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Minqaria

Tur bi mooy: “beak duck”1

Lekkoon: GàncaxGémmiñu kanaarKretase bu mujj

Minqaria was a tiny duck-billed dinosaur that lived in Africa near the end of the age of dinosaurs. It was only about as long as a car and weighed as much as a big pig. Despite its small size, it was a full-grown adult!2 1

Dundoon

am na 72 ba 66 milyoŋ at4

Kretase bu mujj

Fosil yu ñu gis ci

Oulad Abdoun Basin, Morocco2 1

Guddaay

3,5 m (11 ft)2 1

Diisaay

250 kg (551 lb)1

Kawewaay

1,5 m (4,9 ft)

jortu

Gaawaay bi gën a kawe

lu tollu ci 43 km/h (27 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

Naka la diisoon?

diis ni 12 xaj

gudd ni 4 xaj, bakkan ba geengudd ni 19 banaana yu ñu topp-toppalediis ni 50 xaaldiis ni 13 xale yu materneldiis ni 8 xale yu lekkoolmënoon na daw 100 meetar ci 8,4 segond (nit ki gën a gaaw dafay soxla 9,6)

Naka la Minqaria 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)

Minqaria lu tollu ci 43 km/h (27 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

Minqaria was a dwarf dinosaur, only about 3.5 metres (11 feet) long, much smaller than its giant relatives like Edmontosaurus.2 1

Its skull bones were fused together, which tells scientists it was a fully grown adult, not a baby.2 1

Minqaria lived alongside other dinosaurs in Morocco, including the duck-billed Ajnabia and the meat-eating Chenanisaurus.2

The name Minqaria comes from the Arabic word for 'beak', and bata means 'duck', so its full name is 'beak duck'.1

Minqaria belonged to a group of duck-billed dinosaurs called lambeosaurines, which often had fancy crests on their heads.2 1

Fossils of Minqaria were found in marine rocks, meaning its body washed out to sea after death.2

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

?How big was Minqaria?

Minqaria was about 3.5 metres long and weighed about 250 kilograms, similar in size to a large motorcycle.1 2

?Was Minqaria a baby or an adult?

It was a fully grown adult. Its skull bones were fused together, which shows it was mature even though it was small.1 2

?What did Minqaria eat?

Minqaria was a duck-billed dinosaur, so it ate plants. It had teeth in its jaws for chewing plant material.1

?When did Minqaria live?

Minqaria lived in the very latest Cretaceous period, about 1 million years before the asteroid impact that wiped out the dinosaurs.1

Ngir ñi xam dino lool

Turu xam-xam: Minqaria
Ku ko tudde: Longrich et al. 20244
Kurél: Gémmiñu kanaar
Njaboot / klad: Hadrosauridae4
Klasifikasiyoŋ: Ornithischia > Ornithopoda > Iguanodontia > Hadrosauridae4
Màggaayu doj yi: 72 ba 66 milyoŋ at (Maastrichtian)4
Formasiyoŋi doj: Couche III4
Réew yi: Marog4
Fosil yu ñu gis: 1 ci The Paleobiology Database4
Gisees: Minqaria was named in 2024 by paleontologist Nick Longrich and his team. The fossils were found by local miners in the phosphate mines of Sidi Chennane, Morocco.2 1
Ñu ngi koy werante ba tey: Scientists are not sure why Minqaria and other African duck-billed dinosaurs were so small, but they think it might be because giant sauropods outcompeted them for food.2

Fa xibaar yi jóge

Minqaria (en.wikipedia.org)
A new small duckbilled dinosaur (Hadrosauridae: Lambeosaurinae) from Morocco and dinosaur diversity in the late Maastrichtian of North Africa (pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov)
PBDB Taxon (paleobiodb.org)
Minqaria in The Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0): at, béréb yi, formasiyoŋi doj, klasifikasiyoŋ.

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