Patagopteryx

Il num vul dir: “Patagonian wing”1

Mangiava: In pau da tutUtschels primitivsCretacic tardiv

Patagopteryx was a chicken-sized bird that lived in South America during the Late Cretaceous. It could not fly, even though its ancestors could! It is the oldest known bird that lost the ability to fly.1

Viveva

avant 86 fin 84 milliuns onns3

Cretacic tardiv

Fossils chattads en

Sierra Barrosa, northwestern Patagonia, Argentina1

Spertadad maximala

var 15 km/h (9 mph)

Currer, 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)

Patagopteryx var 15 km/h (9 mph)

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

In gepard var 100 km/h (62 mph)

chaussas cool

Fatgs divertents

Patagopteryx had no wishbone (furcula), so it could not have the muscles needed for flying.1

Its legs had very short thigh bones (femurs), which is a sign it was a fast runner.1

The feet of Patagopteryx had fused bones, just like modern birds.1

It lived about 85 to 83 million years ago, during the Santonian stage of the Late Cretaceous.2

Patagopteryx probably traveled in flocks across the plains of South America.1

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Las dumondas las pli frequentas davart Patagopteryx

?What did Patagopteryx eat?

It was omnivorous, meaning it ate both plants and meat.1

?Why couldn't Patagopteryx fly?

It had no wishbone (furcula), so it could not have the muscles needed for flying.1

?How big was Patagopteryx?

About the size of a chicken.1

?Did Patagopteryx live in flocks?

Yes, it probably traveled in flocks across the plains of South America.1

Per experts da dinos

Num scientific: Patagopteryx
Numnà da: Alvarenga and Bonaparte 19923
Gruppa: Utschels primitivs
Famiglia / clada: Ornithuromorpha3
Classificaziun: Theropoda > Avialae3
Vegliadetgna da la crappa: 86 fin 84 milliuns onns (Santonian)3
Formaziuns da crap: Bajo de la Carpa3
Pajais: Argentinia3
Chats da fossils: 1 en The Paleobiology Database3
Scuverta: Oscar de Ferrariis found the first fossils around 1984 to 1985 in Argentina. He gave them to paleontologist José Bonaparte, who named the species Patagopteryx deferrariisi in 1992.1
Anc discutà: Scientists are not sure if Patagopteryx is the earliest flightless bird, because some earlier dinosaurs may also have lost the ability to fly.1

Danunder che vegnan ils fatgs

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

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