Shenqiornis

Il num vul dir: “Shenqi means 'magical' in Chinese, and ornis means 'bird' in Greek. So it is the 'magical bird'.”1

Mangiava: CharnUtschels primitivsGiurassic tardiv fin Cretacic tempriv

Shenqiornis was a small, toothed bird that lived in what is now China. It had a strong beak and sharp teeth, and it probably hunted insects and other small animals. Its skull was built like a reptile's, with two openings behind the eye.1 3

Viveva

avant 162 fin 121 milliuns onns3

Giurassic tardiv fin Cretacic tempriv

Fossils chattads en

Shenjitu, Qiaotou Formation, northern Hebei, China3 1

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)

Shenqiornis 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

Shenqiornis is known from a nearly complete skeleton with carbonized feather traces, found in China.2

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

Shenqiornis had a large postorbital bone with a long, tapering jugal process, meaning its skull might have been fully diapsid (with two openings behind each eye) like some early birds.1

Its tooth shape is unique among enantiornithines and suggests it had a special diet, possibly eating different prey than its relatives.1

The fossils were found in rocks that are between about 161 and 121 million years old, from the Late Jurassic to the Early Cretaceous.2

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Per experts da dinos

Num scientific: Shenqiornis
Numnà da: Wang et al. 20103
Gruppa: Utschels primitivs
Famiglia / clada: Bohaiornithidae3
Classificaziun: Theropoda > Avialae3
Vegliadetgna da la crappa: 162 fin 121 milliuns onns (Oxfordian / Barremian)3
Formaziuns da crap: Qiaotou3
Pajais: China3
Chats da fossils: 1 en The Paleobiology Database3
Scuverta: Shenqiornis was named by Xuri Wang and colleagues in 2010. The type specimen, a nearly complete skeleton with feather traces, was found at Shenjitu in the Qiaotou Formation of northern Hebei, China.3 1
Anc discutà: Scientists are not sure exactly what Shenqiornis ate. Its unusual teeth hint at a special diet, but no one knows for sure what that was.1

Danunder che vegnan ils fatgs

New Species of Enantiornithes (Aves: Ornithothoraces) from the Qiaotou Formation in Northern Hebei, China (onlinelibrary.wiley.com)
paleobiodb.org (paleobiodb.org)
Shenqiornis in The Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0): vegliadetgna, lieus, formaziuns da crap, classificaziun.

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