Schizooura

Din no ase: “split tail”1

Ɔdii: NamNnomaa a wɔdii kanKretasias Mfiase

Schizooura was a small, feathered bird that lived about 120 million years ago. It had a forked tail like a swallow, which was very unusual for its time. This bird could fly and walked on the ground looking for food.1 2

Ɔtenaa ase

mfeɛ ɔpepem 121 kɔsi 113 a atwam3

Kretasias Mfiase

Wɔhunuu fɔsil wɔ

Jianchang, western Liaoning, China3 1

Ntɛmntɛm a ɛsen biara

bɛyɛ 27 km/h (17 mph)

Wimtuo, 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)

Schizooura bɛyɛ 27 km/h (17 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

Schizooura had a forked tail made of long feathers with a deep notch in the middle, a shape never seen before in any bird from the Mesozoic Era.1

Its beak had no teeth, which is different from many other early birds.2 1

The furcula, or wishbone, was V-shaped and had a short hypocleidium, a feature never before reported in an Early Cretaceous ornithurine bird.1

The deltopectoral crest on its upper arm bone was big and stretched for half the length of the humerus.1

Only one fossil of Schizooura has ever been found, so scientists still have a lot to learn about it.2

It lived in a wooded environment, based on the Jehol Biota where it was discovered.1

Yei yɛ Schizooura 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.

Ma dino ho animdefoɔ

Nyansahu din: Schizooura
Obi a ɔtoo din: Zhou et al. 20123
Kuo: Nnomaa a wɔdii kan
Abusua / kuo kɛseɛ: Ornithuromorpha3
Nkyekyɛmu: Theropoda > Avialae3
Abotan no mfeɛ: mfeɛ ɔpepem 121 kɔsi 113 (Aptian)3
Abotan nhyehyɛeɛ: Jiufotang3
Aman: Kyaena3
Fɔsil nkyerɛwee: 1 wɔ The Paleobiology Database mu3
Nhunumu: Schizooura was named in 2012 by Zhou Shuang, Zhou Zhonghe, and Jingmai O'Connor based on a well-preserved fossil from the Jiufotang Formation in Liaoning, China.3 1
Wɔda so gye ho akyinnye: Scientists are not sure exactly how Schizooura used its forked tail, because a forked tail is less efficient for flying than a fan-shaped tail but helps with attracting mates.1

Baabi a nsɛm no firi

A NEW BASAL BEAKED ORNITHURINE BIRD FROM THE LOWER CRETACEOUS OF WESTERN LIAONING, CHINA (vertpala.ac.cn)
Schizooura (en.wikipedia.org)
Schizooura in The Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0): mfeɛ, mmeaeɛ, abotan nhyehyɛeɛ, nkyekyɛmu.

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