Special Exhibition "ORIGIN of BIRDS"
at
Nagoya City Science Museum (form 20th March to 16th May).
Kobe:from 18th July to 31th Aug.
Fukuoka:from 20th Feb. 2000 to 4th Apr.
4 fossil specimens of Sinosauropteryx prima
have ever been found at Sihetun, China.
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At this Exhibition, there are two specimens of Sinosauropteryx. One is Nanjing Specimen (juvenile, image at left. No.127586 ) . Sinosauropteryx has 10 cervical vertebrae, 13 dorsal vertebrae, 4(?) sacral vertebrae and a flexible tail with 59 vertebrae, this is the longest tail of any known theropod. |
| Another specimen(image at right. No.127587) was found with a lizard in its gut.
And this has a pair of oval mounds, possibly tiny eggs inside it.
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Sinosauropteryx has serrated maxillary teeth (close-up image at left) but premaxillary teeth are unserrated. |
| List of Mesozoic fossil specimens at the exhibition Sinosauropteryx prima
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