Piscivoravis

Il num vul dir: “fish-eating bird”1

Mangiava: PeschUtschels primitivsCretacic tempriv

Piscivoravis was an ancient bird that lived in China about 120 million years ago. It loved to eat fish, and we know this because fish bones were found inside its fossilized stomach and near its beak. This bird could probably fly and lived near lakes.1

Viveva

avant 121 fin 113 milliuns onns2

Cretacic tempriv

Fossils chattads en

Liaoning 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)

Piscivoravis 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

Piscivoravis is one of only two early birds from the Jehol Biota that we know for sure ate fish. The other is Yanornis.1

The fossil of Piscivoravis shows fish bones in two places: a small cluster near the beak and a larger cluster in the belly. Scientists think the small cluster might be a pellet that the bird was about to cough up.1

This bird had a broad breastbone that was wider than it was long, which is unusual for early birds.1

Piscivoravis had large, strongly curved claws on its hands, which might have helped it catch fish.1

The name Piscivoravis comes from Latin and means 'fish-eating bird'.1

Piscivoravis lived during the Early Cretaceous period, about 120 million years ago, in what is now northeastern China.1

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Per experts da dinos

Num scientific: Piscivoravis
Numnà da: Zhou et al. 20132
Gruppa: Utschels primitivs
Famiglia / clada: Ornithuromorpha2
Classificaziun: Theropoda > Avialae2
Vegliadetgna da la crappa: 121 fin 113 milliuns onns (Aptian)2
Formaziuns da crap: Jiufotang2
Pajais: China2
Chats da fossils: 1 en The Paleobiology Database2
Scuverta: Piscivoravis was named by Zhou and colleagues in 2013 based on a nearly complete skeleton found near Xiaotaizi village in Liaoning, China. The species name 'lii' honors Li Yutong, who prepared many important bird fossils.1
Anc discutà: Scientists are not sure if Piscivoravis changed its diet with the seasons, like some other early birds may have done. Only one fossil has been found so far.1

Danunder che vegnan ils fatgs

A new piscivorous ornithuromorph from the Jehol Biota (ivpp.cas.cn)
Piscivoravis in The Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0): vegliadetgna, lieus, formaziuns da crap, classificaziun.

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