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Musivavis

Naam beteken: “mosaic bird”1

Musivavis was a tiny, toothed bird that lived in what is now China during the Early Cretaceous. It had a mix of features from different bird groups, like a living mosaic, which is how it got its name.2

Het geleef

121 tot 113 miljoen jaar gelede4

Vroeë Kryt

Fossiele gevind in

Shangheshou locality, Chaoyang City, Liaoning Province, China2

Topspoed

omtrent 27 km/h (17 mph)

Vlieënd, skatting

Wanneer het dit geleef?

Trias

Jura

Kryt

252 miljoen jaar gelede20114566, die asteroïde

Hoe vinnig was dit?

'n Mens wat loop omtrent 5 km/h (3 mph)

'n Kind op 'n fiets omtrent 12 km/h (7 mph)

Musivavis omtrent 27 km/h (17 mph)

'n Galopperende perd omtrent 65 km/h (40 mph)

'n Jagluiperd omtrent 100 km/h (62 mph)

cool goed

Prettige feite

Musivavis is known from a single, nearly complete skeleton that is beautifully preserved on one slab of rock.2

It was much smaller than its closest relatives, the bohaiornithids, which were large-bodied enantiornithine birds.2

Its name comes from Latin words meaning 'mosaic' and 'bird', because it has a mix of features from different bird groups.2

Musivavis lived about 122 to 119 million years ago during the Aptian age of the Early Cretaceous.1

It had a furcula (wishbone) with a very deep groove and a sharp keel running along its entire underside.2

The specimen was a young adult, but scientists think it was almost full size when it died.2

KI-prent van Musivavis — 'n KI-prent van hoe Musivavis 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.

Vir dino-kenners

Wetenskaplike naam: Musivavis
Benoem deur: Wang et al. 20224
Groep: Vroeë voëls
Familie / klade: Enantiornithes4
Klassifikasie: Theropoda > Avialae4
Ouderdom van die rotse: 121 tot 113 miljoen jaar (Aptian)4
Rotsformasies: Jiufotang4
Lande: China4
Fossielrekords: 1 in The Paleobiology Database4
Ontdekking: Musivavis was named in 2022 by Wang and colleagues based on a nearly complete skeleton found in the Jiufotang Formation of Liaoning, China.1 2
Steeds omstrede: Scientists are not sure exactly where Musivavis fits in the enantiornithine family tree, because different bird groups evolved similar features separately.2

Waar die feite vandaan kom

Musivavis (en.wikipedia.org)
A new bohaiornithid-like bird from the Lower Cretaceous of China fills a gap in enantiornithine disparity | Journal of Paleontology | Cambridge Core (cambridge.org)
PBDB Taxon (paleobiodb.org)
Musivavis in The Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0): ouderdom, plekke, rotsformasies, klassifikasie.

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