#lumpy-but-lovely

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Name: Jibeinia luanhera

Name Meaning: Jibei Bird

First Described: 1997

Described By: Hou

Classification: Dinosauria, Theropoda, Neotheropoda, Averostra, Tetanurae, Orionides, Avetheropoda, Coelurosauria, Tyrannoraptora, Maniraptoriformes, Maniraptora, Pennaraptora, Paraves, Eumaniraptora, Averaptora, Avialae, Euavialae, Avebrevicauda, Pygostylia, Ornithothoraces, Enantiornithes

Jibeinia is an Opposite Bird that has unfortunately been lost, even though it was described from a nearly complete fossil. As such, though we do have a description of it, it’s impossible to do any further studies or examinations of the specimen. It is from the Huajiying of Hebei, China, living about 122 million years ago, in the Aptian age of the Early Cretaceous. It had a wingspan of about 25 centimeters and a total body length of 10 centimeters, so it was a very small dinosaur, about the size of a thrush. It would have probably been capable of flying and perching, and probably thus lived in trees. The complete fossil was also poorly preserved, though it was similar to Vescornis and the two might actually be the same, though it’s hard to prove that without the original fossil of Jibeinia in hand. It may, also, be a juvenile. 

Sources:

Martyniuk, M. P. 2012. A Field Guide to Mesozoic Birds and other Winged Dinosaurs. Pan Aves; Vernon, New Jersey.

https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/tetrapod-zoology/obscure-mesozoic-birds-youll-only-know-about-if-youre-a-mesozoic-bird-nerd-jibeinia-luanhera/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jibeinia

Lessee... Five things I like about myself:

The prevailing information is that I am handsome, and if that is the case, it is pleasant information.

I like that once upon a time, I thought I could write music. Because I was wrong then, but I kept trying, and now I can.

I like that I am straightforward. I feel like it serves me well when people expect me to be playing some kind of mind game, and then it turns out I'm not. I just genuinely feel/say whatever I appear to have felt or said. Actually I think it weirds people out. I'm okay with that.

I like that I am always learning. I feel like people can't grow if they aren't always open to new information. And I like to grow, so I am glad I haven't ever lost my drive to learn.

I feel like this is related to most of the others (except handsomeness), but I like that I have the endurance to overcome challenges. Even walking to work in cold weather in a natural wind-tunnel is something I feel proud of myself for forcing myself through every morning, even though I feel like I'd much rather turn around and go home or just flop into a snowbank and embrace sweet death. BUT I SHALL NOT. Because I have the willpower to fuck that snowbank into the SKY. I will get to work, should even the skin of my face freeze into a withered death-mask of my handsome visage, and my eyeballs shatter as ice!

I'm terrible at these, but thanks anyway love!

I like my glasses

I like my music taste

I like to think I'm a good friend

I like my friends