恐龍卡第 1189 張，共 2 027 張

Minqaria

名字的意思： “beak duck”1

吃：植物鴨嘴龍類白堊紀晚期

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

生存年代

72 到 66 百萬年前4

白堊紀晚期

化石發現地

Oulad Abdoun Basin, Morocco2 1

長度

3.5 m (11 ft)2 1

體重

250 kg (551 lb)1

高度

1.5 m (4.9 ft)

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最高速度

時速約 43 公里（27 英里）

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牠生活在什麼時候？

三疊紀

侏羅紀

白堊紀

2 億 5200 萬年前20114566，小行星撞地球

牠有多大？

牠有多長？

牠有多高？

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牠有多重？

跟 12 隻狗一樣重

跟 4 隻狗從鼻子接到尾巴一樣長跟 19 根香蕉頭尾相接一樣長跟 50 顆西瓜一樣重跟 13 個幼兒園小朋友一樣重跟 8 個小學生一樣重能在 8.4 秒內跑完 100 公尺（最快的人類要 9.6 秒）

Minqaria 跟「你」比起來有多大？

只是在你的瀏覽器裡算算數學。什麼都不會被儲存或傳送出去。

牠有多快？

走路的人 時速約 5 公里 (3 mph)

騎腳踏車的小朋友 時速約 12 公里 (7 mph)

Minqaria 時速約 43 公里 (27 mph)

一匹飛奔的馬 時速約 65 公里 (40 mph)

一隻獵豹 時速約 100 公里 (62 mph)

酷東西

趣味知識

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

Minqaria 的 AI 繪圖 — 這是電腦根據科學家目前的知識，用 AI 畫出 Minqaria 可能的樣子。這只是猜測：真正的動物可能長得不一樣，也沒有人知道牠真正的顏色。

你們都在問

關於 Minqaria 最常被問的問題

?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

給恐龍專家

學名: Minqaria
命名者: Longrich et al. 20244
類群: 鴨嘴龍類
科 / 演化支: Hadrosauridae4
分類: Ornithischia > Ornithopoda > Iguanodontia > Hadrosauridae4
岩石的年代: 72 到 66 百萬年 (Maastrichtian)4
岩層: Couche III4
國家: 摩洛哥4
化石紀錄: The Paleobiology Database 收錄 1 筆4
發現: 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
仍有爭議: 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