Hiker of the lower Cretaceous

2007/09/01 Elhuyar Zientzia Iturria: Elhuyar aldizkaria

• Eboluzioa
• Zoologia
• Geologia
• Paleontologia
• Arkeologia

Through the cartoons became known the traveler, a bird that could not be captured by the coyote. In a Chinese quarry, the fossil footprints of a bird like this have been found. Of these fossils of 110 million years ago it is deduced that the animal was half a kilo, measured half a meter, and when it made those fossilized steps it ran 8 kilometers per hour. It is about the organization of the observation of the weird of the tracks: two on one side and two on the other, as well as those of the walkers. Birds with this characteristic are called zigodactilos, and this is the oldest in China. Despite their similar characteristics, they do not believe that the bird that lived in China is their ancestor.