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Zhouornis

Erinnya litegeeza: “Zhou's bird, after Chinese paleontologist Zhou Zhonghe”1
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Zhouornis was a big, toothed bird that lived in ancient China. It was one of the largest birds of its time, with a skull that looked a bit like a dinosaur's. It could fly and hunt for food.1

Yabeerawo
emyaka obukadde 121 okutuuka ku 113 emabega3
Entandikwa ya Kuretasi
Ebisigalira byazuulibwa mu
Liaoning Province, China2
Sipiidi esinga
nga 27 km/h (17 mph)
Okubuuka, kuteebereza

Yabeerawo ddi?

Tiriyasi
Jurasiki
Kuretasi
Emyaka obukadde 252 emabega20114566, asteroyidi

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ebintu ebinyuvu

Ebyewuunyisa

1

Zhouornis lived about 121 to 113 million years ago during the Early Cretaceous.2

2

Its skull had a large basipterygoid process and a well-developed basisphenoid recess, features also found in non-avian dinosaurs.1

3

The only known fossil is a nearly complete skeleton with some feathers preserved.2

4

Zhouornis was not fully grown when it died, but it was already one of the largest enantiornithine birds known.1

5

It belongs to a group called Enantiornithes, which were the most common birds during the Cretaceous.2

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The fossil was found in the Jiufotang Formation, a famous rock layer that has produced many other early birds.2

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Eri abakugu mu dayinoso

Erinnya lya ssaayansi
Zhouornis
Yatuumibwa
Zhang et al. 20133
Ekibinja
Ebinyonyi eby'olubereberye
Ekika / ekibinja
Bohaiornithidae3
Engabanya
Theropoda > Avialae3
Emyaka gy'enjazi
emyaka obukadde 121 okutuuka ku 113 (Aptian)3
Ensengeka z'enjazi
Jiufotang3
Ensi
Cayina3
Ebisigalira ebyazuulibwa
2 mu The Paleobiology Database3
Okuzuulibwa
Zhouornis was named in 2013 by Zihui Zhang and colleagues based on a single fossil skeleton from Chaoyang County, Liaoning, China.1
Kikyakubaganyizibwako ebirowoozo
Scientists are not sure exactly how large Zhouornis could grow as an adult, because the only known fossil is from a young individual.1

Ebituufu gye biva

  1. A large bird from the Early Cretaceous of China: new information on the skull of enantiornithines (tandfonline.com)
  2. PBDB Taxon (paleobiodb.org)
  3. Zhouornis in The Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0): emyaka, ebifo, ensengeka z'enjazi, engabanya.

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