Shenqiornis

Izenaren esanahia: “Shenqi means 'magical' in Chinese, and ornis means 'bird' in Greek. So it is the 'magical bird'.”1

Jaten zuen: HaragiaLehen hegaztiakGoi Jurasikoa eta Behe Kretazeoa artean

Shenqiornis was a small, toothed bird that lived in what is now China. It had a strong beak and sharp teeth, and it probably hunted insects and other small animals. Its skull was built like a reptile's, with two openings behind the eye.1 3

Bizi izan zen

Duela 162 eta 121 milioi urte artean3

Goi Jurasikoa eta Behe Kretazeoa artean

Fosilak hemen aurkitu dira:

Shenjitu, Qiaotou Formation, northern Hebei, China3 1

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?

Pertsona bat oinez 5 km/h inguru (3 mph)

Haur bat bizikletan 12 km/h inguru (7 mph)

Shenqiornis 27 km/h inguru (17 mph)

Zaldi bat lauhazka 65 km/h inguru (40 mph)

Gepardo bat 100 km/h inguru (62 mph)

gauza bikainak

Datu dibertigarriak

Shenqiornis is known from a nearly complete skeleton with carbonized feather traces, found in China.2

It belonged to a group of ancient birds called enantiornithines, which had teeth and clawed wings.1

Shenqiornis had a large postorbital bone with a long, tapering jugal process, meaning its skull might have been fully diapsid (with two openings behind each eye) like some early birds.1

Its tooth shape is unique among enantiornithines and suggests it had a special diet, possibly eating different prey than its relatives.1

The fossils were found in rocks that are between about 161 and 121 million years old, from the Late Jurassic to the Early Cretaceous.2

Shenqiornis: AAk egindako irudia — Shenqiornis 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.

Dino adituentzat

Izen zientifikoa: Shenqiornis
Izendatzailea:: Wang et al. 20103
Taldea: Lehen hegaztiak
Familia / klada: Bohaiornithidae3
Sailkapena: Theropoda > Avialae3
Arroken adina: 162 eta 121 milioi urte artean (Oxfordian / Barremian)3
Arroka-formazioak: Qiaotou3
Herrialdeak: Txina3
Fosil-erregistroak: 1 The Paleobiology Database datu-basean3
Aurkikuntza: Shenqiornis was named by Xuri Wang and colleagues in 2010. The type specimen, a nearly complete skeleton with feather traces, was found at Shenjitu in the Qiaotou Formation of northern Hebei, China.3 1
Oraindik eztabaidagai: Scientists are not sure exactly what Shenqiornis ate. Its unusual teeth hint at a special diet, but no one knows for sure what that was.1

Datuak nondik datozen

New Species of Enantiornithes (Aves: Ornithothoraces) from the Qiaotou Formation in Northern Hebei, China (onlinelibrary.wiley.com)
paleobiodb.org (paleobiodb.org)
Shenqiornis in The Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0): adina, tokiak, arroka-formazioak, sailkapena.

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