{"id":14477,"date":"2023-09-09T08:21:02","date_gmt":"2023-09-09T02:51:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=14477"},"modified":"2025-04-02T20:54:30","modified_gmt":"2025-04-02T15:24:30","slug":"igai-semkhu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/igai-semkhu\/","title":{"rendered":"What is Igai semkhu?"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><strong>About Igai semkhu:<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>It belongs to a<strong> diverse group of long-necked plant-eating dinosaurs called Titanosauria.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Igai semkhu\u00a0<strong>roamed our planet during the Campanian age of the Late Cretaceous epoch,\u00a0<\/strong>approximately\u00a0<strong>75 million years ago.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>The group is k<strong>nown for large body sizes, long necks and wide stance<\/strong> and includes species ranging from the largest known terrestrial vertebrates to \u2018dwarfs\u2019 no bigger than elephants.<\/li>\n<li>Igai semkhu c<strong>onstitutes one of the most informative dinosaurs\u00a0<\/strong>yet recovered from the latest Cretaceous of Afro-Arabia.<\/li>\n<li>It is\u00a0<strong>10-15 m (33-49 feet) in estimated total body length.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>What is Cretaceous epoch?<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>It is the\u00a0<strong>third and final period of the Mesozoic Era,<\/strong> which is often\u00a0<strong>referred to as the &#8220;Age of Dinosaurs.&#8221;<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>The Cretaceous Epoch\u00a0<strong>lasted from approximately 145 million years ago to about 66 million years ago,<\/strong> making it one of the longest geological epochs.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Mass Extinction:<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>The\u00a0<strong>Cretaceous-Paleogene (K-Pg) mass extinction event marks the end of the Cretaceous Epoch.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>I<\/strong>t\u00a0<strong>occurred around 66 million years ago\u00a0<\/strong>and\u00a0<strong>resulted in the extinction of approximately 75% of Earth&#8217;s species, including the non-avian dinosaurs.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>This event is believed to have been\u00a0<strong>triggered by a combination of factors, i<\/strong>ncluding the impact of a large asteroid or comet and massive volcanic activity.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>Q1) What is Geological Epoch?<\/h3>\n<p>In geological terms, an epoch is a division of time that represents a relatively short and distinct interval within a geological period. Geological epochs are used to categorize and describe specific periods of Earth&#8217;s history based on notable changes in Earth&#8217;s geology, climate, and the evolution of life forms. These divisions help geologists and paleontologists understand and discuss Earth&#8217;s past.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Igai semkhu belongs to a diverse group of long-necked plant-eating dinosaurs called Titanosauria.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":14478,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-14477","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-upsc-prelims-current-affairs","8":"no-featured-image-padding"},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14477","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14477"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14477\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14478"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14477"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14477"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14477"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}