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Epidexipteryx

Naam beteken: “display feather”1
Het geëet: VleisVleisvretende dino'sMiddel-Jura

Epidexipteryx was a tiny, pigeon-sized dinosaur that lived in the Jurassic period. It had four long, ribbon-like feathers on its tail that it probably used to show off, not to fly. This little dinosaur was a meat-eater and is one of the oldest known dinosaurs with display feathers.1

Het geleef
165 tot 162 miljoen jaar gelede6
Middel-Jura
Fossiele gevind in
Daohugou, Ningcheng County, Inner Mongolia, China1
Lengte
0,25 tot 0,3 m (0,8 tot 1 ft)3
Gewig
tot 0,164 kg (0 lb)1
Hoogte
0,12 m (0,4 ft)
skatting
Topspoed
omtrent 13 km/h (8 mph)
Hardloop, skatting

Wanneer het dit geleef?

Trias
Jura
Kryt
252 miljoen jaar gelede20114566, die asteroïde

Hoe groot was dit?

Hoe lank was dit?

Epidexipteryx omtrent 0,3 m lank (1 ft)'n Huiskat omtrent 0,5 m (1,6 ft)'n Hond omtrent 1 m (3,3 ft)'n Grootmensfiets omtrent 1,8 m (5,9 ft)

Hoe hoog was dit?

Epidexipteryxomtrent 0,12 m hoog (0,4 ft)'n Huiskatomtrent 0,3 m (1 ft)'n Hondomtrent 0,5 m (1,6 ft)'n Perdomtrent 1,6 m (5,2 ft)

skatting

Hoe swaar was dit?

so swaar soos 1,5 piesangs
ligter as 'n huiskatso lank soos 9 speelgoedboustene in 'n ryklein genoeg om onder 'n stoel deur te loopkon 100 meter in 28 sekondes hardloop (die vinnigste mens het 9,6 nodig)

Hoe groot was Epidexipteryx vergeleke met JOU?

Net wiskunde in jou blaaier. Niks word gestoor of êrens heen gestuur nie.

Hoe vinnig was dit?

cool goed

Prettige feite

1

Epidexipteryx had four long, ribbon-like feathers on its tail that were probably used for display, not for flying.1

2

It weighed only about 164 grams, which is less than a can of soda.1

3

Its front teeth were much larger than its back teeth, and they stuck out forward, similar to the dinosaur Masiakasaurus.1

4

Epidexipteryx lived about 165 to 161 million years ago, during the Middle to Late Jurassic.6

5

The only known fossil is a nearly complete skeleton of a young individual, found in Inner Mongolia, China.1

6

It had a short tail compared to its close relative Epidendrosaurus, with only 16 tail bones instead of more than 40.1

7

Epidexipteryx could not fly because it lacked the long flight feathers on its arms that birds use.1

Deur KI gemaakKI-prent van Epidexipteryx
'n KI-prent van hoe Epidexipteryx dalk gelyk het, deur 'n rekenaar gemaak uit wat wetenskaplikes weet. Dit is 'n raaiskoot: die regte dier het dalk anders gelyk, en niemand weet wat sy regte kleure was nie.
julle het gevra

Mees gevraagde vrae oor Epidexipteryx

?How big was Epidexipteryx?

It was tiny, about 25 to 30 cm long, not counting the tail feathers. That is about the size of a pigeon.3

?Did Epidexipteryx have feathers?

Yes, it had four long, ribbon-like feathers on its tail and a covering of simpler body feathers. The tail feathers were probably used for display, not for flying.34

?Could Epidexipteryx fly?

No, it could not fly. It lacked the long flight feathers on its arms that birds use, though it may have had a membrane wing for gliding.35

?What did Epidexipteryx eat?

It was a meat-eater. It may have used its long claws to rummage through trees for grubs, like an aye-aye.3

?When did Epidexipteryx live?

It lived during the Middle to Late Jurassic, about 165 to 154 million years ago, in what is now Inner Mongolia, China.3

?Why did Epidexipteryx have long tail feathers?

It used them for display, probably to attract mates or show off, just like many birds do today.35

Vir dino-kenners

Wetenskaplike naam
Epidexipteryx
Benoem deur
Zhang et al. 20086
Groep
Vleisvretende dino's
Familie / klade
Paraves6
Klassifikasie
Theropoda6
Ouderdom van die rotse
165 tot 162 miljoen jaar (Callovian)6
Rotsformasies
Tiaojishan6
Lande
China6
Fossielrekords
1 in The Paleobiology Database6
Ontdekking
Epidexipteryx was named in 2008 by scientists Fucheng Zhang, Zhonghe Zhou, Xing Xu, Xiaolin Wang, and Corwin Sullivan. The name honors the late paleontologist Yaoming Hu. The fossil was found in the Daohugou area of Inner Mongolia, China.1
Steeds omstrede
Scientists are not sure exactly how old the rocks where Epidexipteryx was found are. They could be from the Middle Jurassic or the Late Jurassic, between 152 and 168 million years old.1

Waar die feite vandaan kom

  1. LETTERS (ivpp.cas.cn)
  2. Epidexipteryx Zhang et al. 2008 - Encyclopedia of Life (eol.org)
  3. Epidexipteryx (en.wikipedia.org)
  4. Access : A bizarre Jurassic maniraptoran from China with elongate ribbon-like feathers : Nature (web.archive.org)
  5. nature.com (nature.com)
  6. Epidexipteryx in The Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0): ouderdom, plekke, rotsformasies, klassifikasie.

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