Confuciusornis 孔子鸟
- They named the new species Confuciusornis, after the Chinese philosopher.
为了纪念中国古代的大哲学家孔子,研究者们将这种史前新物种命名为孔子鸟(Confuciusornis)。 - Confuciusornis and other early birds retained primitive claws on their wings that may have been used for climbing or predation;
孔子鸟和其他早期鸟类的翅膀上还保留着原始的爪子,可以用于攀登或掠食; - The wings of a Confuciusornis (above) and a modern cock of the rock (next photo) convey the evolutionary distance traveled since the origin of flight.
孔子鸟(上图)和现代公鸡(下一幅图)的翅膀构成了自飞行起点尔始的进化距离。
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