恐龍卡第 0924 張，共 2 027 張

Jiuquanornis

名字的意思： “Jiuquan bird, named after the city near where it was found”1

吃：肉早期鳥類白堊紀早期

Jiuquanornis was a small, bird-like dinosaur that lived about 120 million years ago. It had a U-shaped wishbone and a sternum that looked like those of some modern ground birds. Scientists think it might have been a fast runner that ate meat.1 2

生存年代

121 到 113 百萬年前2

白堊紀早期

化石發現地

Changma Basin, Gansu Province, northwestern China2 1

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)

Jiuquanornis 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

Jiuquanornis is known from a single fossil that was first described in 2013. The fossil includes parts of the sternum, furcula, and forelimb.1

Its sternum had long, thin projections called trabeculae, which are also seen in modern ground-dwelling birds like chickens and tinamous.1

Jiuquanornis had a U-shaped furcula (wishbone) with a low angle of about 36 degrees, and it lacked a hypocleidium, a small projection found in some birds.1

Scientists think Jiuquanornis was a basal ornithuromorph, meaning it was an early relative of modern birds but not a direct ancestor.1

The fossil of Jiuquanornis was found in the Xiagou Formation, which is about 121 to 113 million years old, from the Early Cretaceous period.2 1

Jiuquanornis was named after the city of Jiuquan, which is near the fossil site. The species name niui honors Professor Shao-Wu Niu for his geological work.1

The fossil of Jiuquanornis was originally thought to be too incomplete to name, but scientists later decided it was different enough from other birds to be a new species.1

Jiuquanornis 的 AI 繪圖 — 這是電腦根據科學家目前的知識，用 AI 畫出 Jiuquanornis 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: Jiuquanornis
命名者: Wang et al. 20132
類群: 早期鳥類
科 / 演化支: Ornithuromorpha2
分類: Theropoda > Avialae2
岩石的年代: 121 到 113 百萬年 (Aptian)2
岩層: Xiagou2
國家: 中國2
化石紀錄: The Paleobiology Database 收錄 1 筆2
發現: Jiuquanornis was named in 2013 by Wang and colleagues. The fossil, specimen GSGM-05-CM-021, was found in the Xiagou Formation near Changma in Gansu Province, China. It was first described as an unnamed bird in 2005, but later recognized as a new species.1 2
仍有爭議: Scientists are not sure whether Jiuquanornis lived on the ground or in the water, because its fossil is too incomplete to tell. Its sternum shape suggests it might have been a fast runner, but more fossils are needed.1