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Boluochia

名字的意思： “named after the fossil site Boluochi”5

吃：肉早期鳥類白堊紀早期

Boluochia was a small, toothed bird that lived during the time of the dinosaurs. It had a long snout and strong feet for perching on branches. Scientists once thought it had a hooked beak like a hawk, but now they think it had a normal, toothed beak.1

生存年代

121 到 113 百萬年前5

白堊紀早期

化石發現地

Beishan Quarry, Boluochi, Liaoning Province, China5 1

長度

0.155 到 0.18 m (0.5 到 0.6 ft)3 4

高度

0.08 m (0.3 ft)

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最高速度

時速約 23 公里（14 英里）

飛行, 估計值

牠生活在什麼時候？

三疊紀

侏羅紀

白堊紀

2 億 5200 萬年前20114566，小行星撞地球

牠有多大？

牠有多長？

牠有多高？

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跟 6 塊積木排成一排一樣長小到能從椅子底下走過去能在 16 秒內飛越一整座足球場

Boluochia 跟「你」比起來有多大？

只是在你的瀏覽器裡算算數學。什麼都不會被儲存或傳送出去。

牠有多快？

走路的人 時速約 5 公里 (3 mph)

騎腳踏車的小朋友 時速約 12 公里 (7 mph)

Boluochia 時速約 23 公里 (14 mph)

一匹飛奔的馬 時速約 65 公里 (40 mph)

一隻獵豹 時速約 100 公里 (62 mph)

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趣味知識

Boluochia lived about 120 million years ago during the Early Cretaceous period.1

The only known fossil of Boluochia is very poorly preserved, making it hard to study.1

Boluochia is part of a group called enantiornithes, which were the most common birds during the Cretaceous.1

Its fourth toe was separated from the others, which might have helped it grip branches differently.1

Boluochia is very similar to another bird called Longipteryx, and some scientists think it might be a juvenile Longipteryx.1

Boluochia 的 AI 繪圖 — 這是電腦根據科學家目前的知識，用 AI 畫出 Boluochia 可能的樣子。這只是猜測：真正的動物可能長得不一樣，也沒有人知道牠真正的顏色。

迷思破解王

迷思： Boluochia had a hooked, raptor-like beak for tearing meat.

真相： The fossil is badly preserved, and later studies show it likely had a long, toothed snout like other longipterygid birds.1

給恐龍專家

學名: Boluochia
命名者: Zhou 19955
類群: 早期鳥類
科 / 演化支: Longipterygidae5
分類: Theropoda > Avialae5
岩石的年代: 121 到 113 百萬年 (Aptian)5
岩層: Jiufotang5
國家: 中國5
化石紀錄: The Paleobiology Database 收錄 1 筆5
發現: Boluochia was named by Chinese paleontologist Zhou Zhonghe in 1995 based on a single fossil from the Jiufotang Formation in Liaoning, China.5 1
仍有爭議: Scientists are not sure if Boluochia is a separate species or just a young Longipteryx, because the only fossil is so poorly preserved.1