Orienantius

Il num vul dir: “east opposite bird”1

Mangiava: CharnUtschels primitivsCretacic tempriv

Orienantius was a tiny bird that lived about 130 million years ago in what is now China. It had feathers and could fly, but it was not like modern birds, it belonged to an ancient group called enantiornithines, which had a different way of flying.2 1

Viveva

avant 133 fin 126 milliuns onns3

Cretacic tempriv

Fossils chattads en

Hebei Province, China1 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)

Orienantius 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

Orienantius is known from two nearly complete skeletons that still have feathers and even soft tissues like wing skin preserved.1 2

It was about the size of a modern Eurasian Skylark, a small songbird.1

Orienantius could fly with high maneuverability and used a flap-gliding style, like some birds today.2

The holotype (main specimen) was not fully grown when it died, some of its bones had not yet fused together.1

Its name comes from Latin and Greek words meaning 'east' and 'opposite', referring to its discovery in East Asia and its group Enantiornithes.1

Orienantius lived during the Early Cretaceous, making it one of the oldest known enantiornithine birds.2

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Per experts da dinos

Num scientific: Orienantius
Numnà da: Liu et al. 20193
Gruppa: Utschels primitivs
Famiglia / clada: Enantiornithes3
Classificaziun: Theropoda > Avialae3
Vegliadetgna da la crappa: 133 fin 126 milliuns onns (Hauterivian)3
Formaziuns da crap: Huajiying3
Pajais: China3
Chats da fossils: 1 en The Paleobiology Database3
Scuverta: Orienantius was named in 2019 by Di Liu and colleagues based on two fossils from the Huajiying Formation in Hebei, China. The species name ritteri honors German scientist Johann Wilhelm Ritter.1 2
Anc discutà: Scientists are still debating exactly how Orienantius and other early enantiornithines evolved their flight abilities, since they show features of both primitive and advanced birds.2

Danunder che vegnan ils fatgs

Orienantius (en.wikipedia.org)
Soft tissue preservation in two new enantiornithine specimens (Aves) from the Lower Cretaceous Huajiying Formation of Hebei Province, China (sciencedirect.com)
Orienantius in The Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0): vegliadetgna, lieus, formaziuns da crap, classificaziun.

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