using its saw-like teeth to slice through food.1

?Why did Xenodens have strange teeth?

Its short, flattened, blade-like teeth formed a saw-like edge, similar to dogfish sharks and piranhas, for cutting prey.1

Mosenyi wa ditshomo

Tshomo: Xenodens was a dinosaur.

Nnete: Xenodens was a mosasaur, a type of marine lizard that lived in the ocean. Mosasaurs are not dinosaurs.1

Bakeng sa ditsebi tsa didinosaure

Lebitso la saense
Xenodens
E rehilwe ke
Longrich et al. 20212
Sehlopha
Dimosasaure
Lelapa / leloko
Mosasauridae2
Tlhophiso
Mosasauroidea2
Dilemo tsa mafika
dilemo tse dimilione tse 72 ho isa ho 66 (Maastrichtian)2
Dibopeho tsa mafika
Couche III2
Dinaha
Moroko2
Direkoto tsa difosili
1 ho The Paleobiology Database2
Ho sibollwa
Xenodens was named in 2021 by Nick Longrich and colleagues based on a left upper jaw bone bought from a local farmer in Morocco. The fossil came from the Sidi Chennane phosphate mine.1
E sa ntse e phehwa kgang
Some scientists still debate whether Xenodens is a real species or a fake fossil, though CT scans support its authenticity.1

Moo dintlha di tswang teng

  1. Xenodens (en.wikipedia.org)
  2. Xenodens in The Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0): dilemo, dibaka, dibopeho tsa mafika, tlhophiso.

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