Patagopteryx

Erinnya litegeeza: “Patagonian wing”1

Yalyanga: Kitono ku buli kimuEbinyonyi eby'olubereberyeEnkomerero ya Kuretasi

Patagopteryx was a chicken-sized bird that lived in South America during the Late Cretaceous. It could not fly, even though its ancestors could! It is the oldest known bird that lost the ability to fly.1

Yabeerawo

emyaka obukadde 86 okutuuka ku 84 emabega3

Enkomerero ya Kuretasi

Ebisigalira byazuulibwa mu

Sierra Barrosa, northwestern Patagonia, Argentina1

Sipiidi esinga

nga 15 km/h (9 mph)

Okudduka, kuteebereza

Yabeerawo ddi?

Tiriyasi

Jurasiki

Kuretasi

Emyaka obukadde 252 emabega20114566, asteroyidi

Yali wa mbiro kwenkana wa?

Omuntu atambula nga 5 km/h (3 mph)

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

Patagopteryx nga 15 km/h (9 mph)

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

Cheetah nga 100 km/h (62 mph)

ebintu ebinyuvu

Ebyewuunyisa

Patagopteryx had no wishbone (furcula), so it could not have the muscles needed for flying.1

Its legs had very short thigh bones (femurs), which is a sign it was a fast runner.1

The feet of Patagopteryx had fused bones, just like modern birds.1

It lived about 85 to 83 million years ago, during the Santonian stage of the Late Cretaceous.2

Patagopteryx probably traveled in flocks across the plains of South America.1

Ekifaananyi kya Patagopteryx 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.

wabuuza

Ebibuuzo ebisinga okubuuzibwa ku Patagopteryx

?What did Patagopteryx eat?

It was omnivorous, meaning it ate both plants and meat.1

?Why couldn't Patagopteryx fly?

It had no wishbone (furcula), so it could not have the muscles needed for flying.1

?How big was Patagopteryx?

About the size of a chicken.1

?Did Patagopteryx live in flocks?

Yes, it probably traveled in flocks across the plains of South America.1

Eri abakugu mu dayinoso

Erinnya lya ssaayansi: Patagopteryx
Yatuumibwa: Alvarenga and Bonaparte 19923
Ekibinja: Ebinyonyi eby'olubereberye
Ekika / ekibinja: Ornithuromorpha3
Engabanya: Theropoda > Avialae3
Emyaka gy'enjazi: emyaka obukadde 86 okutuuka ku 84 (Santonian)3
Ensengeka z'enjazi: Bajo de la Carpa3
Ensi: Arigentina3
Ebisigalira ebyazuulibwa: 1 mu The Paleobiology Database3
Okuzuulibwa: Oscar de Ferrariis found the first fossils around 1984 to 1985 in Argentina. He gave them to paleontologist José Bonaparte, who named the species Patagopteryx deferrariisi in 1992.1
Kikyakubaganyizibwako ebirowoozo: Scientists are not sure if Patagopteryx is the earliest flightless bird, because some earlier dinosaurs may also have lost the ability to fly.1

Ebituufu gye biva

Patagopteryx (en.wikipedia.org)
PBDB Taxon (paleobiodb.org)
Patagopteryx in The Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0): emyaka, ebifo, ensengeka z'enjazi, engabanya.

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