E tshetse leng?
E ne e le bonako go le kae?
Dintlha tse di monate
Yanornis had a long skull with about 10 teeth in the upper jaw and 20 teeth in the lower jaw.1
Its wishbone (furcula) was U-shaped, which helped it fly and walk well.1
Yanornis spent most of its time on the ground because its feet were not good at grasping branches.1
Some scientists think Yanornis might have eaten seeds sometimes, but others disagree.1
The front half of a Yanornis fossil was once glued to the tail of a Microraptor to make a fake fossil called 'Archaeoraptor'.1

Dipotso tse di botswang thata ka ga Yanornis
?What did Yanornis eat?
Yanornis was primarily a fish-eater. Several fossils show fish remains in its stomach and crop, though some scientists once thought it might also eat seeds.13
?How big was Yanornis?
Yanornis was about the size of a chicken.1
?Could Yanornis fly?
Yes, Yanornis could fly well. It had a modern-looking wishbone and wing bones that allowed it to lift its wings high for an efficient upstroke.1
?Is Yanornis a dinosaur?
Yanornis is an extinct bird that belongs to the dinosaur group called Avialae, so yes, it is considered a type of dinosaur.1
Ya baitseanape ba didino
- Leina la saense
- Yanornis
- Leina le neilwe ke
- Zhou and Zhang 20014
- Setlhopha
- Dinonyane tsa ntlha
- Lelapa / clade
- Yanornithidae4
- Thulaganyo
- Theropoda > Avialae4
- Bogolo jwa matlapa
- 126 go ya go 113 dimilione tsa dingwaga (Barremian / Aptian)4
- Dibopego tsa matlapa
- Jiufotang, Yixian4
- Dinaga
- Tšhaena4
- Direkoto tsa difosili
- 4 mo The Paleobiology Database4
- Go fitlhelwa
- Yanornis was named by Zhou and Zhang in 2001. The type species Y. martini was named after paleontologist Larry Martin.14
- Go sa ntse go ganetsanwa
- Scientists still debate whether Yanornis sometimes switched its diet from fish to seeds.1
Kwa dintlha di tswang teng
- Yanornis (en.wikipedia.org)
- PBDB Taxon (paleobiodb.org)
- pone.0095036 1..8 (journals.plos.org)
- Yanornis in The Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0): dingwaga, mafelo, dibopego tsa matlapa, thulaganyo.
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