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Malefica

Tur bi mooy: “witch or sorceress”1 2

Lekkoon: GàncaxGémmiñu kanaarKretase bu mujj

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

Dundoon

am na 84 ba 72 milyoŋ at5

Kretase bu mujj

Fosil yu ñu gis ci

Big Bend National Park, Texas, USA1 2

Guddaay

5 m (16 ft)4

Kawewaay

2 m (6,6 ft)

jortu

Gaawaay bi gën a kawe

lu tollu ci 36 km/h (22 mph)

Daw, jortu

Kañ la dundoon?

Triyaas

Jurasik

Kretase

Am na 252 milyoŋ at20114566, asteroyid bi

Naka la réyoon?

Naka la guddoon?

Naka la kawewoon?

jortu

gudd ni 5 xaj, bakkan ba geengudd ni 28 banaana yu ñu topp-toppalemënoon na daw 100 meetar ci 10 segond (nit ki gën a gaaw dafay soxla 9,6)

Naka la Malefica 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?

Nit kuy dox lu tollu ci 5 km/h (3 mph)

Xale bu nekk ci welo lu tollu ci 12 km/h (7 mph)

Malefica lu tollu ci 36 km/h (22 mph)

Fas buy daw bu gaaw lu tollu ci 65 km/h (40 mph)

Segg bu gaaw lu tollu ci 100 km/h (62 mph)

yëf yu neex

Xibaar yu neex

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

Nataalu Malefica bu ñu def ak IA — Nataal bu IA def la, muy wone ni Malefica 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 Malefica

?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

Ngir ñi xam dino lool

Turu xam-xam: Malefica
Ku ko tudde: Prieto-Márquez and Wagner 20235
Kurél: Gémmiñu kanaar
Njaboot / klad: Hadrosauridae5
Klasifikasiyoŋ: Ornithischia > Ornithopoda > Iguanodontia > Hadrosauridae5
Màggaayu doj yi: 84 ba 72 milyoŋ at (Campanian)5
Formasiyoŋi doj: Aguja5
Réew yi: Amerig5
Fosil yu ñu gis: 1 ci The Paleobiology Database5
Gisees: 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
Ñu ngi koy werante ba tey: 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

Fa xibaar yi jóge

A new ‘duck-billed’ dinosaur (Ornithischia: Hadrosauridae) from the upper Campanian of Texas points to a greater diversity of early hadrosaurid offshoots (sciencedirect.com)
Malefica (en.wikipedia.org)
PBDB Taxon (paleobiodb.org)
New Species of Duck-Billed Dinosaur Identified in Texas | Sci.News (sci.news)
Malefica in The Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0): at, béréb yi, formasiyoŋi doj, klasifikasiyoŋ.

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