Epidendrosaurus - Facts and Figures

Epidendrosaurus - Facts and Figures Name: Epidendrosaurus (Greek for reptile in the tree); articulated EP-ih-DEN-dro-SORE-us Territory: Forests of Asia Verifiable Period: Late Jurassic (150 million years prior) Size and Weight: Around 6 inches in length and a couple of ounces Diet: Presumably omnivorous Recognizing Characteristics: Small size; long arms with ripped at hands About Epidendrosaurus Archaeopteryx gets all the features, yet theres a persuading case to be made that Epidendrosaurus was the principal reptile to be more like a winged animal than to a dinosaur. This small theropod was not exactly a large portion of the size of its increasingly acclaimed cousin, and its a definite wager that it was secured with quills. Most outstandingly, Epidendrosaurus seems to have been adjusted to an arboreal (tree-abiding) lifestyleits little size would have made it a straightforward issue to bounce from branch to branch, and its since quite a while ago, bended hooks were likely used to pry creepy crawlies from tree rind. So was the late Jurassic Epidendrosaurus actually a feathered creature instead of a dinosaur? Similarly as with the entirety of the feathered dino-winged animals, as these reptiles are called, its difficult to state. Its better to think about the classifications of flying creature and dinosaur as lying along a continuum, with certain genera closer to either outrageous and some smack in the center. (Incidentally, a few scientistss accept that Epidendrosaurus ought to really be subsumed under another dino-feathered creature sort, Scansoriopteryx.)