Vescornis

Il num vul dir: “evening bird”1

Mangiava: CharnUtschels primitivsCretacic tempriv

Vescornis was a tiny, feathered dinosaur that could fly. It lived during the Early Cretaceous, about 122 million years ago, in what is now China. This little bird had long foot claws and short wing fingers, which made it great at flying but not so good at climbing trees.1 2

Viveva

avant 126 fin 120 milliuns onns4

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)

Vescornis 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

Vescornis had very small wing claws and long, strong foot claws, which helped it fly better but made it worse at climbing than many other early birds.2

The only known fossil of Vescornis was first thought to come from the Yixian Formation, but later geologists realized it was actually from the Huajiying Formation.1

Vescornis might be the same animal as another early bird called Jibeinia, but scientists are not sure because the Jibeinia fossil got lost.1

The name 'Hebeiornis' was given to the same fossil in 1999, but that name is not used because it was not described well enough.1

Vescornis lived about 122 million years ago, during the Early Cretaceous period.1

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Chatschader da mitus

Mitus: Some people think Vescornis was a true bird like modern birds.

Vardad: Vescornis was an enantiornithine, a group of ancient birds that had teeth and claws, and it is not a direct ancestor of today's birds.1

Per experts da dinos

Num scientific: Vescornis
Numnà da: Zhang et al. 20044
Gruppa: Utschels primitivs
Famiglia / clada: Enantiornithes4
Classificaziun: Theropoda > Avialae4
Vegliadetgna da la crappa: 126 fin 120 milliuns onns (Barremian / Aptian)4
Formaziuns da crap: Yixian4
Pajais: China4
Chats da fossils: 1 en The Paleobiology Database4
Scuverta: The fossil was found in Hebei Province, China, and was described by Zhang and colleagues in 2004. It is stored at the Nanjing Institute of Geology and Paleontology.1
Anc discutà: Scientists still debate whether Vescornis is the same species as Jibeinia, because the Jibeinia fossil is lost and the two look very similar.1

Danunder che vegnan ils fatgs

Vescornis (en.wikipedia.org)
Description of a new enantiornithine bird from the Early Cretaceous of Hebei, northern China (cdnsciencepub.com)
PBDB Taxon (paleobiodb.org)
Vescornis in The Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0): vegliadetgna, lieus, formaziuns da crap, classificaziun.

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