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Epidexipteryx

Il num vul dir: “display feather”1
Mangiava: CharnDinos carnivorsGiurassic mesaun

Epidexipteryx was a tiny, pigeon-sized dinosaur that lived in the Jurassic period. It had four long, ribbon-like feathers on its tail that it probably used to show off, not to fly. This little dinosaur was a meat-eater and is one of the oldest known dinosaurs with display feathers.1

Viveva
avant 165 fin 162 milliuns onns6
Giurassic mesaun
Fossils chattads en
Daohugou, Ningcheng County, Inner Mongolia, China1
Lunghezza
0,25 fin 0,3 m (0,8 fin 1 ft)3
Paisa
fin 0,164 kg (0 lb)1
Autezza
0,12 m (0,4 ft)
stima
Spertadad maximala
var 13 km/h (8 mph)
Currer, stima

Cura viveva el?

Triassic
Giurassic
Cretacic
avant 252 milliuns onns20114566, l'asteroid

Quant grond era el?

Quant lung era el?

Epidexipteryx var 0,3 m lung (1 ft)In giat da chasa var 0,5 m (1,6 ft)In chaun var 1 m (3,3 ft)In velo da creschids var 1,8 m (5,9 ft)

Quant aut era el?

Epidexipteryxvar 0,12 m aut (0,4 ft)In giat da chasavar 0,3 m (1 ft)In chaunvar 0,5 m (1,6 ft)In chavalvar 1,6 m (5,2 ft)

stima

Quant grev era el?

uschè grev sco 1,5 bananas
pli lev ch'in giat da chasauschè lung sco 9 bloccs da construcziun in suenter l'auteruschè pitschen ch'el pudeva ir sut ina sutgapudess currer 100 meters en 28 secundas (il pli spert uman dovra 9,6)

Quant grond era Epidexipteryx cumpareglià cun TAI?

Mo matematica en tes navigatur. Nagut na vegn arcunà u tramess.

Quant spert era el?

chaussas cool

Fatgs divertents

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Epidexipteryx had four long, ribbon-like feathers on its tail that were probably used for display, not for flying.1

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It weighed only about 164 grams, which is less than a can of soda.1

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Its front teeth were much larger than its back teeth, and they stuck out forward, similar to the dinosaur Masiakasaurus.1

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Epidexipteryx lived about 165 to 161 million years ago, during the Middle to Late Jurassic.6

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The only known fossil is a nearly complete skeleton of a young individual, found in Inner Mongolia, China.1

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It had a short tail compared to its close relative Epidendrosaurus, with only 16 tail bones instead of more than 40.1

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Epidexipteryx could not fly because it lacked the long flight feathers on its arms that birds use.1

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?How big was Epidexipteryx?

It was tiny, about 25 to 30 cm long, not counting the tail feathers. That is about the size of a pigeon.3

?Did Epidexipteryx have feathers?

Yes, it had four long, ribbon-like feathers on its tail and a covering of simpler body feathers. The tail feathers were probably used for display, not for flying.34

?Could Epidexipteryx fly?

No, it could not fly. It lacked the long flight feathers on its arms that birds use, though it may have had a membrane wing for gliding.35

?What did Epidexipteryx eat?

It was a meat-eater. It may have used its long claws to rummage through trees for grubs, like an aye-aye.3

?When did Epidexipteryx live?

It lived during the Middle to Late Jurassic, about 165 to 154 million years ago, in what is now Inner Mongolia, China.3

?Why did Epidexipteryx have long tail feathers?

It used them for display, probably to attract mates or show off, just like many birds do today.35

Per experts da dinos

Num scientific
Epidexipteryx
Numnà da
Zhang et al. 20086
Gruppa
Dinos carnivors
Famiglia / clada
Paraves6
Classificaziun
Theropoda6
Vegliadetgna da la crappa
165 fin 162 milliuns onns (Callovian)6
Formaziuns da crap
Tiaojishan6
Pajais
China6
Chats da fossils
1 en The Paleobiology Database6
Scuverta
Epidexipteryx was named in 2008 by scientists Fucheng Zhang, Zhonghe Zhou, Xing Xu, Xiaolin Wang, and Corwin Sullivan. The name honors the late paleontologist Yaoming Hu. The fossil was found in the Daohugou area of Inner Mongolia, China.1
Anc discutà
Scientists are not sure exactly how old the rocks where Epidexipteryx was found are. They could be from the Middle Jurassic or the Late Jurassic, between 152 and 168 million years old.1

Danunder che vegnan ils fatgs

  1. LETTERS (ivpp.cas.cn)
  2. Epidexipteryx Zhang et al. 2008 - Encyclopedia of Life (eol.org)
  3. Epidexipteryx (en.wikipedia.org)
  4. Access : A bizarre Jurassic maniraptoran from China with elongate ribbon-like feathers : Nature (web.archive.org)
  5. nature.com (nature.com)
  6. Epidexipteryx in The Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0): vegliadetgna, lieus, formaziuns da crap, classificaziun.

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