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Falcatakely had a beak that looked like a toucan's, but it was not a close relative of toucans. Its beak shape evolved separately.1
The upper jaw of Falcatakely was made mostly of a large, toothless maxilla bone, with a small premaxilla that held teeth.1
Falcatakely is one of the few Mesozoic birds known to have a deep, long beak. Most early birds had simple, short snouts.1
This bird belonged to a group called Enantiornithes, which were the most common birds during the Cretaceous period.3
The only known fossil of Falcatakely was found in the Maevarano Formation in Madagascar, a site famous for other unusual animals like the giant frog Beelzebufo.3
Falcatakely shows that some ancient birds evolved large beaks before modern birds appeared, challenging old ideas about beak evolution.1

Ebibuuzo ebisinga okubuuzibwa ku Falcatakely
?How big was Falcatakely?
About the size of a crow. Its beak was about 9 centimetres (3.5 inches) long.2
?Did Falcatakely have teeth?
Yes, it had teeth in the tip of its upper jaw, which is unusual for a bird.2
?Is Falcatakely a dinosaur?
Yes, it is a bird, and birds are a type of dinosaur called avialan dinosaurs.2
?When did Falcatakely live?
It lived about 68 to 70 million years ago, during the Late Cretaceous period.2
Eri abakugu mu dayinoso
- Erinnya lya ssaayansi
- Falcatakely
- Yatuumibwa
- O'Connor et al. 20203
- Ekibinja
- Ebinyonyi eby'olubereberye
- Ekika / ekibinja
- Enantiornithes3
- Engabanya
- Theropoda > Avialae3
- Emyaka gy'enjazi
- emyaka obukadde 72 okutuuka ku 66 (Maastrichtian)3
- Ensengeka z'enjazi
- Maevarano3
- Ensi
- Madagasika3
- Ebisigalira ebyazuulibwa
- 1 mu The Paleobiology Database3
- Okuzuulibwa
- Falcatakely was named in 2020 by Patrick O'Connor and colleagues based on a fossil skull found in Madagascar.31
- Kikyakubaganyizibwako ebirowoozo
- Scientists are still debating exactly how Falcatakely used its unusual beak, since it had teeth in the front but a large toothless beak behind.1
Ebituufu gye biva
- Late Cretaceous bird from Madagascar reveals unique development of beaks | Nature (nature.com)
- Falcatakely (en.wikipedia.org)
- Falcatakely in The Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0): emyaka, ebifo, ensengeka z'enjazi, engabanya.
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