Shangyang

Din no ase: “mythical Chinese rainbird”1

Ɔdii: NamNnomaa a wɔdii kanKretasias Mfiase

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

Ɔtenaa ase

mfeɛ ɔpepem 121 kɔsi 113 a atwam4

Kretasias Mfiase

Wɔhunuu fɔsil wɔ

Liaoning Province, China1 2

Tenten

0.2 kɔsi 0.3 m (0.7 kɔsi 1 ft)2

Mu duru

0.05 kg kɔsi 0.1 kg (0 kɔsi 0 lb)2

Korɔn

0.14 m (0.5 ft)

nsusuiɛ

Ntɛmntɛm a ɛsen biara

bɛyɛ 28 km/h (17 mph)

Wimtuo, nsusuiɛ

Berɛ bɛn na ɛtenaa ase?

Triasik

Jurasik

Kretasias

mfeɛ ɔpepem 252 a atwam20114566, ɔsoro ɛboɔ no

Na ne kɛseɛ yɛ sɛn?

Na ne tenten yɛ sɛn?

Na ne korɔn yɛ sɛn?

nsusuiɛ

Na ne mu yɛ duru sɛn?

ne mu duru te sɛ kwadu 1

ne mu yɛ hare sen fie agyinamoane tenten te sɛ agodeɛ blɔk 9 a ɛtoatoa soketewa ara ma ɔbɛtumi afa akonnwa aseanka ɔbɛtumi atu atwa bɔɔlobɔ prama mũ wɔ sikɛn 14 mu

Shangyang kɛseɛ yɛ sɛn sɛ wode toto WO ho a?

Akontaa nko ara wɔ wo browser mu. Yɛnkora biribiara so, na yɛmmfa biribiara nkɔ baabiara.

Na ɛyɛ ntɛm sɛn?

Onipa a ɔnante bɛyɛ 5 km/h (3 mph)

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

Shangyang bɛyɛ 28 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

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

Yei yɛ Shangyang 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: Shangyang
Obi a ɔtoo din: Wang and Zhou 20194
Kuo: Nnomaa a wɔdii kan
Abusua / kuo kɛseɛ: Enantiornithes4
Nkyekyɛmu: Theropoda > Avialae4
Abotan no mfeɛ: mfeɛ ɔpepem 121 kɔsi 113 (Aptian)4
Abotan nhyehyɛeɛ: Jiufotang4
Aman: Kyaena4
Fɔsil nkyerɛwee: 1 wɔ The Paleobiology Database mu4
Nhunumu: 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
Wɔda so gye ho akyinnye: 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

Baabi a nsɛm no firi

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): mfeɛ, mmeaeɛ, abotan nhyehyɛeɛ, nkyekyɛmu.

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