The dinosaur called Fujianvenator prodigious, which means “bizarre hunter from Fuijian,” was found in the Fujian province in southeast China
The dinosaur was about the size of a pheasant and was estimated to be about 1.4 pounds. It lived in the Late Jurassic Period from 148 million to 150 million years ago.
It had very long legs with its lower legs about double the length of its thighs, while other dinosaurs had longer upper legs and shorter lower ones,reported. Not only do longer lower legs help animals run quickly, but they also are prevalent in birds such as storks and cranes that wade, leading scientists to believe that the Fujianvenator may have lived in a swampy aquatic area.
The fossil was found among those of other aquatic and semi-aquatic animals such as turtles and ray-finned fish.One thing that was missing from the fossil is any indication that it had feathers, but other dinosaur relatives did so researchers believe it is highly likely this one did as well. But they can’t tell if it could fly or not,Experts say that birds evolved from two-legged therapods dinosaurs like the massive T. Rex but there are few fossils from when the transformations happened.
“Fujianvenator, given its unique skeletal morphologies, sheds new light about the morphological evolution … in the earliest evolutionary stage of birds,” Min Wang, the lead author of the study recently published in the journalShe said that while similar it may or may not be classified as a bird. It all depends on the definition used to call something a bird.“I would say ‘bizarre.
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