Zhouornis

Lebitso le bolela: “Zhou's bird, after Chinese paleontologist Zhou Zhonghe”1

E jele: NamaDinonyana tsa peleKretase ya Pele

Zhouornis was a big, toothed bird that lived in ancient China. It was one of the largest birds of its time, with a skull that looked a bit like a dinosaur's. It could fly and hunt for food.1

E phetse

dilemo tse dimilione tse 121 ho isa ho 113 tse fetileng3

Kretase ya Pele

Difosili di fumanwe ho

Liaoning Province, China2

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)

Zhouornis 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

Zhouornis lived about 121 to 113 million years ago during the Early Cretaceous.2

Its skull had a large basipterygoid process and a well-developed basisphenoid recess, features also found in non-avian dinosaurs.1

The only known fossil is a nearly complete skeleton with some feathers preserved.2

Zhouornis was not fully grown when it died, but it was already one of the largest enantiornithine birds known.1

It belongs to a group called Enantiornithes, which were the most common birds during the Cretaceous.2

The fossil was found in the Jiufotang Formation, a famous rock layer that has produced many other early birds.2

Setshwantsho sa Zhouornis se entsweng ke AI — Setshwantsho se entsweng ke AI, se bontshang kamoo Zhouornis e ka beng e ne e shebahala kateng, se entswe ke khomphutha ho ya ka seo bo-ramahlale ba se tsebang. Ke ho hakanya feela: phoofolo ya nnete e ka nna ya ba e ne e shebahala ka tsela e nngwe, mme ha ho motho ya tsebang mebala ya yona ya nnete.

Bakeng sa ditsebi tsa didinosaure

Lebitso la saense: Zhouornis
E rehilwe ke: Zhang et al. 20133
Sehlopha: Dinonyana tsa pele
Lelapa / leloko: Bohaiornithidae3
Tlhophiso: Theropoda > Avialae3
Dilemo tsa mafika: dilemo tse dimilione tse 121 ho isa ho 113 (Aptian)3
Dibopeho tsa mafika: Jiufotang3
Dinaha: Tjhaena3
Direkoto tsa difosili: 2 ho The Paleobiology Database3
Ho sibollwa: Zhouornis was named in 2013 by Zihui Zhang and colleagues based on a single fossil skeleton from Chaoyang County, Liaoning, China.1
E sa ntse e phehwa kgang: Scientists are not sure exactly how large Zhouornis could grow as an adult, because the only known fossil is from a young individual.1

Moo dintlha di tswang teng

A large bird from the Early Cretaceous of China: new information on the skull of enantiornithines (tandfonline.com)
PBDB Taxon (paleobiodb.org)
Zhouornis in The Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0): dilemo, dibaka, dibopeho tsa mafika, tlhophiso.

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