Nanantius

Il num vul dir: “dwarf enantiornithine”1

Mangiava: CharnUtschels primitivsCretacic tempriv

Nanantius was a tiny, ancient bird that lived beside a warm, shallow sea in Australia. It was about the size of a blackbird and probably looked like a mini seagull with claws on its wings.1

Viveva

avant 106 fin 100 milliuns onns2

Cretacic tempriv

Fossils chattads en

Queensland, Australia1 2

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)

Nanantius 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

Nanantius is known from only a few bones, including a leg bone and a neck vertebra.1

One of its leg bones was found inside the stomach of an ichthyosaur, a marine reptile that lived at the same time.1

It belonged to a group of primitive birds called enantiornitheans, which had teeth and clawed wings.1

Nanantius lived about 112 to 100 million years ago, during the Early Cretaceous period.1

Until 2026, Nanantius was the only named bird from the Cretaceous of Australia.1

Scientists are not 100% sure Nanantius is an enantiornithean because its leg bone is not enough to prove it.1

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Las dumondas las pli frequentas davart Nanantius

?How big was Nanantius?

About the size of a blackbird. It was a tiny bird, probably looking like a miniature seagull.1

?What did Nanantius eat?

It probably ate marine invertebrates and small fish along the coast of the Eromanga Sea.1

?Did Nanantius have teeth?

Yes, it belonged to a group of primitive birds called enantiornitheans, which had teeth and clawed wings.1

?Is Nanantius a dinosaur?

It is an avialan dinosaur, which means it is a bird in the broad sense and a type of theropod dinosaur.1

Per experts da dinos

Num scientific: Nanantius
Numnà da: Molnar 19862
Gruppa: Utschels primitivs
Famiglia / clada: Alexornithidae2
Classificaziun: Theropoda > Avialae2
Vegliadetgna da la crappa: 106 fin 100 milliuns onns (Albian)2
Formaziuns da crap: Toolebuc2
Pajais: Australia2
Chats da fossils: 2 en The Paleobiology Database2
Scuverta: Nanantius was named by Ralph Molnar in 1986 based on a leg bone and a neck vertebra found at Warra Station near Boulia, Queensland.1 2
Anc discutà: Scientists are not certain if Nanantius is truly an enantiornithean bird, because its leg bone is not enough to tell for sure.1

Danunder che vegnan ils fatgs

Nanantius (en.wikipedia.org)
Nanantius in The Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0): vegliadetgna, lieus, formaziuns da crap, classificaziun.

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