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Kunpengornis

名字的意思： “Kunpeng bird”1

吃：魚早期鳥類白堊紀早期

Kunpengornis was a fish-eating bird that lived about 120 million years ago. It had a long, slender beak with small teeth for grabbing fish. Fossilized fish bones were found in its stomach, showing it really did eat fish!2

生存年代

121 到 113 百萬年前4

白堊紀早期

化石發現地

Liaoning Province, China1 3

長度

0.3 到 0.5 m (1 到 1.6 ft)2

翼展

0.6 到 0.9 m (2 到 3 ft)2

高度

0.23 m (0.8 ft)

估計值

最高速度

時速約 35 公里（22 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 3 根香蕉頭尾相接一樣長跟 16 塊積木排成一排一樣長小到能從椅子底下走過去能在 11 秒內飛越一整座足球場

Kunpengornis 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)

Kunpengornis 時速約 35 公里 (22 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

Kunpengornis is the fourth Early Cretaceous bird found with direct evidence of eating fish.2

It lived in a lake environment in what is now China, about 121 to 113 million years ago.2

Kunpengornis had a long, pointed beak and small teeth only in the back half of its upper jaw.2

Its name comes from Kunpeng, a giant mythical bird from Chinese folklore.1

The only known fossil is a nearly complete skeleton found by a farmer and donated to a museum.2

Kunpengornis was not fully grown when it died; its bones were still fusing together.2

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

你們都在問

關於 Kunpengornis 最常被問的問題

?Was Kunpengornis a dinosaur?

Yes, Kunpengornis is a bird, and birds are a type of dinosaur called avialan dinosaurs.1

?What did Kunpengornis eat?

Kunpengornis ate fish. Fossilized fish bones were found in its stomach, proving it was a fish-eater.1 2

?How big was Kunpengornis?

Kunpengornis was a medium-sized bird, but its exact size is not given in the sources. Its skull was about 2.6 times longer than it was tall, and its rostrum (beak) made up nearly 60 percent of the skull length.2

?When did Kunpengornis live?

Kunpengornis lived during the Early Cretaceous period, about 121 to 113 million years ago.1 2

迷思破解王

迷思： Kunpengornis is a dinosaur.

真相： Kunpengornis is a bird (avialan), not a non-avian dinosaur. Birds evolved from dinosaurs but are in a different group.1

給恐龍專家

學名: Kunpengornis
命名者: Huang et al. 20264
類群: 早期鳥類
科 / 演化支: Euornithes4
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 1 筆4
發現: A local farmer found the nearly complete skeleton in Liaoning, China. It was given to the Anhui Geological Museum in 2023. Scientists named it Kunpengornis anhuimusei in 2026.2 3
仍有爭議: Scientists are not sure exactly how Kunpengornis is related to other early fish-eating birds. It may have been part of a group that includes Yanornis and Piscivoravis.2