[D] Caudipteryx zoui [Su] [T]
Describer
Ji Qiang , Currie, Norell & Ji Shuan, 1998
Time
Cretaceous Early Barremian
Classification
Saurischia Theropoda Tetanurae Coelurosauria Maniraptora Caudipteridae
Diet
Carnivore
Fossilsite
Yixian Formation of Liaoning, China
Fall Under
Caudipteryx
Length
0.9 meter
Info
Typespecies - Skull
Caudipteryx (Ji Qiang , Currie, Norell & Ji Shuan, 1998) > Caudipteryx zoui (Ji Qiang , Currie, Norell & Ji Shuan, 1998) > Caudipteryx dongi (Zhou & Wang, 2000)
Caudipteryx zoui, is a close relative of birds. Caudipteryx shows besides some diferences also many similaritys with the family oviratorosauridae. The hind legs are in both animals extremely long which can be seen as a indication that this where fast running animals.
According to Norell the fossils are considered theropod dinosaurs rather than true birds because they lack a number of features seen in Archaeopteryx and more advanced birds. He and his colleagues doubt that the creatures could fly because they had relatively short forelimbs, short feathers, and a body twice the size of Archaeopteryx. Whats more, their feathers had a symmetrical shape like that seen in flightless birds today.
Ji Qiang , Currie, Norell & Ji Shuan, 1998
Time
Cretaceous Early Barremian
Classification
Saurischia Theropoda Tetanurae Coelurosauria Maniraptora Caudipteridae
Diet
Carnivore
Fossilsite
Yixian Formation of Liaoning, China
Fall Under
Caudipteryx
Length
0.9 meter
Info
Typespecies - Skull
Caudipteryx (Ji Qiang , Currie, Norell & Ji Shuan, 1998) > Caudipteryx zoui (Ji Qiang , Currie, Norell & Ji Shuan, 1998) > Caudipteryx dongi (Zhou & Wang, 2000)
Caudipteryx zoui, is a close relative of birds. Caudipteryx shows besides some diferences also many similaritys with the family oviratorosauridae. The hind legs are in both animals extremely long which can be seen as a indication that this where fast running animals.
According to Norell the fossils are considered theropod dinosaurs rather than true birds because they lack a number of features seen in Archaeopteryx and more advanced birds. He and his colleagues doubt that the creatures could fly because they had relatively short forelimbs, short feathers, and a body twice the size of Archaeopteryx. Whats more, their feathers had a symmetrical shape like that seen in flightless birds today.