Aurornis
Aurornis was a small, feathered dinosaur that lived about 160 million years ago. It is one of the earliest known relatives of birds, even older than Archaeopteryx. Aurornis had long legs and a long tail, and it probably used its feathers for display or gliding.21
E tshetse leng?
E ne e le kgolo go le kae?
E ne e le telele go le kae?
E ne e le kwa godimo go le kae?
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E ne e le bokete go le kae?
Aurornis e ne e le kgolo go le kae fa e bapisiwa le WENA?
Ke dipalo fela mo sebatling sa gago. Ga go sepe se se bolokwang kgotsa se se romelwang gope.
E ne e le bonako go le kae?
Dintlha tse di monate
Aurornis is the oldest known avialan, the group that includes birds and their closest dinosaur relatives.2
The only fossil of Aurornis is a complete skeleton with traces of fluffy, down-like feathers around the neck and chest.1
Aurornis lived during the Middle to Late Jurassic period, about 168 to 152 million years ago.3
Its name means 'dawn bird' because it lived near the beginning of bird evolution.1
Aurornis was about 51 centimeters (20 inches) long, about the size of a modern chicken.1
Scientists think Aurornis could not fly using its forelimbs like modern birds, but it may have glided or used its feathers for balance.2

Dipotso tse di botswang thata ka ga Aurornis
?Is Aurornis a dinosaur?
Yes, Aurornis is a small, feathered theropod dinosaur and one of the earliest known relatives of birds.45
?How big was Aurornis?
About 51 centimetres long, roughly the size of a modern chicken or pheasant.24
?What did Aurornis eat?
Scientists do not know for sure, but because it was a small theropod dinosaur, it probably ate small animals like insects or lizards.4
?How old is Aurornis?
Aurornis lived about 160 million years ago, during the Middle to Late Jurassic Period. Some scientists are not certain of the exact age because the fossil's origin is unclear.45
Ya baitseanape ba didino
- Leina la saense
- Aurornis
- Leina le neilwe ke
- Godefroit et al. 20136
- Setlhopha
- Dinonyane tsa ntlha
- Lelapa / clade
- Avialae6
- Thulaganyo
- Theropoda > Avialae6
- Bogolo jwa matlapa
- 168 go ya go 152 dimilione tsa dingwaga (Bathonian / Kimmeridgian)6
- Dibopego tsa matlapa
- Tiaojishan6
- Dinaga
- Tšhaena6
- Direkoto tsa difosili
- 1 mo The Paleobiology Database6
- Go fitlhelwa
- Aurornis was named in 2013 by Pascal Godefroit and colleagues. The fossil was found in the Tiaojishan Formation of Liaoning, China, and was named after Xu Xing, a famous Chinese paleontologist.31
- Go sa ntse go ganetsanwa
- Scientists debate whether Aurornis could fly or just glide, because its feathers were simple and not suited for powered flight.2
Kwa dintlha di tswang teng
- A Jurassic avialan dinosaur from China resolves the early phylogenetic history of birds (biblio.naturalsciences.be)
- A Jurassic avialan dinosaur from China resolves the early phylogenetic history of birds | Nature (web.archive.org)
- PBDB Taxon (paleobiodb.org)
- Aurornis (en.wikipedia.org)
- Archaeopteryx restored in fossil reshuffle - BBC News (bbc.co.uk)
- Aurornis in The Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0): dingwaga, mafelo, dibopego tsa matlapa, thulaganyo.
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