恐龍卡第 0484 張，共 2 027 張

Dapingfangornis

名字的意思： “Dapingfang bird”1

吃：肉早期鳥類白堊紀早期

Dapingfangornis was a small, feathered dinosaur that could fly. It lived about 120 million years ago in what is now China. This bird-like creature had a thorn on its nose and fancy tail feathers.1 2

生存年代

121 到 113 百萬年前4

白堊紀早期

化石發現地

China (Liaoning), in the Jiufotang Formation3 1

長度

0.1 到 0.3 m (0.3 到 1 ft)3

最高速度

時速約 27 公里（17 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？

跟 9 塊積木排成一排一樣長能在 14 秒內飛越一整座足球場

Dapingfangornis 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)

Dapingfangornis 時速約 27 公里 (17 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)

酷東西

趣味知識

Dapingfangornis had a unique thorn-like process on its nasal bones, which has not been found in any other known fossil bird.1

It is one of the earliest known enantiornithine birds with well-preserved ornamental tail feathers.2

Its sternum (breastbone) had one long and one short lateral process, which is different from other early birds.1

The fossil was found in Dapingfang Town, which is why it got its name.1

Scientists used CT scanning to see new details of its skull and skeleton that were hidden by rock.2

It lived during the Aptian age, about 121 to 113 million years ago, alongside many other early birds.3

Dapingfangornis 的 AI 繪圖 — 這是電腦根據科學家目前的知識，用 AI 畫出 Dapingfangornis 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： Some people think all birds with teeth are not dinosaurs.

真相： Dapingfangornis is a dinosaur, specifically a type of avialan dinosaur, and it had a beak-like mouth, not teeth.3

給恐龍專家

學名: Dapingfangornis
命名者: Li et al. 20064
類群: 早期鳥類
科 / 演化支: Eoenantiornithidae4
分類: Theropoda > Avialae4
岩石的年代: 121 到 113 百萬年 (Aptian)4
岩層: Jiufotang4
國家: 中國4
化石紀錄: The Paleobiology Database 收錄 2 筆4
發現: It was first named by Li et al. in 2006 based on a complete skeleton with a skull found in the Jiufotang Formation in western Liaoning, China.1
仍有爭議: Scientists are still debating exactly where Dapingfangornis sits in the bird family tree, as new studies suggest it may belong to a previously unrecognized group of early enantiornithines.2