Dunhuangia

Il num vul dir: “named after the city of Dunhuang in Gansu Province, China”1

Mangiava: CharnUtschels primitivsCretacic tempriv

Dunhuangia was a bird that lived during the Early Cretaceous, about 121 to 113 million years ago. It was a medium-sized enantiornithine bird, a group that was very common during the time of dinosaurs. Dunhuangia had special bones in its chest that made it different from other birds.2 1

Viveva

avant 121 fin 113 milliuns onns4

Cretacic tempriv

Fossils chattads en

Changma Basin, Gansu Province, China1

Spertadad maximala

var 27 km/h (17 mph)

Sgular, stima

Cura viveva el?

Triassic

Giurassic

Cretacic

avant 252 milliuns onns20114566, l'asteroid

Quant spert era el?

Ina persuna che va a pe var 5 km/h (3 mph)

In uffant sin il velo var 12 km/h (7 mph)

Dunhuangia var 27 km/h (17 mph)

In chaval che galoppescha var 65 km/h (40 mph)

In gepard var 100 km/h (62 mph)

chaussas cool

Fatgs divertents

Dunhuangia is only the second enantiornithine bird species ever named from the Changma Basin in China.1

Its fossil includes parts of the forelimbs, shoulder girdle, and breastbone, but the skull is missing.3

The end of its breastbone had a deep notch with two side projections, a feature that helps scientists tell it apart from other enantiornithine birds.1

Dunhuangia lived alongside many other animals, including fish, salamanders, turtles, and other birds like Gansus.1

The Changma Basin where Dunhuangia was found is one of the few places where more advanced ornithuromorph birds outnumbered enantiornithines like Dunhuangia.1

Scientists think Dunhuangia was a ground-dwelling bird that could fly actively.2

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Per experts da dinos

Num scientific: Dunhuangia
Numnà da: Wang et al. 20154
Gruppa: Utschels primitivs
Famiglia / clada: Enantiornithes4
Classificaziun: Theropoda > Avialae4
Vegliadetgna da la crappa: 121 fin 113 milliuns onns (Aptian)4
Formaziuns da crap: Xiagou4
Pajais: China4
Chats da fossils: 1 en The Paleobiology Database4
Scuverta: Dunhuangia was named and described in 2015 by Wang Min, Li Daqing, Jingmai Kathleen O'Connor, Zhou Zhonghe, and You Hailu. The species name cuii honors Cui Guihai, who prepared many bird fossils from the Changma Basin.3 1
Anc discutà: Scientists are still debating whether the Changma avifauna represents a transitional stage in the dominance of ornithuromorph birds over enantiornithines like Dunhuangia.1

Danunder che vegnan ils fatgs

Second species of enantiornithine bird from the Lower Cretaceous Changma Basin, northwestern China with implications for the taxonomic diversity of the Changma avifauna (sciencedirect.com)
PBDB Taxon (paleobiodb.org)
Dunhuangia (en.wikipedia.org)
Dunhuangia in The Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0): vegliadetgna, lieus, formaziuns da crap, classificaziun.

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