Paraprotopteryx
Paraprotopteryx was a tiny bird that lived in the Early Cretaceous period, about 122 million years ago. It had four long, ribbon-like tail feathers that were longer than its whole body! These feathers may have been used to show off to other birds.1
E tshetse leng?
E ne e le kgolo go le kae?
E ne e le telele go le kae?
Paraprotopteryx 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
Paraprotopteryx is one of the earliest birds known to have four long tail feathers, which may have been used for display.1
Its wishbone (furcula) was Y-shaped with a very narrow angle between the two branches.1
The fossil of Paraprotopteryx was originally thought to be from the Yixian Formation, but later studies showed it came from the Huajiying Formation.1
Some scientists think the second pair of tail feathers might be a fake added by fossil traders, but the first pair is definitely real.1
Paraprotopteryx lived during the Hauterivian age of the Early Cretaceous, about 132 to 125 million years ago.2

Mothubi wa ditlhamane
Tlhamane: Paraprotopteryx is a dinosaur.
Boammaaruri: Paraprotopteryx is a bird, but birds are a type of dinosaur called avialan dinosaurs. So it is both a bird and a dinosaur!1
Ya baitseanape ba didino
- Leina la saense
- Paraprotopteryx
- Leina le neilwe ke
- Zheng et al. 20073
- Setlhopha
- Dinonyane tsa ntlha
- Lelapa / clade
- Enantiornithes3
- Thulaganyo
- Theropoda > Avialae3
- Bogolo jwa matlapa
- 133 go ya go 126 dimilione tsa dingwaga (Hauterivian)3
- Dibopego tsa matlapa
- Huajiying3
- Dinaga
- Tšhaena3
- Direkoto tsa difosili
- 1 mo The Paleobiology Database3
- Go fitlhelwa
- Paraprotopteryx was named and described in 2007 by Zheng Xiaoting, Zhang Zihui, and Hou Lianhai. The fossil was found in Hebei, China, and includes a skeleton with feathers.1
- Go sa ntse go ganetsanwa
- Scientists are not sure if the second pair of tail feathers in the fossil is real or a fake added later.1
Kwa dintlha di tswang teng
- Paraprotopteryx (en.wikipedia.org)
- PBDB Taxon (paleobiodb.org)
- Paraprotopteryx in The Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0): dingwaga, mafelo, dibopego tsa matlapa, thulaganyo.
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