Chiappeavis
Chiappeavis was a bird that lived in the Early Cretaceous, about 120 million years ago. It had a fan-shaped tail made of long feathers that helped it fly. This bird was about the size of a modern pigeon and lived in what is now northeastern China.21
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Chiappeavis had a fan-shaped tail made of about ten feathers, with the middle feathers being the longest at about 74 mm.1
It is one of the earliest birds known to have an aerodynamic tail fan, which helped it steer during flight.1
The only fossil of Chiappeavis is a nearly complete skeleton with feather impressions, found in the Jiufotang Formation.2
Chiappeavis belongs to a group of early birds called enantiornithines, which were very common in the Cretaceous.2
Its name honors Dr. Luis Chiappe, a scientist who studied many ancient birds.1
The species name 'magnapremaxillo' means 'large premaxilla', referring to its big upper jaw bone.1

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Mitus: Some people think Chiappeavis had teeth like other early birds.
Vardad: The fossil does not show teeth, and scientists think its beak was toothless, similar to some later birds.1
Per experts da dinos
- Num scientific
- Chiappeavis
- Numnà da
- O'Connor et al. 20163
- Gruppa
- Utschels primitivs
- Famiglia / clada
- Pengornithidae3
- Classificaziun
- Theropoda > Avialae3
- Vegliadetgna da la crappa
- 121 fin 113 milliuns onns (Aptian)3
- Formaziuns da crap
- Jiufotang3
- Pajais
- China3
- Chats da fossils
- 1 en The Paleobiology Database3
- Scuverta
- Chiappeavis was named in 2016 by Jingmai O'Connor and colleagues, based on a fossil found in Jianchang, Liaoning, China.23
- Anc discutà
- Scientists are not sure exactly what Chiappeavis ate, because its diet is still being studied from its claws and jaw.1
Danunder che vegnan ils fatgs
- Report An Enantiornithine with a Fan-Shaped Tail, and the Evolution of the Rectricial Complex in Early Birds (sciencedirect.com)
- Chiappeavis (en.wikipedia.org)
- Chiappeavis in The Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0): vegliadetgna, lieus, formaziuns da crap, classificaziun.
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