Elektorornis

Lebitso le bolela: “amber bird”1

E jele: DikokwanyanaDinonyana tsa peleKretase ya Morao

Elektorornis was a tiny bird that lived about 99 million years ago. It had a super long middle toe, much longer than its other toes. Scientists think it used that long toe to poke into tree bark and find tasty bugs to eat.1 2

E phetse

dilemo tse dimilione tse 100 ho isa ho 94 tse fetileng3

Kretase ya Morao

Difosili di fumanwe ho

Angbamo locality, Hukawng Valley, Kachin Province, northern Myanmar2 3

Lebelo le phahameng ka ho fetisisa

e ka bang 27 km/h (17 mph)

Ho fofa, kakanyo

E phetse neng?

Triasiki

Jurasiki

Kretase

Dilemo tse dimilione tse 252 tse fetileng20114566, asteroiti

E ne e le lebelo hakae?

Motho ya tsamayang ka maoto e ka bang 5 km/h (3 mph)

Ngwana a palame baesekele e ka bang 12 km/h (7 mph)

Elektorornis e ka bang 27 km/h (17 mph)

Pere e mathang ka matla e ka bang 65 km/h (40 mph)

Lengau e ka bang 100 km/h (62 mph)

dintho tse monate

Dintlha tse monate

Elektorornis is the first bird species ever described from fossils found in Burmese amber.1

Its third toe was 20% longer than its whole foot bone (tarsometatarsus). No other known bird, alive or extinct, has such a long toe compared to its foot.2

This bird was smaller than a sparrow. It was an enantiornithine, a group of early birds that lived alongside dinosaurs.1 2

The only known fossil of Elektorornis is a partial right leg and some wing feathers, all preserved in a piece of amber.1 2

Elektorornis had big, curved claws and a long hallux (back toe) that helped it grip branches. It was an arboreal bird, meaning it lived in trees.2

Scientists think Elektorornis may have had a toothless beak to pry into wood, like a woodpecker, to reach insects.1

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Bakeng sa ditsebi tsa didinosaure

Lebitso la saense: Elektorornis
E rehilwe ke: Xing et al. 20193
Sehlopha: Dinonyana tsa pele
Lelapa / leloko: Enantiornithes3
Tlhophiso: Theropoda > Avialae3
Dilemo tsa mafika: dilemo tse dimilione tse 100 ho isa ho 94 (Cenomanian)3
Dinaha: Myanmar3
Direkoto tsa difosili: 1 ho The Paleobiology Database3
Ho sibollwa: Elektorornis chenguangi was named in 2019 by Lida Xing and colleagues. The fossil was found in Burmese amber at the Angbamo locality in Myanmar. The species name honors Chen Guang, a curator at the Hupoge Amber Museum.2 1
E sa ntse e phehwa kgang: Scientists are not sure exactly how Elektorornis used its extra-long middle toe. It might have been for probing tree bark for insects, or for better climbing, or both.2

Moo dintlha di tswang teng

Elektorornis (en.wikipedia.org)
A New Enantiornithine Bird with Unusual Pedal Proportions Found in Amber: Current Biology (cell.com)
Elektorornis in The Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0): dilemo, dibaka, dibopeho tsa mafika, tlhophiso.

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