Khinjaria
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.12
E tshetse leng?
E ne e le kgolo go le kae?
E ne e le telele go le kae?
telele jaaka dintšwa di le 8 go tswa kwa nkong go ya kwa mogatleng🍌telele jaaka dibanana di le 44 di latelana🏊e ne e ka thuma boleele jwa letamo le legolo la go thuma (50 m) mo metsotswaneng e le 5Khinjaria e ne e le kgolo go le kae fa e bapisiwa le WENA?
Ke dipalo fela mo sebatling sa gago. Ga go sepe se se bolokwang kgotsa se se romelwang gope.
E ne e le bonako go le kae?
Dintlha tse di monate
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
Scientists think Khinjaria was an apex predator, meaning it was at the top of the food chain in its ocean.2

Dipotso tse di botswang thata ka ga 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
Ya baitseanape ba didino
- Leina la saense
- Khinjaria
- Leina le neilwe ke
- Longrich et al. 20244
- Setlhopha
- Dimosasoro
- Lelapa / clade
- Mosasauridae4
- Thulaganyo
- Mosasauroidea4
- Bogolo jwa matlapa
- 72 go ya go 66 dimilione tsa dingwaga (Maastrichtian)4
- Dibopego tsa matlapa
- Couche III4
- Dinaga
- Moroko4
- Direkoto tsa difosili
- 1 mo The Paleobiology Database4
- Go fitlhelwa
- Khinjaria was named in 2024 by Nicholas Longrich and colleagues based on a partial skull and a vertebra found in Morocco.14
- Go sa ntse go ganetsanwa
- Scientists are still debating exactly how Khinjaria used its unusual short, powerful jaws and dagger-like teeth compared to other mosasaurs.2
Kwa dintlha di tswang teng
- 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): dingwaga, mafelo, dibopego tsa matlapa, thulaganyo.
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