恐龍卡第 1370 張，共 2 027 張

Parahongshanornis

名字的意思： “near Hongshanornis, named for its close relationship to that bird”1

吃：肉早期鳥類白堊紀早期

Parahongshanornis was a tiny, feathered bird that lived about 120 million years ago in what is now China. It could probably fly, but its legs were longer than its wings, so it might have spent a lot of time running or wading.1 2

生存年代

121 到 113 百萬年前3

白堊紀早期

化石發現地

Fossils were found near Yuanjiawa, Chaoyang, in Liaoning Province, China.1 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)

Parahongshanornis 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

Parahongshanornis had a U-shaped furcula (wishbone) that was much longer than it was wide, which is a special feature of its family.2

Its legs were longer than its wings, which is unusual for a bird and suggests it was a good runner or wader.2

The fossil includes soft parts like feathers, even though the skull is missing.1

It lived about 120 million years ago, during the Aptian stage of the Early Cretaceous.1

Its thigh bone (femur) was only 24 millimetres long, making it a very small bird.1

The sternum (breastbone) had a keel along its whole length and two pairs of deep notches at the back edge.1

Parahongshanornis 的 AI 繪圖 — 這是電腦根據科學家目前的知識，用 AI 畫出 Parahongshanornis 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: Parahongshanornis
命名者: Li et al. 20113
類群: 早期鳥類
科 / 演化支: Hongshanornithidae3
分類: Theropoda > Avialae3
岩石的年代: 121 到 113 百萬年 (Aptian)3
岩層: Jiufotang3
國家: 中國3
化石紀錄: The Paleobiology Database 收錄 1 筆3
發現: Parahongshanornis was named by Li Li, Wang Jingqi, and Hou Shilin in 2011, based on a nearly complete skeleton found near Yuanjiawa, Chaoyang, China.1 2
仍有爭議: Scientists are not sure exactly how Parahongshanornis is related to other early birds, because it was assigned to its family based on anatomy rather than a computer analysis.1