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Malefica

ትርጉም ስሙ: “witch or sorceress”1 2

Malefica was a duck-billed dinosaur that lived in what is now Texas, USA, about 83 to 72 million years ago. It is known from just one partial upper jaw bone, but scientists could tell it was a new kind of hadrosaur. Its name means 'witch' because it was found in Bruja Canyon, and 'bruja' is Spanish for witch.3 1 2

ዝነበረሉ

ቅድሚ 84 ክሳብ 72 ሚልዮን ዓመት5

ዳሕራይ ክሬታሸስ

ፎሲላት ዝተረኽቡሉ

Big Bend National Park, Texas, USA1 2

ንውሓት

5 m (16 ft)4

ቁመት

2 m (6.6 ft)

ግምት

ዝለዓለ ቅልጣፈ

ኣስታት 36 ኪ.ሜ/ሰ (22 ማይል/ሰ)

ጉያ, ግምት

መዓስ እዩ ዝነበረ?

ትሪያሲክ

ጁራሲክ

ክሬታሸስ

ቅድሚ 252 ሚልዮን ዓመት20114566፣ እቲ ኣስተሮይድ

ክንደይ ዓቢ ነይሩ?

ክንደይ ነዊሕ ነይሩ?

ቁመቱ ክንደይ ነይሩ?

ግምት

ከም 5 ኣኽላባት ካብ ኣፍንጫ ክሳብ ጭራ ዝነውሕከም 28 ባናና ተሰሪዑ ዝነውሕ100 ሜትሮ ኣብ 10 ካልኢት ክጎዪ ይኽእል ነበረ (እቲ ዝቐልጠፈ ሰብ 9.6 የድልዮ)

ምሳኻ ክነጻጸር Malefica ክንደይ ዓቢ ነይሩ?

ኣብ ብራውዘርካ ቀሊል ሕሳብ ጥራይ። ዝዕቀብ ወይ ናብ ዝኾነ ቦታ ዝለኣኽ የለን።

ክንደይ ቅልጡፍ ነይሩ?

ዝኸይድ ሰብ ኣስታት 5 ኪ.ሜ/ሰ (3 mph)

ብሽክለታ ዝጋልብ ቆልዓ ኣስታት 12 ኪ.ሜ/ሰ (7 mph)

Malefica ኣስታት 36 ኪ.ሜ/ሰ (22 mph)

ብጉያ ዝኸይድ ፈረስ ኣስታት 65 ኪ.ሜ/ሰ (40 mph)

ቺታ ኣስታት 100 ኪ.ሜ/ሰ (62 mph)

ዘደንቑ ነገራት

ደስ ዝብሉ ሓቅታት

Malefica is known from just one partial left maxilla, which is the upper jaw bone. Even though it is fragmentary, scientists could identify it as a new species because the maxilla has many unique features.1 2

Malefica lived during the Campanian age of the Late Cretaceous, about 83 to 72 million years ago.3

Malefica was a non-saurolophid hadrosaurid, meaning it was an early offshoot of the duck-billed dinosaur family that did not belong to the main group of hadrosaurs with solid or hollow crests.1

The fossil of Malefica was originally thought to belong to the dinosaur Kritosaurus, but later study showed it was a different animal.2

Malefica was named in 2023 by paleontologists Albert Prieto-Márquez and Jonathan R. Wagner.3 1

The specific name deckerti honors Frank Deckert, who found the specimen.2

ብAI ዝተሰርሐ ስእሊ ናይ Malefica — ብAI ዝተሰርሐ ስእሊ፣ Malefica ከመይ ይመስል ከም ዝነበረ ዘርኢ፣ ኮምፒተር ካብቲ ሳይንቲስታት ዝፈልጥዎ ዝሰርሖ። ግምት እዩ: እቲ ሓቀኛ እንስሳ ፍልይ ዝበለ ክመስል ይኽእል፣ ሓቀኛ ሕብሩ ድማ ዝፈልጦ የለን።

ንስኻ ሓቲትካ

ብዛዕባ Malefica ብብዝሒ ዝሕተቱ ሕቶታት

?How big was Malefica?

Nobody knows for sure because only a partial upper jaw bone has been found. Scientists cannot estimate its full size from just that bone.2 5

?Is Malefica a dinosaur?

Yes, Malefica is a dinosaur. It is a hadrosaurid, which is a type of duck-billed dinosaur.2 5

?When did Malefica live?

Malefica lived during the Late Cretaceous Period, about 83 to 72 million years ago.2 5

ንክኢላታት ዳይኖሰር

ሳይንሳዊ ስም: Malefica
ዝሰመዮ: Prieto-Márquez and Wagner 20235
ጉጅለ: መንቑር ደርሆ ማይ
ስድራ / ክላድ: Hadrosauridae5
ምድባ: Ornithischia > Ornithopoda > Iguanodontia > Hadrosauridae5
ዕድመ እቶም ኣኻውሕ: 84 ክሳብ 72 ሚልዮን ዓመት (Campanian)5
ናይ ኣኻውሕ ንብርብራት: Aguja5
ሃገራት: ኣመሪካ5
መዛግብቲ ፎሲል: 1 ኣብ The Paleobiology Database5
ርኽበት: The only known fossil of Malefica, a partial left maxilla, was found in Bruja Canyon in Big Bend National Park, Texas. It was first thought to be from the dinosaur Kritosaurus in 2002, but in 2023 scientists Albert Prieto-Márquez and Jonathan R. Wagner named it as a new genus and species, Malefica deckerti.1 2
ገና ዘከራኽር: Because only a single jaw bone is known, scientists are not sure what the rest of Malefica's body looked like or exactly how big it was.1