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Elsornis

Erinnya litegeeza: “sand bird”1
Yalyanga: EnnyamaEbinyonyi eby'olubereberyeEnkomerero ya Kuretasi

Elsornis was a bird that lived in the Gobi Desert about 80 million years ago. It might have been flightless, like an ostrich, and used its strong legs to run after small animals and bugs.12

Yabeerawo
emyaka obukadde 84 okutuuka ku 72 emabega4
Enkomerero ya Kuretasi
Ebisigalira byazuulibwa mu
Togrogiin Shiree, South Gobi Aimak, Mongolia14
Obuwanvu
0.25 m (0.8 ft)3
Obugulumivu
0.11 m (0.4 ft)
kuteebereza
Sipiidi esinga
nga 26 km/h (16 mph)
Okubuuka, kuteebereza

Yabeerawo ddi?

Tiriyasi
Jurasiki
Kuretasi
Emyaka obukadde 252 emabega20114566, asteroyidi

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Elsornis obuwanvu nga 0.25 m (0.8 ft)Kkapa ow'awaka nga 0.5 m (1.6 ft)Embwa nga 1 m (3.3 ft)Akagaali k'omukulu nga 1.8 m (5.9 ft)

Yali mugulumivu kwenkana wa?

Elsornisobugulumivu nga 0.11 m (0.4 ft)Kkapa ow'awakanga 0.3 m (1 ft)Embwanga 0.5 m (1.6 ft)Embalaasinga 1.6 m (5.2 ft)

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1

Elsornis had a wishbone filled with air, which is rare among its relatives, the enantiornithean birds.12

2

Its upper arm was much longer than its lower arm, a feature that helps scientists think it could not fly.2

3

Elsornis is known from a single, well-preserved skeleton that includes many bones like limbs, vertebrae, and ribs.12

4

It lived during the Campanian age of the Late Cretaceous, about 80 million years ago.12

5

Elsornis belongs to a group called Enantiornithes, also known as 'opposite birds', which had a different shoulder joint from modern birds.12

6

If Elsornis could not fly, it would be one of the few flightless birds from the time of dinosaurs.12

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Ebibuuzo ebisinga okubuuzibwa ku Elsornis

?Was Elsornis a dinosaur?

Yes, it was a bird, and birds are a type of dinosaur called avialan theropods.1

?Could Elsornis fly?

Probably not. Scientists think it was flightless or nearly flightless, based on its chest bones.1

?What did Elsornis eat?

It probably ate small animals and bugs, and may have also scavenged dead animals left by other carnivores.1

Eri abakugu mu dayinoso

Erinnya lya ssaayansi
Elsornis
Yatuumibwa
Chiappe et al. 20074
Ekibinja
Ebinyonyi eby'olubereberye
Ekika / ekibinja
Enantiornithes4
Engabanya
Theropoda > Avialae4
Emyaka gy'enjazi
emyaka obukadde 84 okutuuka ku 72 (Campanian)4
Ensengeka z'enjazi
Djadokhta4
Ensi
Mongoliya4
Ebisigalira ebyazuulibwa
1 mu The Paleobiology Database4
Okuzuulibwa
Elsornis was named in 2007 by Luis Chiappe and his team. The fossil was found in the Gobi Desert of Mongolia and is kept at the Mongolian Palaeontological Center.14
Kikyakubaganyizibwako ebirowoozo
Scientists are not sure if Elsornis was completely flightless or could still glide like Archaeopteryx.1

Ebituufu gye biva

  1. Elsornis (en.wikipedia.org)
  2. A Dinosaur A Day: Elsornis keni (a-dinosaur-a-day.com)
  3. Elsornis – Nix Illustration (nixillustration.com)
  4. Elsornis in The Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0): emyaka, ebifo, ensengeka z'enjazi, engabanya.

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