Patagopteryx

Din no ase: “Patagonian wing”1

Ɔdii: Biribiara kakraNnomaa a wɔdii kanKretasias Awieeɛ

Patagopteryx was a chicken-sized bird that lived in South America during the Late Cretaceous. It could not fly, even though its ancestors could! It is the oldest known bird that lost the ability to fly.1

Ɔtenaa ase

mfeɛ ɔpepem 86 kɔsi 84 a atwam3

Kretasias Awieeɛ

Wɔhunuu fɔsil wɔ

Sierra Barrosa, northwestern Patagonia, Argentina1

Ntɛmntɛm a ɛsen biara

bɛyɛ 15 km/h (9 mph)

Mmirikatuo, nsusuiɛ

Berɛ bɛn na ɛtenaa ase?

Triasik

Jurasik

Kretasias

mfeɛ ɔpepem 252 a atwam20114566, ɔsoro ɛboɔ no

Na ɛyɛ ntɛm sɛn?

Onipa a ɔnante bɛyɛ 5 km/h (3 mph)

Abofra a ɔte sakre so bɛyɛ 12 km/h (7 mph)

Patagopteryx bɛyɛ 15 km/h (9 mph)

Ɔpɔnkɔ a ɔretu mmirika bɛyɛ 65 km/h (40 mph)

Kyiita bɛyɛ 100 km/h (62 mph)

nneɛma a ɛyɛ fɛ

Nsɛm a ɛyɛ anigye

Patagopteryx had no wishbone (furcula), so it could not have the muscles needed for flying.1

Its legs had very short thigh bones (femurs), which is a sign it was a fast runner.1

The feet of Patagopteryx had fused bones, just like modern birds.1

It lived about 85 to 83 million years ago, during the Santonian stage of the Late Cretaceous.2

Patagopteryx probably traveled in flocks across the plains of South America.1

Yei yɛ Patagopteryx mfonini a AI yɛeɛ, sɛdeɛ ebia na ɔteɛ. Kɔmputa na ɛyɛeɛ firi deɛ nyansahufoɔ nim mu. Ɛyɛ nsusuiɛ: ebia na aboa ankasa no nte saa, na obiara nnim ne kɔla ankasa.

wobisaeɛ

Nsɛm a wɔbisa bebree fa Patagopteryx ho

?What did Patagopteryx eat?

It was omnivorous, meaning it ate both plants and meat.1

?Why couldn't Patagopteryx fly?

It had no wishbone (furcula), so it could not have the muscles needed for flying.1

?How big was Patagopteryx?

About the size of a chicken.1

?Did Patagopteryx live in flocks?

Yes, it probably traveled in flocks across the plains of South America.1

Ma dino ho animdefoɔ

Nyansahu din: Patagopteryx
Obi a ɔtoo din: Alvarenga and Bonaparte 19923
Kuo: Nnomaa a wɔdii kan
Abusua / kuo kɛseɛ: Ornithuromorpha3
Nkyekyɛmu: Theropoda > Avialae3
Abotan no mfeɛ: mfeɛ ɔpepem 86 kɔsi 84 (Santonian)3
Abotan nhyehyɛeɛ: Bajo de la Carpa3
Aman: Argentina3
Fɔsil nkyerɛwee: 1 wɔ The Paleobiology Database mu3
Nhunumu: Oscar de Ferrariis found the first fossils around 1984 to 1985 in Argentina. He gave them to paleontologist José Bonaparte, who named the species Patagopteryx deferrariisi in 1992.1
Wɔda so gye ho akyinnye: Scientists are not sure if Patagopteryx is the earliest flightless bird, because some earlier dinosaurs may also have lost the ability to fly.1

Baabi a nsɛm no firi

Patagopteryx (en.wikipedia.org)
PBDB Taxon (paleobiodb.org)
Patagopteryx in The Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0): mfeɛ, mmeaeɛ, abotan nhyehyɛeɛ, nkyekyɛmu.

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