Vescornis
Vescornis was a tiny, feathered dinosaur that could fly. It lived during the Early Cretaceous, about 122 million years ago, in what is now China. This little bird had long foot claws and short wing fingers, which made it great at flying but not so good at climbing trees.12
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Na ɛyɛ ntɛm sɛn?
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Vescornis had very small wing claws and long, strong foot claws, which helped it fly better but made it worse at climbing than many other early birds.2
The only known fossil of Vescornis was first thought to come from the Yixian Formation, but later geologists realized it was actually from the Huajiying Formation.1
Vescornis might be the same animal as another early bird called Jibeinia, but scientists are not sure because the Jibeinia fossil got lost.1
The name 'Hebeiornis' was given to the same fossil in 1999, but that name is not used because it was not described well enough.1
Vescornis lived about 122 million years ago, during the Early Cretaceous period.1

Atosɛm sɛefoɔ
Atosɛm: Some people think Vescornis was a true bird like modern birds.
Nokorɛ: Vescornis was an enantiornithine, a group of ancient birds that had teeth and claws, and it is not a direct ancestor of today's birds.1
Ma dino ho animdefoɔ
- Nyansahu din
- Vescornis
- Obi a ɔtoo din
- Zhang et al. 20044
- Kuo
- Nnomaa a wɔdii kan
- Abusua / kuo kɛseɛ
- Enantiornithes4
- Nkyekyɛmu
- Theropoda > Avialae4
- Abotan no mfeɛ
- mfeɛ ɔpepem 126 kɔsi 120 (Barremian / Aptian)4
- Abotan nhyehyɛeɛ
- Yixian4
- Aman
- Kyaena4
- Fɔsil nkyerɛwee
- 1 wɔ The Paleobiology Database mu4
- Nhunumu
- The fossil was found in Hebei Province, China, and was described by Zhang and colleagues in 2004. It is stored at the Nanjing Institute of Geology and Paleontology.1
- Wɔda so gye ho akyinnye
- Scientists still debate whether Vescornis is the same species as Jibeinia, because the Jibeinia fossil is lost and the two look very similar.1
Baabi a nsɛm no firi
- Vescornis (en.wikipedia.org)
- Description of a new enantiornithine bird from the Early Cretaceous of Hebei, northern China (cdnsciencepub.com)
- PBDB Taxon (paleobiodb.org)
- Vescornis in The Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0): mfeɛ, mmeaeɛ, abotan nhyehyɛeɛ, nkyekyɛmu.
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