Epidendrosaurus

Lebitso le bolela: “tree lizard”1

E jele: NamaDidinosaure tse jang namaJurasiki ya Bohareng

Epidendrosaurus was a tiny, bird-like dinosaur that lived about 165 million years ago. It had an extra-long third finger on each hand, which it probably used to climb trees and grab insects. This little dinosaur was about the size of a house sparrow!1 2

E phetse

dilemo tse dimilione tse 165 ho isa ho 162 tse fetileng5

Jurasiki ya Bohareng

Difosili di fumanwe ho

Daohugou, Ningcheng County, Nei Mongol, China2 1

Lebelo le phahameng ka ho fetisisa

e ka bang 47 km/h (29 mph)

Ho matha, 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)

Epidendrosaurus e ka bang 47 km/h (29 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

Epidendrosaurus had an extremely long third finger on each hand, nearly twice as long as in other similar dinosaurs.1

Its foot bones were arranged almost at the same level, like perching birds, which helped it grip branches.1

The only known fossil is a juvenile, so scientists are not sure how big an adult Epidendrosaurus would have been.1

It lived during the Middle Jurassic period, about 165 to 161 million years ago, in what is now China.2

Epidendrosaurus is one of the earliest known dinosaurs with adaptations for climbing trees.1

Its name means 'tree lizard' because of its tree-climbing lifestyle.1

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o botsitse

Dipotso tse botswang haholo ka Epidendrosaurus

?What did Epidendrosaurus eat?

It was a meat-eating dinosaur that probably ate insects, like the modern aye-aye which uses a long finger to find bugs in trees.3

?How big was Epidendrosaurus?

It was about the size of a house sparrow, so only about 14 to 16 centimetres long. But the only known fossil is a juvenile, so adults might have been a bit bigger.1 3

?Did Epidendrosaurus have feathers?

Yes, the related Scansoriopteryx fossil shows impressions of down-like feathers, and Epidendrosaurus probably had them too.4

?Could Epidendrosaurus fly?

No, it could not fly. It was a tree-climber that used its long fingers and grasping feet to move among branches, possibly gliding a little.4 3

?Why did Epidendrosaurus have a long third finger?

Scientists think the extremely long third finger helped it climb trees and grab insects, similar to how an aye-aye uses its long middle finger.3

?Is Epidendrosaurus a bird?

No, it is a small meat-eating dinosaur, not a bird. But it was very bird-like and is closely related to the ancestors of birds.5 4

Bakeng sa ditsebi tsa didinosaure

Lebitso la saense: Epidendrosaurus
E rehilwe ke: Zhang et al. 20025
Sehlopha: Didinosaure tse jang nama
Lelapa / leloko: Scansoriopterygidae5
Tlhophiso: Theropoda5
Dilemo tsa mafika: dilemo tse dimilione tse 165 ho isa ho 162 (Callovian)5
Dibopeho tsa mafika: Tiaojishan5
Dinaha: Tjhaena5
Direkoto tsa difosili: 1 ho The Paleobiology Database5
Ho sibollwa: Epidendrosaurus was named in 2002 by Zhang Fucheng and his team based on a single juvenile skeleton found at Daohugou in Inner Mongolia, China.2 1
E sa ntse e phehwa kgang: Scientists are not sure exactly what the extremely long third finger was used for, though it may have helped with climbing or grabbing.1

Moo dintlha di tswang teng

Epidendrosaurus: tree-climbing theropod from China (dml.reptilis.net)
PBDB Taxon (paleobiodb.org)
Introduction (ivpp.cas.cn)
Scansoriopteryx (Wikipedia) (Wikipedia)
Epidendrosaurus in The Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0): dilemo, dibaka, dibopeho tsa mafika, tlhophiso.

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