Albertonykus
Deviation Spotlight
- Deviant for 17 years
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Got a PhD studying extant and fossil birds. Alternatively, North American alvarezsaurid described in 2009.
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I have one more question: Have you ever drawn prehistoric invertebrates like Opabinia or Forfexicaris?
Not very much, but I drew a few Ediacaran and Cambrian invertebrates for this piece.
How well would dinosaurs like Microraptor, Sinornithosaurus, and Changyuraptor fly? A lot of sources have stated these animals are “flying” and I wanted to know how well these animals are capable of flight.
Of the three, Microraptor is the one with the strongest support for some form of powered flight, whereas the evidence is lacking or more ambiguous for Sinornithosaurus and Changyuraptor. Some of the key studies proposing this have been Dececchi et al. (2016) and Pei et al. (2020).
We know very little about exactly how well Microraptor could fly (if it was flying), though its wing shape does suggest it may have been flying at relatively high speeds compared to other early paravians. This was discussed in some detail recently by Grosmougin et al. (2025). However, it still lacked many of the adaptations for powered flight present in modern birds, so I suspect that it generally wasn't flying very far or for very long.
Your pictures is nice and remarkable
Thanks for the Fave, Albertonykus!!
What happened to your Albertonykus and New Dinosaur Alert Tumblr pages? When I go to them they say "There's nothing here."