Imparavis

Imparavis shi ne tsuntsun da ba shi da haƙora wanda aka fara sani daga cikin rukunin da ake kira enantiornithines, ko kuma 'tsuntsaye masu saɓani'. Masana kimiyya sun taɓa tunanin cewa rashin haƙora a wannan rukuni ya fara ne kawai shekaru miliyan 72 da suka wuce, amma Imparavis ya nuna cewa hakan ya faru ne tun shekaru miliyan 48 zuwa 50 kafin lokacin.2

Sunansa yana nufin 'tsuntsu mai ban mamaki' a harshen Latin, kuma an ba shi sunan ne don girmama sanannen masanin halittu Sir David Attenborough.1

Imparavis yana da wani babban ƙashi a saman hannunsa inda tsokoki suke manne. Wannan wataƙila ya ba shi damar kaɗa fiffikensa da ƙarfi sosai, kamar yadda tsuntsayen zamani suke yi kamar puffins ko quails.2

Wani mai tattara kayan tarihi ne ya gano ƙashin, sannan ya ba da shi ga gidan kayan tarihi na Shandong Tianyu Museum of Nature da ke ƙasar Sin.2

Imparavis ya rayu tare da wasu tsuntsaye da dinosaur da dama a farkon zamanin Cretaceous, kimanin shekaru miliyan 120 da suka wuce.13

Ba kamar sauran enantiornithines ba, waɗanda suke rayuwa a cikin bishiyoyi, Imparavis wataƙila yana ɓata lokaci a ƙasa yana neman abinci, kamar yadda tsuntsun robin na zamani yake yi.2