Gracilornis

Erinnya litegeeza: “slender bird”1

Yalyanga: EnnyamaEbinyonyi eby'olubereberyeEntandikwa ya Kuretasi

Gracilornis was a tiny, early bird that lived in China during the Age of Dinosaurs. It had a very slender skeleton and could fly, but it was not a dinosaur itself. It belonged to a group of ancient birds called enantiornithines.1 2

Yabeerawo

emyaka obukadde 121 okutuuka ku 113 emabega4

Entandikwa ya Kuretasi

Ebisigalira byazuulibwa mu

Liaoning Province, China1

Obuwanvu

0.1 okutuuka ku 0.3 m (0.3 okutuuka ku 1 ft)2

Sipiidi esinga

nga 27 km/h (17 mph)

Okubuuka, kuteebereza

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Tiriyasi

Jurasiki

Kuretasi

Emyaka obukadde 252 emabega20114566, asteroyidi

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obuwanvu ng'amatoffaali g'ebikinisa 9 mu lunyiririyandibuuse okusomoka ekisaawe ky'omupiira kyonna mu sikonda 14

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Omuntu atambula nga 5 km/h (3 mph)

Omwana ku kagaali nga 12 km/h (7 mph)

Gracilornis nga 27 km/h (17 mph)

Embalaasi edduka ennyo nga 65 km/h (40 mph)

Cheetah nga 100 km/h (62 mph)

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Gracilornis had a very small sternum, or breastbone, compared to its body length. The sternum was only about 11% of the trunk length.3

This bird lived around 110 million years ago, during the Early Cretaceous period.1

The name Gracilornis comes from Latin and Greek words meaning 'slender bird', because its skeleton was very thin and light.1

Gracilornis is known from a nearly complete skull and skeleton, which helps scientists understand what it looked like.1

It belonged to a group called Enantiornithes, which were the most common birds during the Cretaceous period.1

Ekifaananyi kya Gracilornis ekyakolebwa AI, nga kiraga engeri gye yayinza okuba ng'afaanana, ekyakolebwa kompyuta okusinziira ku ebyo bannassaayansi bye bamanyi. Kuteebereza: ekisolo ekyennyini kiyinza okuba nga kyali kifaanana bulala, era tewali amanyi langi zaakyo ez'amazima.

Eri abakugu mu dayinoso

Erinnya lya ssaayansi: Gracilornis
Yatuumibwa: Li and Hou 20114
Ekibinja: Ebinyonyi eby'olubereberye
Ekika / ekibinja: Cathayornithidae4
Engabanya: Theropoda > Avialae4
Emyaka gy'enjazi: emyaka obukadde 121 okutuuka ku 113 (Aptian)4
Ensengeka z'enjazi: Jiufotang4
Ensi: Cayina4
Ebisigalira ebyazuulibwa: 1 mu The Paleobiology Database4
Okuzuulibwa: Gracilornis was named by Li Li and Hou Shilin in 2011. They found the fossil in the Jiufotang Formation in Chaoyang, Liaoning, China.1
Kikyakubaganyizibwako ebirowoozo: Scientists are not sure exactly how Gracilornis flew, because its small sternum might mean it had weak flight muscles.3

Ebituufu gye biva

Gracilornis (en.wikipedia.org)
PBDB Taxon (paleobiodb.org)
Gracilornis, enantiornithine bird from China (reptilis.net)
Gracilornis in The Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0): emyaka, ebifo, ensengeka z'enjazi, engabanya.

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