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Pengornis

Izenaren esanahia: “Peng bird, after a giant bird from Chinese myth”1
Jaten zuen: HaragiaLehen hegaztiakBehe Kretazeoa

Pengornis was a bird that lived in the Early Cretaceous, about 120 million years ago. It was one of the biggest birds of its time, with a wingspan as wide as a small car. It had tiny teeth and ate meat.21

Bizi izan zen
Duela 121 eta 113 milioi urte artean4
Behe Kretazeoa
Fosilak hemen aurkitu dira:
Dapingfang, Chaoyang, Liaoning, China42
Abiadura maximoa
27 km/h inguru (17 mph)
Hegan egitea, kalkulua

Noiz bizi izan zen?

Triasikoa
Jurasikoa
Kretazeoa
Duela 252 milioi urte20114566, asteroidea

Zein azkarra zen?

gauza bikainak

Datu dibertigarriak

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Pengornis is the largest known enantiornithine bird from the Early Cretaceous of northeast China.1

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Its skull is one of the best preserved among all Mesozoic birds, showing details like tiny teeth and wear facets.2

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Pengornis had a globose humeral head that stuck out further than its deltopectoral crest, a feature not seen in other enantiornithines.2

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The name comes from 'Peng', a giant mythological bird in Chinese folklore, and 'ornis' meaning bird in Greek.1

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Its teeth were small, conical, and not curved, similar to those of the early bird Archaeopteryx.2

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Pengornis had a long tail with a pygostyle, a fused bone at the tip that helped control flight.2

AAk eginaPengornis: AAk egindako irudia
Pengornis nolakoa izan zitekeen erakusten duen AAk egindako irudia, ordenagailu batek zientzialariek dakitenetik sortua. Asmakizun bat da: benetako animalia desberdina izan zitekeen, eta inork ez daki zein ziren bere benetako koloreak.
zure galderak

Pengornis: gehien egindako galderak

?How big was Pengornis?

Pengornis was a small bird with a wingspan of roughly 1 meter (3.3 feet). It is the largest known enantiornithine bird from the Early Cretaceous.13

?Did Pengornis have teeth?

Yes, Pengornis had tiny, conical teeth that were not curved, similar to those of the early bird Archaeopteryx. It had about 13 teeth in its lower jaw and used them to eat meat.13

?When did Pengornis live?

Pengornis lived during the Early Cretaceous period, about 120 million years ago.1

?What does the name Pengornis mean?

The name Pengornis comes from 'Peng', a giant mythological bird in Chinese folklore, and 'ornis', which means bird in Greek.1

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Izen zientifikoa
Pengornis
Izendatzailea:
Zhou et al. 20084
Taldea
Lehen hegaztiak
Familia / klada
Pengornithidae4
Sailkapena
Theropoda > Avialae4
Arroken adina
121 eta 113 milioi urte artean (Aptian)4
Arroka-formazioak
Jiufotang4
Herrialdeak
Txina4
Fosil-erregistroak
1 The Paleobiology Database datu-basean4
Aurkikuntza
Pengornis was named in 2008 by Zhou, Clarke, and Zhang based on a nearly complete skeleton found in the Jiufotang Formation in Liaoning, China. The species name 'houi' honors the pioneering paleo-ornithologist Lianhai Hou.12
Oraindik eztabaidagai
Scientists debate whether Enantiornithes and Ornithurae (the group including modern birds) are truly separate groups. Pengornis has features of both, which blurs the line.12

Datuak nondik datozen

  1. Pengornis (en.wikipedia.org)
  2. Insight into diversity, body size and morphological evolution from the largest Early Cretaceous enantiornithine bird (pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov)
  3. Insight into diversity, body size and morphological evolution from the largest Early Cretaceous enantiornithine bird - Zhou - 2008 - Journal of Anatomy - Wiley Online Library (onlinelibrary.wiley.com)
  4. Pengornis in The Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0): adina, tokiak, arroka-formazioak, sailkapena.

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