Epidendrosaurus

Leina le raya: “tree lizard”1

E jele: NamaDidino tse di jang namaBogare jwa Jurassic

Epidendrosaurus was a tiny, bird-like dinosaur that lived about 165 million years ago. It had an extra-long third finger on each hand, which it probably used to climb trees and grab insects. This little dinosaur was about the size of a house sparrow!1 2

E tshetse

dimilione tsa dingwaga di le 165 go ya go 162 tse di fetileng5

Bogare jwa Jurassic

Difosili di fitlhetswe kwa

Daohugou, Ningcheng County, Nei Mongol, China2 1

Bonako jo bogolo

e ka nna 47 km/h (29 mph)

Go taboga, kakanyo

E tshetse leng?

Triassic

Jurassic

Cretaceous

dimilione tsa dingwaga di le 252 tse di fetileng20114566, asteroiti

E ne e le bonako go le kae?

Motho yo o tsamayang e ka nna 5 km/h (3 mph)

Ngwana mo baesekeleng e ka nna 12 km/h (7 mph)

Epidendrosaurus e ka nna 47 km/h (29 mph)

Pitse e e sianang ka bonako e ka nna 65 km/h (40 mph)

Lengau e ka nna 100 km/h (62 mph)

dilo tse di monate

Dintlha tse di monate

Epidendrosaurus had an extremely long third finger on each hand, nearly twice as long as in other similar dinosaurs.1

Its foot bones were arranged almost at the same level, like perching birds, which helped it grip branches.1

The only known fossil is a juvenile, so scientists are not sure how big an adult Epidendrosaurus would have been.1

It lived during the Middle Jurassic period, about 165 to 161 million years ago, in what is now China.2

Epidendrosaurus is one of the earliest known dinosaurs with adaptations for climbing trees.1

Its name means 'tree lizard' because of its tree-climbing lifestyle.1

Setshwantsho sa Epidendrosaurus se se dirilweng ke AI — Setshwantsho se se dirilweng ke AI sa kafa Epidendrosaurus e ka tswang e ne e lebega ka gone, se dirilwe ke khomputara go ya ka se borasaense ba se itseng. Ke kakanyo fela: phologolo ya nnete e ka tswa e ne e lebega ka tsela e sele, mme ga go ope yo o itseng mebala ya yona ya nnete.

o botsitse

Dipotso tse di botswang thata ka ga Epidendrosaurus

?What did Epidendrosaurus eat?

It was a meat-eating dinosaur that probably ate insects, like the modern aye-aye which uses a long finger to find bugs in trees.3

?How big was Epidendrosaurus?

It was about the size of a house sparrow, so only about 14 to 16 centimetres long. But the only known fossil is a juvenile, so adults might have been a bit bigger.1 3

?Did Epidendrosaurus have feathers?

Yes, the related Scansoriopteryx fossil shows impressions of down-like feathers, and Epidendrosaurus probably had them too.4

?Could Epidendrosaurus fly?

No, it could not fly. It was a tree-climber that used its long fingers and grasping feet to move among branches, possibly gliding a little.4 3

?Why did Epidendrosaurus have a long third finger?

Scientists think the extremely long third finger helped it climb trees and grab insects, similar to how an aye-aye uses its long middle finger.3

?Is Epidendrosaurus a bird?

No, it is a small meat-eating dinosaur, not a bird. But it was very bird-like and is closely related to the ancestors of birds.5 4

Ya baitseanape ba didino

Leina la saense: Epidendrosaurus
Leina le neilwe ke: Zhang et al. 20025
Setlhopha: Didino tse di jang nama
Lelapa / clade: Scansoriopterygidae5
Thulaganyo: Theropoda5
Bogolo jwa matlapa: 165 go ya go 162 dimilione tsa dingwaga (Callovian)5
Dibopego tsa matlapa: Tiaojishan5
Dinaga: Tšhaena5
Direkoto tsa difosili: 1 mo The Paleobiology Database5
Go fitlhelwa: Epidendrosaurus was named in 2002 by Zhang Fucheng and his team based on a single juvenile skeleton found at Daohugou in Inner Mongolia, China.2 1
Go sa ntse go ganetsanwa: Scientists are not sure exactly what the extremely long third finger was used for, though it may have helped with climbing or grabbing.1

Kwa dintlha di tswang teng

Epidendrosaurus: tree-climbing theropod from China (dml.reptilis.net)
PBDB Taxon (paleobiodb.org)
Introduction (ivpp.cas.cn)
Scansoriopteryx (Wikipedia) (Wikipedia)
Epidendrosaurus in The Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0): dingwaga, mafelo, dibopego tsa matlapa, thulaganyo.

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