Shangyang

Erinnya litegeeza: “mythical Chinese rainbird”1

Yalyanga: EnnyamaEbinyonyi eby'olubereberyeEntandikwa ya Kuretasi

Shangyang was a tiny bird that lived alongside dinosaurs. It had a long, slender body and a fancy head crest that may have shimmered with red and blue colors.1 2

Yabeerawo

emyaka obukadde 121 okutuuka ku 113 emabega4

Entandikwa ya Kuretasi

Ebisigalira byazuulibwa mu

Liaoning Province, China1 2

Obuwanvu

0.2 okutuuka ku 0.3 m (0.7 okutuuka ku 1 ft)2

Obuzito

0.05 kg okutuuka ku 0.1 kg (0 okutuuka ku 0 lb)2

Obugulumivu

0.14 m (0.5 ft)

kuteebereza

Sipiidi esinga

nga 28 km/h (17 mph)

Okubuuka, kuteebereza

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Tiriyasi

Jurasiki

Kuretasi

Emyaka obukadde 252 emabega20114566, asteroyidi

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Omuntu atambula nga 5 km/h (3 mph)

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

Shangyang nga 28 km/h (17 mph)

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

Cheetah nga 100 km/h (62 mph)

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Shangyang had a pair of bony prongs on its breastbone called craniolateral processes, which helped attach a muscle used for flapping its wings down.2

Its upper jaw bones (premaxillae) were completely fused together, a rare feature in early birds from the Cretaceous.2

A nearly complete fossil of Shangyang found in 2025 had preserved feathers on its head crest, and scientists think they were red to deep blue and iridescent.1

Shangyang lived about 125 to 120 million years ago in the Early Cretaceous period.1

The name Shangyang comes from a mythical Chinese bird that was said to bring rain.1

Ekifaananyi kya Shangyang 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: Shangyang
Yatuumibwa: Wang and Zhou 20194
Ekibinja: Ebinyonyi eby'olubereberye
Ekika / ekibinja: Enantiornithes4
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: Shangyang was named by scientists Min Wang and Zhonghe Zhou in 2019, based on a nearly complete skeleton found in the Jiufotang Formation of China.3 2
Kikyakubaganyizibwako ebirowoozo: Scientists are not sure if a newer, more complete fossil belongs to the same species as the original Shangyang, because its breastbone and wishbone are slightly different.1

Ebituufu gye biva

Shangyang graciles (en.wikipedia.org)
[dinosaur] Shangyang, new enantiornithine from Early Cretaceous of China. (reptilis.net)
PBDB Taxon (paleobiodb.org)
Shangyang in The Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0): emyaka, ebifo, ensengeka z'enjazi, engabanya.

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