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Kank

Tur bi mooy: “nothing (the name comes from a local word for a type of bird)”1
Lekkoon: JënDino yuy lekk yàppKretase bu mujj

Kank was a fish-eating dinosaur that lived like a modern heron. It waded in rivers and streams in southern Patagonia, using its long neck to snatch fish. This raptor-like dinosaur was about the size of a small car.1

Dundoon
am na 72 ba 66 milyoŋ at3
Kretase bu mujj
Fosil yu ñu gis ci
La Anita farm, near El Calafate, Santa Cruz, Argentina1
Guddaay
2,5 ba 3 m (8,2 ba 9,8 ft)1
Kawewaay
0,99 m (3,2 ft)
jortu
Gaawaay bi gën a kawe
lu tollu ci 50 km/h (31 mph)
Daw, jortu

Kañ la dundoon?

Triyaas
Jurasik
Kretase
Am na 252 milyoŋ at20114566, asteroyid bi

Naka la réyoon?

Naka la guddoon?

Kank lu tollu ci 3 m ci guddaay (9,8 ft)Weloy mag lu tollu ci 1,8 m (5,9 ft)Oto lu tollu ci 4,5 m (15 ft)Ñey, rab bi gën a mag ci suuf tey lu tollu ci 6,5 m (21 ft)

Naka la kawewoon?

Muusu kërlu tollu ci 0,3 m (1 ft)Xajlu tollu ci 0,5 m (1,6 ft)Kanklu tollu ci 0,99 m ci kawewaay (3,2 ft)Faslu tollu ci 1,6 m (5,2 ft)

jortu

gudd ni 3 xaj, bakkan ba geengudd ni 17 banaana yu ñu topp-toppalemënoon na daw 100 meetar ci 7,2 segond (nit ki gën a gaaw dafay soxla 9,6)

Naka la Kank réyoon, bu ñu ko méngalee ak YAW?

Ay kalkil rekk ci sa navigatëer. Dara du ñu denc, dara du ñu yónne fenn.

Naka la gaawoon?

yëf yu neex

Xibaar yu neex

1

Kank lived about 70 million years ago in a warm, wet place with rivers and ponds.1

2

Its neck bones had air chambers inside, making them light and strong.1

3

Kank had a big claw on its second toe, like other raptors, but it probably used it for fishing, not hunting on land.1

4

The first Kank fossils were found in 2018, but scientists needed more bones to know it was a new species.1

5

Kank shared its home with giant predators like Maip macrothorax, a megaraptorid over 10 metres long.1

6

Kank is part of a group called unenlagiids, which are found in South America, Antarctica, Australia and Madagascar.1

Def ak IANataalu Kank bu ñu def ak IA
Nataal bu IA def la, muy wone ni Kank mën a meloon, ordinatëer moo ko def ci li boroom xam-xam yi xam. Jortu kese la: rab bi ci dëgg mën na meloon neneen, te kenn xamul ay kulëëram yu dëgg.
yeen a laaj

Laaj yi ñu gën a laaj ci Kank

?How big was Kank?

About 2.5 to 3 metres long. It weighed roughly 27 kilograms.12

?What did Kank eat?

Kank mostly ate fish, like a modern heron. It may have also eaten frogs, lizards, turtles and small mammals that lived in its wetland home.12

?Did Kank have feathers?

Scientists think Kank probably had feathers, because it belongs to a group of dinosaurs called unenlagiids that are closely related to birds. No direct feather fossils of Kank have been found yet.2

?When did Kank live?

Kank lived about 70 million years ago, during the Late Cretaceous period. That was near the very end of the age of dinosaurs.12

?Where was Kank found?

Kank was discovered at La Anita farm near El Calafate in Santa Cruz, Argentina. The fossils come from the Chorrillo Formation in southern Patagonia.12

?Was Kank bigger than Velociraptor?

Yes, Kank was a bit bigger. Velociraptor was about 2 metres long, while Kank grew up to 3 metres long.1

Ku tas léeb yu dul dëgg

Léeb: All raptor-like dinosaurs were fast land hunters like Velociraptor.

Dëgg: Kank was a fish-eater that behaved like a heron, not a speedy land predator.1

Ngir ñi xam dino lool

Turu xam-xam
Kank
Ku ko tudde
Motta et al. 20263
Kurél
Dino yuy lekk yàpp
Njaboot / klad
Unenlagiidae3
Klasifikasiyoŋ
Theropoda3
Màggaayu doj yi
72 ba 66 milyoŋ at (Maastrichtian)3
Formasiyoŋi doj
Chorrillo3
Réew yi
Arsantin3
Fosil yu ñu gis
2 ci The Paleobiology Database3
Gisees
Kank was named by Matías Motta and his team in 2026, based on fossils found at La Anita farm in Argentina from 2018 to 2024.1
Ñu ngi koy werante ba tey
Scientists are not sure if Kank also ate other animals like frogs or mammals, or only fish.1

Fa xibaar yi jóge

  1. Heron-like, fish-eating dinosaur from 70 million years ago discovered in Argentina | EurekAlert! (eurekalert.org)
  2. Kank (Wikipedia) (Wikipedia)
  3. Kank in The Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0): at, béréb yi, formasiyoŋi doj, klasifikasiyoŋ.

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