Paraprotopteryx
Paraprotopteryx was a tiny bird that lived in the Early Cretaceous period, about 122 million years ago. It had four long, ribbon-like tail feathers that were longer than its whole body! These feathers may have been used to show off to other birds.1
E phetse neng?
E ne e le kgolo hakae?
E ne e le telele hakae?
Paraprotopteryx e ne e le kgolo hakae ha e bapiswa le WENA?
Ke dipalo feela ho browser ya hao. Ha ho letho le bolokwang kapa le romelwang kae kapa kae.
E ne e le lebelo hakae?
Dintlha tse monate
Paraprotopteryx is one of the earliest birds known to have four long tail feathers, which may have been used for display.1
Its wishbone (furcula) was Y-shaped with a very narrow angle between the two branches.1
The fossil of Paraprotopteryx was originally thought to be from the Yixian Formation, but later studies showed it came from the Huajiying Formation.1
Some scientists think the second pair of tail feathers might be a fake added by fossil traders, but the first pair is definitely real.1
Paraprotopteryx lived during the Hauterivian age of the Early Cretaceous, about 132 to 125 million years ago.2

Mosenyi wa ditshomo
Tshomo: Paraprotopteryx is a dinosaur.
Nnete: Paraprotopteryx is a bird, but birds are a type of dinosaur called avialan dinosaurs. So it is both a bird and a dinosaur!1
Bakeng sa ditsebi tsa didinosaure
- Lebitso la saense
- Paraprotopteryx
- E rehilwe ke
- Zheng et al. 20073
- Sehlopha
- Dinonyana tsa pele
- Lelapa / leloko
- Enantiornithes3
- Tlhophiso
- Theropoda > Avialae3
- Dilemo tsa mafika
- dilemo tse dimilione tse 133 ho isa ho 126 (Hauterivian)3
- Dibopeho tsa mafika
- Huajiying3
- Dinaha
- Tjhaena3
- Direkoto tsa difosili
- 1 ho The Paleobiology Database3
- Ho sibollwa
- Paraprotopteryx was named and described in 2007 by Zheng Xiaoting, Zhang Zihui, and Hou Lianhai. The fossil was found in Hebei, China, and includes a skeleton with feathers.1
- E sa ntse e phehwa kgang
- Scientists are not sure if the second pair of tail feathers in the fossil is real or a fake added later.1
Moo dintlha di tswang teng
- Paraprotopteryx (en.wikipedia.org)
- PBDB Taxon (paleobiodb.org)
- Paraprotopteryx in The Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0): dilemo, dibaka, dibopeho tsa mafika, tlhophiso.
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