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Piscivoravis

Naam beteken: “fish-eating bird”1

Het geëet: VisVroeë voëlsVroeë Kryt

Piscivoravis was an ancient bird that lived in China about 120 million years ago. It loved to eat fish, and we know this because fish bones were found inside its fossilized stomach and near its beak. This bird could probably fly and lived near lakes.1

Het geleef

121 tot 113 miljoen jaar gelede2

Vroeë Kryt

Fossiele gevind in

Liaoning Province, China1

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)

Piscivoravis 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

Piscivoravis is one of only two early birds from the Jehol Biota that we know for sure ate fish. The other is Yanornis.1

The fossil of Piscivoravis shows fish bones in two places: a small cluster near the beak and a larger cluster in the belly. Scientists think the small cluster might be a pellet that the bird was about to cough up.1

This bird had a broad breastbone that was wider than it was long, which is unusual for early birds.1

Piscivoravis had large, strongly curved claws on its hands, which might have helped it catch fish.1

The name Piscivoravis comes from Latin and means 'fish-eating bird'.1

Piscivoravis lived during the Early Cretaceous period, about 120 million years ago, in what is now northeastern China.1

KI-prent van Piscivoravis — 'n KI-prent van hoe Piscivoravis 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: Piscivoravis
Benoem deur: Zhou et al. 20132
Groep: Vroeë voëls
Familie / klade: Ornithuromorpha2
Klassifikasie: Theropoda > Avialae2
Ouderdom van die rotse: 121 tot 113 miljoen jaar (Aptian)2
Rotsformasies: Jiufotang2
Lande: China2
Fossielrekords: 1 in The Paleobiology Database2
Ontdekking: Piscivoravis was named by Zhou and colleagues in 2013 based on a nearly complete skeleton found near Xiaotaizi village in Liaoning, China. The species name 'lii' honors Li Yutong, who prepared many important bird fossils.1
Steeds omstrede: Scientists are not sure if Piscivoravis changed its diet with the seasons, like some other early birds may have done. Only one fossil has been found so far.1

Waar die feite vandaan kom

A new piscivorous ornithuromorph from the Jehol Biota (ivpp.cas.cn)
Piscivoravis in The Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0): ouderdom, plekke, rotsformasies, klassifikasie.

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