Mahakala (dinosaur)
Mahakala (from Sanskrit, named for Mahakala, one of eight protector deities (dharmapalas) in Tibetan Buddhism) is a genus of basal dromaeosaurid dinosaur from the Campanian-age (about 80 million years ago) Upper Cretaceous Djadokhta Formation of Ömnögovi, Mongolia. It is based on a partial skeleton found in the Gobi Desert. Mahakala was a small dromaeosaurid (approximately 70 centimeters long (28 in)), and its skeleton shows features that are also found in early troodontids and avialans. Despite its late appearance, it is among the most basal dromaeosaurids. Its small size, and the small size of other basal deinonychosaurians, suggests that small size appeared before flight capability in birds.
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Mahakala (dinosaur)
Mahakala (from Sanskrit, named for Mahakala, one of eight protector deities (dharmapalas) in Tibetan Buddhism) is a genus of basal dromaeosaurid dinosaur from the Campanian-age (about 80 million years ago) Upper Cretaceous Djadokhta Formation of Ömnögovi, Mongolia. It is based on a partial skeleton found in the Gobi Desert. Mahakala was a small dromaeosaurid (approximately 70 centimeters long (28 in)), and its skeleton shows features that are also found in early troodontids and avialans. Despite its late appearance, it is among the most basal dromaeosaurids. Its small size, and the small size of other basal deinonychosaurians, suggests that small size appeared before flight capability in birds.
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Mahakala ist eine Gattung the ...... Vertreter der Dromaeosauridae.
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Mahakala (d'après le sanskrit ...... ux avant la capacité de voler.
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Mahakala (from Sanskrit, named ...... re flight capability in birds.
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Mahakala (san. "Mahakala") es ...... cidad de los pájaros de volar.
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Mahakala is een geslacht van t ...... ijn directe voorouders afweek.
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Mahakala omnogovae (лат.) — в ...... ад в районе нынешней Монголии.
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Mahakala – rodzaj teropoda z r ...... miejsca znalezienia holotypu.
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大黑天神龍屬(學名:Mahakala)是種原始馳龍科恐龍,唯 ...... 以發現地南戈壁省(Ömnögovi Province)為名。
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Turner et al., 2007
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Late Cretaceous,
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Mahakala omnogovae
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Mahakala ist eine Gattung the ...... Vertreter der Dromaeosauridae.
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Mahakala (d'après le sanskrit ...... ux avant la capacité de voler.
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Mahakala (from Sanskrit, named ...... re flight capability in birds.
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Mahakala (san. "Mahakala") es ...... antes que la capacidad de los
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Mahakala is een geslacht van t ...... even van de bouw van het dier.
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Mahakala omnogovae (лат.) — в ...... ад в районе нынешней Монголии.
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Mahakala – rodzaj teropoda z r ...... miejsca znalezienia holotypu.
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大黑天神龍屬(學名:Mahakala)是種原始馳龍科恐龍,唯 ...... 以發現地南戈壁省(Ömnögovi Province)為名。
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Mahakala (Dinosaurier)
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Mahakala (dinosaur)
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Mahakala (dinosaure)
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Mahakala (dinosauriër)
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Mahakala (dinozaur)
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Mahakala (género)
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Mahakala omnogovae
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大黑天神龍屬
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