恐龍卡第 1220 張，共 2 027 張

Musivavis

名字的意思： “mosaic bird”1

吃：肉早期鳥類白堊紀早期

Musivavis was a tiny, toothed bird that lived in what is now China during the Early Cretaceous. It had a mix of features from different bird groups, like a living mosaic, which is how it got its name.2

生存年代

121 到 113 百萬年前4

白堊紀早期

化石發現地

Shangheshou locality, Chaoyang City, Liaoning Province, China2

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)

Musivavis 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)

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趣味知識

Musivavis is known from a single, nearly complete skeleton that is beautifully preserved on one slab of rock.2

It was much smaller than its closest relatives, the bohaiornithids, which were large-bodied enantiornithine birds.2

Its name comes from Latin words meaning 'mosaic' and 'bird', because it has a mix of features from different bird groups.2

Musivavis lived about 122 to 119 million years ago during the Aptian age of the Early Cretaceous.1

It had a furcula (wishbone) with a very deep groove and a sharp keel running along its entire underside.2

The specimen was a young adult, but scientists think it was almost full size when it died.2

Musivavis 的 AI 繪圖 — 這是電腦根據科學家目前的知識，用 AI 畫出 Musivavis 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: Musivavis
命名者: Wang et al. 20224
類群: 早期鳥類
科 / 演化支: Enantiornithes4
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: Musivavis was named in 2022 by Wang and colleagues based on a nearly complete skeleton found in the Jiufotang Formation of Liaoning, China.1 2
仍有爭議: Scientists are not sure exactly where Musivavis fits in the enantiornithine family tree, because different bird groups evolved similar features separately.2