恐龍卡第 0747 張，共 2 027 張

Grabauornis

名字的意思： “Grabau's bird”1

吃：肉早期鳥類白堊紀早期

Grabauornis was a small, toothed bird that lived about 125 million years ago in what is now China. It was a good flyer and had a special thumb feather called an alula that helped it steer in the air.1 2

生存年代

126 到 120 百萬年前4

白堊紀早期

化石發現地

Liaoning Province, China1 3

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

Grabauornis 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)

Grabauornis 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

Grabauornis belongs to a group of early birds called enantiornitheans, which were the most common birds during the Age of Dinosaurs.1

Its humerus (upper arm bone) was 95% the length of its ulna (forearm bone), which is about average for enantiornitheans and shows it was a capable flyer.1 2

The fossil of Grabauornis was found in the Yixian Formation, a famous rock layer that has preserved many amazing feathered dinosaurs and early birds.1 3

Grabauornis had an alula, a small feather on its thumb that helped it fly slowly and land precisely, like the flaps on an airplane wing.1 2

The name Grabauornis honors Amadeus William Grabau, a famous geologist and paleontologist who worked in China.1

Its wishbone had a well-developed hypocleidium, a part that helped strengthen its chest for powerful wing beats.1

Grabauornis 的 AI 繪圖 — 這是電腦根據科學家目前的知識，用 AI 畫出 Grabauornis 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。

給恐龍專家

學名: Grabauornis
命名者: Dalsatt et al. 20144
類群: 早期鳥類
科 / 演化支: Euenantiornithes4
分類: Theropoda > Avialae4
岩石的年代: 126 到 120 百萬年 (Barremian / Aptian)4
岩層: Yixian4
國家: 中國4
化石紀錄: The Paleobiology Database 收錄 1 筆4
發現: Grabauornis was named and described in 2014 by scientists Johan Dalsätt, Per Ericson, and Zhou Zhonghe. The fossil was found near the city of Lingyuan in Liaoning, China.1 2
仍有爭議: Scientists are still debating exactly how Grabauornis is related to other enantiornithean birds, since its skeleton shows a unique mix of features.1