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Xiaotingia

Erinnya litegeeza: “named in honour of Zheng Xiaoting, who helped build the Shandong Tianyu Museum of Nature”1
Yalyanga: EnnyamaRaputaAmakkati ga Jurasiki okutuuka ku Enkomerero ya Jurasiki

Xiaotingia was a small, feathered dinosaur that lived about 160 million years ago. It looked a lot like Archaeopteryx, the famous 'first bird', and scientists are still arguing about whether it was a bird or a raptor.23

Yabeerawo
emyaka obukadde 168 okutuuka ku 152 emabega5
Amakkati ga Jurasiki okutuuka ku Enkomerero ya Jurasiki
Ebisigalira byazuulibwa mu
Linglongta, Jianchang, western Liaoning, China1
Obuwanvu
0.6 m (2 ft)4
Obuzito
0.82 kg (2 lb)14
Obugulumivu
0.25 m (0.8 ft)
kuteebereza
Sipiidi esinga
nga 19 km/h (12 mph)
Okudduka, kuteebereza

Yabeerawo ddi?

Tiriyasi
Jurasiki
Kuretasi
Emyaka obukadde 252 emabega20114566, asteroyidi

Yali munene atya?

Yali muwanvu kwenkana wa?

Xiaotingia obuwanvu nga 0.6 m (2 ft)Kkapa ow'awaka nga 0.5 m (1.6 ft)Embwa nga 1 m (3.3 ft)Akagaali k'omukulu nga 1.8 m (5.9 ft)

Yali mugulumivu kwenkana wa?

Xiaotingiaobugulumivu nga 0.25 m (0.8 ft)Kkapa ow'awakanga 0.3 m (1 ft)Embwanga 0.5 m (1.6 ft)Embalaasinga 1.6 m (5.2 ft)

kuteebereza

Yali muzito kwenkana wa?

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Xiaotingia yali munene atya bw'ogeraageranya ku GGWE?

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Ebyewuunyisa

1

Xiaotingia had long, strong arms and hands, which scientists used to think were special bird features, but they are actually found in a bigger group called Paraves.2

2

When Xiaotingia was added to the family tree, it made Archaeopteryx move from being a bird to being a raptor, which surprised many scientists.2

3

Xiaotingia had a large hole in its lower jaw, called a surangular foramen, that was more than 6% of the total jaw length.1

4

Its fourth finger bone (metacarpal IV) was thicker than the second and third, which is unusual.1

5

Xiaotingia shared some features with troodontids, like closely packed teeth in the front of the jaw and long, slender tail bones.1

6

The only known fossil was bought from a fossil dealer, so scientists are not 100% sure exactly which rock layer it came from.1

Kyakolebwa AIEkifaananyi kya Xiaotingia ekyakolebwa AI
Ekifaananyi kya Xiaotingia 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.

Omumenyi w'enfumo

Enfumo: Xiaotingia is a bird because it looks like Archaeopteryx.

Amazima: Scientists disagree. Some think Xiaotingia is a raptor (a deinonychosaur), not a bird, because it shares many features with raptors.2

Eri abakugu mu dayinoso

Erinnya lya ssaayansi
Xiaotingia
Yatuumibwa
Xu et al. 20115
Ekibinja
Raputa
Ekika / ekibinja
Troodontidae5
Engabanya
Theropoda > Troodontidae5
Emyaka gy'enjazi
emyaka obukadde 168 okutuuka ku 152 (Bathonian / Kimmeridgian)5
Ensengeka z'enjazi
Tiaojishan5
Ensi
Cayina5
Ebisigalira ebyazuulibwa
1 mu The Paleobiology Database5
Okuzuulibwa
Xiaotingia was named in 2011 by Xu Xing and colleagues. The only skeleton was bought by the Shandong Tianyu Museum of Nature from a fossil dealer who said it came from Liaoning, China.1
Kikyakubaganyizibwako ebirowoozo
Scientists still debate whether Xiaotingia was a bird or a raptor, and even the exact age of the fossil is uncertain because the dealer could not say which quarry it came from.21

Ebituufu gye biva

  1. ivpp.cas.cn (ivpp.cas.cn)
  2. An Archaeopteryx-like theropod from China and the origin of Avialae | Nature (nature.com)
  3. PBDB Taxon (paleobiodb.org)
  4. Xiaotingia (en.wikipedia.org)
  5. Xiaotingia in The Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0): emyaka, ebifo, ensengeka z'enjazi, engabanya.

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