Qiupanykus

Il num vul dir: “claw from the Qiupa Formation”1

Mangiava: CharnDinos carnivorsCretacic tardiv

Qiupanykus was a tiny, speedy dinosaur that lived at the very end of the age of dinosaurs. It had strong claws on its short arms and may have used them to crack open eggs for a snack. This little hunter was one of the last non-bird dinosaurs to walk the Earth.1

Viveva

avant 72 fin 66 milliuns onns4

Cretacic tardiv

Fossils chattads en

Henan Province, China1 3

Paisa

0,27 kg fin 0,91 kg (1 fin 2 lb)1

Spertadad maximala

var 17 km/h (11 mph)

Currer, stima

Cura viveva el?

Triassic

Giurassic

Cretacic

avant 252 milliuns onns20114566, l'asteroid

Quant grond era el?

Quant grev era el?

uschè grev sco 8 bananas

pli lev ch'in giat da chasauschè grev sco 8 bananaspudess currer 100 meters en 21 secundas (il pli spert uman dovra 9,6)

Quant grond era Qiupanykus cumpareglià cun TAI?

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

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)

Qiupanykus var 17 km/h (11 mph)

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

In gepard var 100 km/h (62 mph)

chaussas cool

Fatgs divertents

Qiupanykus was very small, weighing less than a kilogram (about 2 pounds). Its leg bones were only about 25 cm (10 inches) long.1

Its fossils were found right next to broken eggshells from an oviraptorosaur. Scientists think Qiupanykus used its strong claws to crack those eggs open.1 2

Qiupanykus lived about 72 to 66 million years ago, during the Maastrichtian stage of the Late Cretaceous. That means it was alive right before the big dinosaur extinction.1 3

Like other alvarezsaurids, Qiupanykus had a special foot called an arctometatarsus, which helped it run fast.1

No skull bones of Qiupanykus have been found yet, so scientists are not sure what its head looked like.1

The name Qiupanykus means 'claw from the Qiupa Formation', because its fossils were found in the Qiupa Formation in China.1

Maletg da Qiupanykus fatg cun IA — In maletg fatg cun IA che mussa co Qiupanykus pudess avair guardà ora, fatg d'in computer tenor quai che la scienza sa. I sa tracta d'ina supposiziun: l'animal vair ha forsa guardà ora auter, e sias colurs vairas èn nunenconuschentas.

Chatschader da mitus

Mitus: Some people think all small dinosaurs were plant-eaters.

Vardad: Qiupanykus was a small dinosaur, but it was a meat-eater. It may have eaten eggs and small animals.1

Per experts da dinos

Num scientific: Qiupanykus
Numnà da: Lü et al. 20184
Gruppa: Dinos carnivors
Famiglia / clada: Alvarezsauroidea4
Classificaziun: Theropoda4
Vegliadetgna da la crappa: 72 fin 66 milliuns onns (Maastrichtian)4
Formaziuns da crap: Qiupa4
Pajais: China4
Chats da fossils: 1 en The Paleobiology Database4
Scuverta: Qiupanykus was named in 2018 by Lü Junchang and his team. The fossils were found near the village of Guanping in Luanchuan County, Henan Province, China. The species name zhangi honors Shuancheng Zhang, who helped find the fossils.1
Anc discutà: Scientists are not sure whether Qiupanykus mostly ate eggs or also hunted small animals. They also debate if the eggshells found with it belonged to another dinosaur or to Qiupanykus itself.1

Danunder che vegnan ils fatgs

Qiupanykus (en.wikipedia.org)
A new alvarezsaurid dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous Qiupa Formation of Luanchuan, Henan Province, central China (exa.ai)
PBDB Taxon (paleobiodb.org)
Qiupanykus in The Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0): vegliadetgna, lieus, formaziuns da crap, classificaziun.

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