Flexomornis
Flexomornis was an ancient bird that lived about 96 million years ago. It flew over the coasts of Texas, USA, and ate meat like small fish or insects. This bird is one of the oldest known enantiornithine birds from North America.23
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ደስ ዝብሉ ሓቅታት
Flexomornis lived about 96 million years ago, during the Late Cretaceous period.2
Its fossils were found in the Woodbine Formation of Texas, near a dam spillway.2
Flexomornis is an enantiornithine bird, a group that had teeth and clawed wings.2
The name Flexomornis means 'flexed shoulder bird' because its shoulder blade is bent.1
Only one species is known, Flexomornis howei, named after fossil hunter Kris Howe.1
These fossils are the oldest known enantiornithine bird remains from North America.2
Flexomornis lived near the coast, and its fossils were found with sharks, turtles, and dinosaurs.2

ንክኢላታት ዳይኖሰር
- ሳይንሳዊ ስም
- Flexomornis
- ዝሰመዮ
- Tykoski and Fiorillo 20103
- ጉጅለ
- ቀዳሞት ኣዕዋፍ
- ስድራ / ክላድ
- Enantiornithes3
- ምድባ
- Theropoda > Avialae3
- ዕድመ እቶም ኣኻውሕ
- 100 ክሳብ 94 ሚልዮን ዓመት (Cenomanian)3
- ናይ ኣኻውሕ ንብርብራት
- Lewisville3
- ሃገራት
- ኣመሪካ3
- መዛግብቲ ፎሲል
- 1 ኣብ The Paleobiology Database3
- ርኽበት
- Flexomornis was named in 2010 by paleontologists Ronald Tykoski and Anthony Fiorillo. The fossils were found by amateur fossil hunter Kris Howe near Grapevine Lake in Texas.21
- ገና ዘከራኽር
- Scientists are not sure if Flexomornis is the oldest North American bird, because some isolated teeth from Utah might be older.2
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- Flexomornis (en.wikipedia.org)
- An enantiornithine bird from the lower middle Cenomanian of Texas (tandfonline.com)
- Flexomornis in The Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0): ዕድመ፣ ቦታታት፣ ናይ ኣኻውሕ ንብርብራት፣ ምድባ።
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