Piscivoravis

Igama lithetha: “fish-eating bird”1

Yayitya: IintlanziIintaka zokuqalaiCretaceous yokuqala

Piscivoravis was an ancient bird that lived in China about 120 million years ago. It loved to eat fish, and we know this because fish bones were found inside its fossilized stomach and near its beak. This bird could probably fly and lived near lakes.1

Yaphila

121 ukuya ku-113 izigidi zeminyaka eyadlulayo2

iCretaceous yokuqala

Iifosili zifunyenwe:

Liaoning 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)

Piscivoravis 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

Piscivoravis is one of only two early birds from the Jehol Biota that we know for sure ate fish. The other is Yanornis.1

The fossil of Piscivoravis shows fish bones in two places: a small cluster near the beak and a larger cluster in the belly. Scientists think the small cluster might be a pellet that the bird was about to cough up.1

This bird had a broad breastbone that was wider than it was long, which is unusual for early birds.1

Piscivoravis had large, strongly curved claws on its hands, which might have helped it catch fish.1

The name Piscivoravis comes from Latin and means 'fish-eating bird'.1

Piscivoravis lived during the Early Cretaceous period, about 120 million years ago, in what is now northeastern China.1

Umfanekiso owenziwe yi-AI: Piscivoravis — Umfanekiso owenziwe yi-AI obonisa indlela Piscivoravis 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: Piscivoravis
Inikwe igama ngu:: Zhou et al. 20132
Iqela: Iintaka zokuqala
Usapho / iclade: Ornithuromorpha2
Ukuhlelwa: Theropoda > Avialae2
Ubudala bamatye: 121 ukuya ku-113 izigidi zeminyaka (Aptian)2
Izakhiwo zamatye: Jiufotang2
Amazwe: iTshayina2
Iirekhodi zeefosili: 1 kwi-Paleobiology Database2
Ukufunyanwa: Piscivoravis was named by Zhou and colleagues in 2013 based on a nearly complete skeleton found near Xiaotaizi village in Liaoning, China. The species name 'lii' honors Li Yutong, who prepared many important bird fossils.1
Kusaxoxwa ngayo: Scientists are not sure if Piscivoravis changed its diet with the seasons, like some other early birds may have done. Only one fossil has been found so far.1

Apho iinyani zivela khona

A new piscivorous ornithuromorph from the Jehol Biota (ivpp.cas.cn)
Piscivoravis in The Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0): ubudala, iindawo, izakhiwo zamatye, ukuhlelwa.

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