Mtundu watsopano wa dinosaur wokhala ndi nthenga, wamkulu kwambiri koma wodziwika wokhala ndi mapiko m'manja mwake, wafukulidwa ku China.
Zhenyuanlong, monga amadziwika, ndi nthenga ndipo amafanana ndi mbalame yamakono, yodzaza ndi zigawo zitatu za mawonekedwe a quill. Chilombo chatsopanochi chimadziwika kuti ndi zaka 125 miliyoni ndipo ndi wachibale wa velociraptor wodziwika bwino.
Chigawo cha Liaoning ku China, kumene Zhenyuanlong anatulukira, n’chodziŵika bwino chifukwa cha ma<em>dinosaur ambirimbiri okhala ndi nthenga amene apezeka kumeneko, ndipo zimene apeza posachedwapa zikuwonjezera zamoyo za m’derali.
Zakale za Zhenyuanlong, monga zitsanzo zina, ndi chitsanzo chosungidwa bwino cha moyo wa dinosaur kuyambira nthawi ya Early Cretaceous.
Etymology ya dzina la Zhenyuanlong imachokera ku kuphatikiza kwa liwu loti "kutalika", kutanthauza chinjoka mu Chitchaina, ndi "Zhenyuan", surname ya munthu yemwe adapeza chitsanzocho kuti aphunzire.
Monga zamoyo zina zomwe zapezedwa m'derali dinosaur "ali ndi mapiko otakata m'manja mwake okhala ndi nthenga zingapo zowoneka bwino komanso nthenga zazikulu zokulira pamchira", malinga ndi pepala lomwe lafalitsidwa lero m'magazini ya Scientific Reports.
Akatswiri a mbiri yakale amanena kuti, mosiyana ndi achibale ake apamtima, raptor “imaoneka kuti ilibe nthenga zopindika pamsana.”
Koma sizinthu izi zomwe zimapangitsa dinosaur iyi kukhala yapadera kwambiri. Ofufuzawa akufotokoza kuti Zhenyuanlong ndi "nyama yosokonekera komanso yosowa kwambiri poyerekeza ndi ma Liaoning dromaeosaurids ena ambiri, chifukwa cha kukula kwake kwa thupi komanso mikono yaying'ono".
Asuweni a dinosaur nthawi zambiri amafanana ndi mphaka wamba. Zhenyuanlong ndi yokulirapo, ili ndi mikono yayifupi komanso mapiko akulu, odabwitsa.
Chinthu chinanso chochititsa chidwi cha Zhenyuanlong ndi chakuti, ngakhale mapikowa alipo, samawoneka kuti ndi okonzeka kuuluka. Ofufuzawa akukayikira kuti mtundu wa zida zazifupi ngati Zhenyuanlong unasintha mapiko ngakhale sunawuluke.
"Mwina mapiko akulu oterowo okhala ndi nthenga zingapo anali othandiza pazifukwa zowonetsera, ndipo mwina adasinthika pazifukwa izi osati kuthawa, ndipo ichi ndi chifukwa chimodzi chomwe adasungidwa mu paravians omwe sanawuluke, ” ofufuzawo anatero.
