Dunhuangia

Igama lithetha: “named after the city of Dunhuang in Gansu Province, China”1

Yayitya: InyamaIintaka zokuqalaiCretaceous yokuqala

Dunhuangia was a bird that lived during the Early Cretaceous, about 121 to 113 million years ago. It was a medium-sized enantiornithine bird, a group that was very common during the time of dinosaurs. Dunhuangia had special bones in its chest that made it different from other birds.2 1

Yaphila

121 ukuya ku-113 izigidi zeminyaka eyadlulayo4

iCretaceous yokuqala

Iifosili zifunyenwe:

Changma Basin, Gansu Province, China1

Esona santya siphezulu

malunga ne-27 km/h (17 mph)

Ukubhabha, uqikelelo

Yaphila nini?

iTriassic

iJurassic

iCretaceous

Izigidi ezingama-252 zeminyaka eyadlulayo20114566, i-asteroyidi

Yayikhawuleza kangakanani?

Umntu ohambayo malunga ne-5 km/h (3 mph)

Umntwana ekhwele ibhayisikile malunga ne-12 km/h (7 mph)

Dunhuangia malunga ne-27 km/h (17 mph)

Ihashe elibaleka ngamandla malunga ne-65 km/h (40 mph)

Ingwenkala malunga ne-100 km/h (62 mph)

izinto ezimnandi

Iinyani ezimnandi

Dunhuangia is only the second enantiornithine bird species ever named from the Changma Basin in China.1

Its fossil includes parts of the forelimbs, shoulder girdle, and breastbone, but the skull is missing.3

The end of its breastbone had a deep notch with two side projections, a feature that helps scientists tell it apart from other enantiornithine birds.1

Dunhuangia lived alongside many other animals, including fish, salamanders, turtles, and other birds like Gansus.1

The Changma Basin where Dunhuangia was found is one of the few places where more advanced ornithuromorph birds outnumbered enantiornithines like Dunhuangia.1

Scientists think Dunhuangia was a ground-dwelling bird that could fly actively.2

Umfanekiso owenziwe yi-AI: Dunhuangia — Umfanekiso owenziwe yi-AI obonisa indlela Dunhuangia esenokuba wayekhangeleka ngayo, wenziwe yikhompyutha ngokwento eyaziwa zizazinzulu. Kukuqikelela nje: esona silwanyana sinokuba sasikhangeleka ngenye indlela, kwaye akukho mntu waziyo imibala yaso yokwenyani.

Kwiingcali zeedayinaso

Igama lenzululwazi: Dunhuangia
Inikwe igama ngu:: Wang et al. 20154
Iqela: Iintaka zokuqala
Usapho / iclade: Enantiornithes4
Ukuhlelwa: Theropoda > Avialae4
Ubudala bamatye: 121 ukuya ku-113 izigidi zeminyaka (Aptian)4
Izakhiwo zamatye: Xiagou4
Amazwe: iTshayina4
Iirekhodi zeefosili: 1 kwi-Paleobiology Database4
Ukufunyanwa: Dunhuangia was named and described in 2015 by Wang Min, Li Daqing, Jingmai Kathleen O'Connor, Zhou Zhonghe, and You Hailu. The species name cuii honors Cui Guihai, who prepared many bird fossils from the Changma Basin.3 1
Kusaxoxwa ngayo: Scientists are still debating whether the Changma avifauna represents a transitional stage in the dominance of ornithuromorph birds over enantiornithines like Dunhuangia.1

Apho iinyani zivela khona

Second species of enantiornithine bird from the Lower Cretaceous Changma Basin, northwestern China with implications for the taxonomic diversity of the Changma avifauna (sciencedirect.com)
PBDB Taxon (paleobiodb.org)
Dunhuangia (en.wikipedia.org)
Dunhuangia in The Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0): ubudala, iindawo, izakhiwo zamatye, ukuhlelwa.

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