Potamornis
Potamornis was a small, toothed bird that lived near the end of the Age of Dinosaurs. It hunted along the shores of a river in what is now Wyoming, USA. It was a fast, meat-eating bird that could probably run and maybe fly a little.3
E phetse neng?
E ne e le kgolo hakae?
E ne e le telele hakae?
E ne e phahame hakae?
kakanyo
E ne e le boima hakae?
e batla e le boima jwaloka katse ya lapeng๐boima jwaloka dibanana tse 17๐งฑtelele jwaloka ditene tsa ho bapala tse 16 ka mola๐ชe nyane hoo e ka tsamayang ka tlasa setulo๐e ne e ka sesa bolelele ba letamo le leholo la ho sesa (50 m) ka metsotswana e 22Potamornis 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
Potamornis is known from just one partial skull bone, called a quadrate, which was found in Wyoming.3
It lived about 72 to 66 million years ago, right before the big extinction that killed the non-bird dinosaurs.1
Potamornis belonged to a group of ancient birds called Hesperornithiformes, which were mostly diving birds with teeth.3
The name Potamornis means 'river bird', because it was found in rocks that were once a riverbed.3
Scientists think Potamornis was a ground-dwelling bird that could run fast on land.3
It laid eggs, like all birds do, and probably built nests on the ground.1

Dipotso tse botswang haholo ka Potamornis
?How big was Potamornis?
It was a small bird, weighing perhaps 1.5 or 2 kilograms (3.3 to 4.4 pounds).2
?Did Potamornis have teeth?
Yes, it was a toothed bird. It belonged to a group of ancient birds called Hesperornithiformes, which had teeth.2
?Could Potamornis fly?
Probably not. It was a flightless diving bird, like other members of its group, though some scientists think it might have been able to fly a little.2
?What did Potamornis eat?
It was a meat-eater (carnivore). It likely hunted for fish and other small animals in the water.3
Mosenyi wa ditshomo
Tshomo: Some people think Potamornis was a dinosaur like T. rex.
Nnete: Potamornis was a bird, and while birds are dinosaurs, it was a small, feathered, flying or running bird, not a big predator.3
Bakeng sa ditsebi tsa didinosaure
- Lebitso la saense
- Potamornis
- E rehilwe ke
- Elzanowski et al. 20013
- Sehlopha
- Dinonyana tsa pele
- Lelapa / leloko
- Hesperornithiformes3
- Tlhophiso
- Theropoda > Avialae3
- Dilemo tsa mafika
- dilemo tse dimilione tse 72 ho isa ho 66 (Maastrichtian)3
- Dibopeho tsa mafika
- Lance3
- Dinaha
- Amerika3
- Direkoto tsa difosili
- 1 ho The Paleobiology Database3
- Ho sibollwa
- Potamornis was named by Elzanowski, Paul, and Stidham in 2001, based on a skull bone found in the Lance Formation of Wyoming.3
- E sa ntse e phehwa kgang
- Scientists are still not sure exactly how Potamornis is related to other ancient birds, because only a single skull bone has been found.3
Moo dintlha di tswang teng
- PBDB Taxon (paleobiodb.org)
- Potamornis (en.wikipedia.org)
- Potamornis in The Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0): dilemo, dibaka, dibopeho tsa mafika, tlhophiso.
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