Shenqiornis

Erinnya litegeeza: “Shenqi means 'magical' in Chinese, and ornis means 'bird' in Greek. So it is the 'magical bird'.”1

Yalyanga: EnnyamaEbinyonyi eby'olubereberyeEnkomerero ya Jurasiki okutuuka ku Entandikwa ya Kuretasi

Shenqiornis was a small, toothed bird that lived in what is now China. It had a strong beak and sharp teeth, and it probably hunted insects and other small animals. Its skull was built like a reptile's, with two openings behind the eye.1 3

Yabeerawo

emyaka obukadde 162 okutuuka ku 121 emabega3

Enkomerero ya Jurasiki okutuuka ku Entandikwa ya Kuretasi

Ebisigalira byazuulibwa mu

Shenjitu, Qiaotou Formation, northern Hebei, China3 1

Sipiidi esinga

nga 27 km/h (17 mph)

Okubuuka, 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)

Shenqiornis nga 27 km/h (17 mph)

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

Cheetah nga 100 km/h (62 mph)

ebintu ebinyuvu

Ebyewuunyisa

Shenqiornis is known from a nearly complete skeleton with carbonized feather traces, found in China.2

It belonged to a group of ancient birds called enantiornithines, which had teeth and clawed wings.1

Shenqiornis had a large postorbital bone with a long, tapering jugal process, meaning its skull might have been fully diapsid (with two openings behind each eye) like some early birds.1

Its tooth shape is unique among enantiornithines and suggests it had a special diet, possibly eating different prey than its relatives.1

The fossils were found in rocks that are between about 161 and 121 million years old, from the Late Jurassic to the Early Cretaceous.2

Ekifaananyi kya Shenqiornis 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: Shenqiornis
Yatuumibwa: Wang et al. 20103
Ekibinja: Ebinyonyi eby'olubereberye
Ekika / ekibinja: Bohaiornithidae3
Engabanya: Theropoda > Avialae3
Emyaka gy'enjazi: emyaka obukadde 162 okutuuka ku 121 (Oxfordian / Barremian)3
Ensengeka z'enjazi: Qiaotou3
Ensi: Cayina3
Ebisigalira ebyazuulibwa: 1 mu The Paleobiology Database3
Okuzuulibwa: Shenqiornis was named by Xuri Wang and colleagues in 2010. The type specimen, a nearly complete skeleton with feather traces, was found at Shenjitu in the Qiaotou Formation of northern Hebei, China.3 1
Kikyakubaganyizibwako ebirowoozo: Scientists are not sure exactly what Shenqiornis ate. Its unusual teeth hint at a special diet, but no one knows for sure what that was.1

Ebituufu gye biva

New Species of Enantiornithes (Aves: Ornithothoraces) from the Qiaotou Formation in Northern Hebei, China (onlinelibrary.wiley.com)
paleobiodb.org (paleobiodb.org)
Shenqiornis in The Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0): emyaka, ebifo, ensengeka z'enjazi, engabanya.

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