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Falcatakely had a beak that looked like a toucan's, but it was not a close relative of toucans. Its beak shape evolved separately.1
The upper jaw of Falcatakely was made mostly of a large, toothless maxilla bone, with a small premaxilla that held teeth.1
Falcatakely is one of the few Mesozoic birds known to have a deep, long beak. Most early birds had simple, short snouts.1
This bird belonged to a group called Enantiornithes, which were the most common birds during the Cretaceous period.3
The only known fossil of Falcatakely was found in the Maevarano Formation in Madagascar, a site famous for other unusual animals like the giant frog Beelzebufo.3
Falcatakely shows that some ancient birds evolved large beaks before modern birds appeared, challenging old ideas about beak evolution.1

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?How big was Falcatakely?
About the size of a crow. Its beak was about 9 centimetres (3.5 inches) long.2
?Did Falcatakely have teeth?
Yes, it had teeth in the tip of its upper jaw, which is unusual for a bird.2
?Is Falcatakely a dinosaur?
Yes, it is a bird, and birds are a type of dinosaur called avialan dinosaurs.2
?When did Falcatakely live?
It lived about 68 to 70 million years ago, during the Late Cretaceous period.2
Për ekspertët e dinozaurëve
- Emri shkencor
- Falcatakely
- Emërtuar nga
- O'Connor et al. 20203
- Grupi
- Zogjtë e parë
- Familja / klada
- Enantiornithes3
- Klasifikimi
- Theropoda > Avialae3
- Mosha e shkëmbinjve
- 72 deri në 66 milionë vjet (Maastrichtian)3
- Formacionet shkëmbore
- Maevarano3
- Vendet
- Madagaskari3
- Gjetjet fosile
- 1 në The Paleobiology Database3
- Zbulimi
- Falcatakely was named in 2020 by Patrick O'Connor and colleagues based on a fossil skull found in Madagascar.31
- Ende i diskutueshëm
- Scientists are still debating exactly how Falcatakely used its unusual beak, since it had teeth in the front but a large toothless beak behind.1
Nga vijnë faktet
- Late Cretaceous bird from Madagascar reveals unique development of beaks | Nature (nature.com)
- Falcatakely (en.wikipedia.org)
- Falcatakely in The Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0): mosha, vendet, formacionet shkëmbore, klasifikimi.
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