Zhouornis

Il num vul dir: “Zhou's bird, after Chinese paleontologist Zhou Zhonghe”1

Mangiava: CharnUtschels primitivsCretacic tempriv

Zhouornis was a big, toothed bird that lived in ancient China. It was one of the largest birds of its time, with a skull that looked a bit like a dinosaur's. It could fly and hunt for food.1

Viveva

avant 121 fin 113 milliuns onns3

Cretacic tempriv

Fossils chattads en

Liaoning Province, China2

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)

Zhouornis 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

Zhouornis lived about 121 to 113 million years ago during the Early Cretaceous.2

Its skull had a large basipterygoid process and a well-developed basisphenoid recess, features also found in non-avian dinosaurs.1

The only known fossil is a nearly complete skeleton with some feathers preserved.2

Zhouornis was not fully grown when it died, but it was already one of the largest enantiornithine birds known.1

It belongs to a group called Enantiornithes, which were the most common birds during the Cretaceous.2

The fossil was found in the Jiufotang Formation, a famous rock layer that has produced many other early birds.2

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Per experts da dinos

Num scientific: Zhouornis
Numnà da: Zhang et al. 20133
Gruppa: Utschels primitivs
Famiglia / clada: Bohaiornithidae3
Classificaziun: Theropoda > Avialae3
Vegliadetgna da la crappa: 121 fin 113 milliuns onns (Aptian)3
Formaziuns da crap: Jiufotang3
Pajais: China3
Chats da fossils: 2 en The Paleobiology Database3
Scuverta: Zhouornis was named in 2013 by Zihui Zhang and colleagues based on a single fossil skeleton from Chaoyang County, Liaoning, China.1
Anc discutà: Scientists are not sure exactly how large Zhouornis could grow as an adult, because the only known fossil is from a young individual.1

Danunder che vegnan ils fatgs

A large bird from the Early Cretaceous of China: new information on the skull of enantiornithines (tandfonline.com)
PBDB Taxon (paleobiodb.org)
Zhouornis in The Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0): vegliadetgna, lieus, formaziuns da crap, classificaziun.

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