Dalingheornis

O nome significa: “Dalinghe bird, named after the Dalinghe River in China”1

Comía: CarneAves primitivasCretáceo Inferior

Dalingheornis was a tiny bird that lived during the early Cretaceous period, about 122 million years ago. It had special feet that helped it climb trees, making it one of the first birds to live in the trees. Its long tail had 20 bones, just like some meat-eating dinosaurs!1 2

Viviu

hai entre 126 e 120 millóns de anos3

Cretáceo Inferior

Fósiles atopados en

Dawangzhangzi, Liaoning Province, China3 1

Velocidade máxima

uns 27 km/h (17 mph)

Voar, estimación

Cando viviu?

Triásico

Xurásico

Cretáceo

Hai 252 millóns de anos20114566, o asteroide

Que velocidade alcanzaba?

Unha persoa camiñando uns 5 km/h (3 mph)

Un neno en bici uns 12 km/h (7 mph)

Dalingheornis uns 27 km/h (17 mph)

Un cabalo ao galope uns 65 km/h (40 mph)

Un guepardo uns 100 km/h (62 mph)

cousas xeniais

Datos curiosos

Dalingheornis is the first Mesozoic bird known to have heterodactyl feet, which means its toes were arranged for climbing, like a modern woodpecker.1 2

Its tail was unusually long for a bird, with 20 vertebrae, and it had chevron bones like those of dromaeosaurid dinosaurs.1 2

The only known fossil is a juvenile, so scientists think the long tail might have been a baby feature that changed as it grew up.1

Dalingheornis was named after Yang Liwei, the first Chinese astronaut in space.1

It lived in the early Cretaceous period, about 122 million years ago, in what is now Liaoning Province, China.1

Imaxe de Dalingheornis feita con IA — Unha imaxe feita con IA de como podería ser Dalingheornis, creada por un ordenador a partir do que saben os científicos. É unha suposición: o animal real podía ser diferente, e ninguén sabe as súas cores de verdade.

Cazamitos

Mito: Some people think Dalingheornis had a reversed second toe claw for climbing.

Verdade: Scientists are not sure if the claw was really reversed or just moved after the animal died.1

Para expertos en dinos

Nome científico: Dalingheornis
Bautizado por: Zhang et al. 20063
Grupo: Aves primitivas
Familia / clado: Euenantiornithes3
Clasificación: Theropoda > Avialae3
Idade das rochas: de 126 a 120 millóns de anos (Barremian / Aptian)3
Formacións rochosas: Yixian3
Países: China3
Rexistros fósiles: 1 na Paleobiology Database3
Descubrimento: Dalingheornis was named in 2006 by Zhang Zihui and colleagues from a single fossil found in the Yixian Formation in China. The fossil is stored in a private collection.1 3
Aínda en debate: Some scientists think Dalingheornis might not be a valid name because the only fossil is in a private collection and cannot be studied by everyone.1

De onde veñen os datos

Dalingheornis (en.wikipedia.org)
The First Mesozoic Heterodactyl Bird from China (onlinelibrary.wiley.com)
Dalingheornis in The Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0): idade, lugares, formacións rochosas, clasificación.

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