Protarchaeopteryx was an ominovorous (or possibly herbivorous) dinosaur that lived in the early
Cretaceous period,
about 125 million years ago in
China.
Protarchaeopteryx had hollow bird-like bones, and a wishbone.
However, Protarchaeopteryx is thought to have been incapable of flight.
This is for two reasons:
Protarchaeopteryx had symettrical feathers on its arms - modern birds with symettrical arm feathers
are incapable of flight.
Protarchaeopteryx's skeletal
structure seems to have been unsuitable for flapping flight.
"Protarchaeopteryx" means "before Archaeopteryx - "Archaeopteryx" refers to one of the earliest known birds, and its name means "ancient wing", thus "Protarchaeopteryx" can be translated as "before ancient wing" or "early ancient wing".
Protarchaeopteryx was a member of the Saurischia ("lizard-hipped") order of dinosaurs. What this means, is that although Protarchaeopteryx was not closely related to lizards, it did have similarly shaped pelvic bones.
Protarchaeopteryx was a Theropod - a member of a group of related bipedal dinosaurs that included the ancestors of birds (although Protarchaeopteryx was not itself an ancestor of birds).
Protarchaeopteryx lived about 125 million years ago, during the Cretaceous period.
Protarchaeopteryx was a omnivore (ate both meat and plants).
Protarchaeopteryx was upto 6½ feet (2 meters) long.
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