恐龍卡第 1231 張，共 2 027 張

Nanantius

名字的意思： “dwarf enantiornithine”1

吃：肉早期鳥類白堊紀早期

Nanantius was a tiny, ancient bird that lived beside a warm, shallow sea in Australia. It was about the size of a blackbird and probably looked like a mini seagull with claws on its wings.1

生存年代

106 到 100 百萬年前2

白堊紀早期

化石發現地

Queensland, Australia1 2

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)

Nanantius 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

Nanantius is known from only a few bones, including a leg bone and a neck vertebra.1

One of its leg bones was found inside the stomach of an ichthyosaur, a marine reptile that lived at the same time.1

It belonged to a group of primitive birds called enantiornitheans, which had teeth and clawed wings.1

Nanantius lived about 112 to 100 million years ago, during the Early Cretaceous period.1

Until 2026, Nanantius was the only named bird from the Cretaceous of Australia.1

Scientists are not 100% sure Nanantius is an enantiornithean because its leg bone is not enough to prove it.1

Nanantius 的 AI 繪圖 — 這是電腦根據科學家目前的知識，用 AI 畫出 Nanantius 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 Nanantius 最常被問的問題

?How big was Nanantius?

About the size of a blackbird. It was a tiny bird, probably looking like a miniature seagull.1

?What did Nanantius eat?

It probably ate marine invertebrates and small fish along the coast of the Eromanga Sea.1

?Did Nanantius have teeth?

Yes, it belonged to a group of primitive birds called enantiornitheans, which had teeth and clawed wings.1

?Is Nanantius a dinosaur?

It is an avialan dinosaur, which means it is a bird in the broad sense and a type of theropod dinosaur.1

給恐龍專家

學名: Nanantius
命名者: Molnar 19862
類群: 早期鳥類
科 / 演化支: Alexornithidae2
分類: Theropoda > Avialae2
岩石的年代: 106 到 100 百萬年 (Albian)2
岩層: Toolebuc2
國家: 澳洲2
化石紀錄: The Paleobiology Database 收錄 2 筆2
發現: Nanantius was named by Ralph Molnar in 1986 based on a leg bone and a neck vertebra found at Warra Station near Boulia, Queensland.1 2
仍有爭議: Scientists are not certain if Nanantius is truly an enantiornithean bird, because its leg bone is not enough to tell for sure.1