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A ?in?s??? ?m???? ?????ctl? c??l?? ?? in its ??ssiliz?? ??? w?s ?n?l?z?? ?? ? t??m ?? ??s???ch??s in s??th??st??n Chin?.
Th? ??n??wn: Th? ??ssil, ?stim?t?? t? ?? ??tw??n 72 ?n? 66 milli?n ????s ?l?, ??l?n??? t? ?n ?vi???t???s??? — ? ???k??, t??thl?ss ?n? ?mniv????s th?????? th?t ?xist?? ???in? th? C??t?c???s P??i?? ?? wh?t is n?w Asi? ?n? N??th Am??ic?.
R?s???ch??s ???lish?? th?i? ?in?in?s in th? j???n?l Sci?nc?.
Th? ?m???? w?s ?stim?t?? t? ?? 27 c?ntim?t??s (11 inch?s) l?n? ???m h??? t? t?il. R?s???ch??s s?i? th? ?in?s???, which w??l? h?v? ??? ?n ?l?nts, w??l? ?? 2-3 m?t??s (79-118 inch?s) l?n? h?? it liv?? t? ???lth???.
Th? ?m???? w?s cl?s? t? h?tchin? ?s ?vi??nc?? ?? its “t?ckin?” ??st???, ? ??h?vi?? s??n in m????n ?i??s. Chicks ??????in? t? h?tch t?ck th?i? h???s ?n??? th?i? ?i?ht win? ??? st??ilit? ?s th?? c??ck th? sh?ll with th?i? ???k.
M????n ?i??s ??? ?i??ct ??sc?n??nts ?? th??????s, which ??? tw?-l????? ?in?s???s. Th??????s incl??? th? T???nn?s????s ??x, s?in?s????s ?n? v?l?ci???t??, ?m?n? ?th??s.
Wh?t th? ??s???ch??s ??? s??in?: D?? t? its c?m?l?t? st??ct???, th? ??ssil t??n?? ??t t? ?? ?n? ?? th? ??st ?in?s??? ?m????s ???n? in hist???, th? ??s???ch??s t?l? AFP. Th?? c?ll?? th? c???t??? “B??? Yin?li?n?” ??t?? Yin?li?n? St?n? N?t??? Hist??? M?s??m, its c????nt l?c?ti?n.
O?? littl? ?n? h?s j?st ???iv??. W?lc?m? B??? Yin?li?n?, ? ???????s ??ssil ?in?s??? ?m???? ???s??v?? insi?? its ???! Y??’?? l??kin? h??? ?t ? ???? ?in?s???, n?t t?? l?n? ?????? it w??l? h?v? h?tch??.
“This sk?l?t?n is n?t ?nl? c?m?l?t? ???m th? ti? ?? th? sn??t t? th? ?n? ?? its t?il; it is c??l?? in ? li?? ??s? within its ??? ?s i? th? ?nim?l ?i?? j?st ??st?????,” st??? c?-??th?? D??l? Z?l?nitsk?, ?n ?ssist?nt ?????ss?? ?? ??l??nt?l??? ?t th? Univ??sit? ?? C?l????, t?l? Liv? Sci?nc?.
L??? ??th?? W?is?m M?, ? v??t????t? ??l??nt?l??ist ?t th? Univ??sit? ?? Bi?min?h?m, s?i? ?in?s??? ?m????s h????n t? ?? s?m? ?? th? ????st ??ssils. M?st n?n-?vi?n ?m????s ??? ?ls? inc?m?l?t?, with ??n?s s?????t?? ?t th? j?ints. “W? ??? v??? ?xcit?? ????t th? ?isc?v??? ?? ‘B??? Yin?li?n?’ — it is ???s??v?? in ? ????t c?n?iti?n ?n? h?l?s ?s ?nsw?? ? l?t ?? ???sti?ns ????t ?in?s??? ???wth ?n? ???????cti?n with it,” M? s?i?. “It is int???stin? t? s?? this ?in?s??? ?m???? ?n? ? chick?n ?m???? ??s? in ? simil?? w?? insi?? th? ???, which ??ssi?l? in?ic?t?s simil?? ???h?tchin? ??h?vi???s.”
Th? ??s???ch??s s?i? th? ?m???? w?s ???n? in Ji?n?xi ???vinc? ?n? ?c??i??? ?? Li?n? Li?, ?i??ct?? ?? ? Chin?s? st?n? c?m??n? c?ll?? Yin?li?n? G????, in 2000. It w?s st???? ?n? ?????tt?n ?ntil m?s??m st??? ???n? it s?m? 10 ????s l?t??, ???in? th? c?nst??cti?n ?? Yin?li?n? St?n? N?t??? Hist??? M?s??m, ?cc???in? t? CNN.
Em????s th?t ??n’t ????t th? t?ckin? ??st??? ??? m??? lik?l? t? ?i? ?s ? ??s?lt ?? ?ns?cc?ss??l h?tchin?. Th? t??m ?l?ns t? st??? th? ??ssil ???th?? ?sin? ??v?nc?? sc?nnin? t?chni???s, sinc? ???t ?? its ???? ??m?ins c?v???? ?? ??ck.