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Shangyang

Naam beteken: “mythical Chinese rainbird”1

Shangyang was a tiny bird that lived alongside dinosaurs. It had a long, slender body and a fancy head crest that may have shimmered with red and blue colors.1 2

Het geleef

121 tot 113 miljoen jaar gelede4

Vroeë Kryt

Fossiele gevind in

Liaoning Province, China1 2

Lengte

0,2 tot 0,3 m (0,7 tot 1 ft)2

Gewig

0,05 kg tot 0,1 kg (0 tot 0 lb)2

Hoogte

0,14 m (0,5 ft)

skatting

Topspoed

omtrent 28 km/h (17 mph)

Vlieënd, skatting

Wanneer het dit geleef?

Trias

Jura

Kryt

252 miljoen jaar gelede20114566, die asteroïde

Hoe groot was dit?

Hoe lank was dit?

Hoe hoog was dit?

skatting

Hoe swaar was dit?

so swaar soos 1 piesangs

ligter as 'n huiskatso lank soos 9 speelgoedboustene in 'n ryklein genoeg om onder 'n stoel deur te loopkon in 14 sekondes oor 'n hele sokkerveld vlieg

Hoe groot was Shangyang vergeleke met JOU?

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

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)

Shangyang omtrent 28 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

Shangyang had a pair of bony prongs on its breastbone called craniolateral processes, which helped attach a muscle used for flapping its wings down.2

Its upper jaw bones (premaxillae) were completely fused together, a rare feature in early birds from the Cretaceous.2

A nearly complete fossil of Shangyang found in 2025 had preserved feathers on its head crest, and scientists think they were red to deep blue and iridescent.1

Shangyang lived about 125 to 120 million years ago in the Early Cretaceous period.1

The name Shangyang comes from a mythical Chinese bird that was said to bring rain.1

KI-prent van Shangyang — 'n KI-prent van hoe Shangyang 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: Shangyang
Benoem deur: Wang and Zhou 20194
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: Shangyang was named by scientists Min Wang and Zhonghe Zhou in 2019, based on a nearly complete skeleton found in the Jiufotang Formation of China.3 2
Steeds omstrede: Scientists are not sure if a newer, more complete fossil belongs to the same species as the original Shangyang, because its breastbone and wishbone are slightly different.1

Waar die feite vandaan kom

Shangyang graciles (en.wikipedia.org)
[dinosaur] Shangyang, new enantiornithine from Early Cretaceous of China. (reptilis.net)
PBDB Taxon (paleobiodb.org)
Shangyang in The Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0): ouderdom, plekke, rotsformasies, klassifikasie.

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