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顾氏小盗龙也许是世界上最奇特的恐龙:当它的近亲——电影《侏罗纪公园》中那些聪明的小型肉食性恐龙——疾走龙奔跑于地面上的时候,顾氏小盗龙们却展开四个翅膀,滑翔于丛林之中。尽管这种大小如火鸡一般的恐龙引发了人们的巨大兴趣,但它的奇特形态显然超乎了人们的想像,正如著名进化论学者,美国加州大学柏克莱分校的帕丁教授所评价的,“顾氏小盗龙的潜在重要性和始祖鸟一样,但我们也许需要花费很长的时间才能真正了解这种动物”。那么,顾氏小盗龙到底是一种什么样的动物?它为什么如此重要?
Gu’s Little Piranha may be the most exotic dinosaur in the world: when its cousin, the clever little carnivorous dinosaur in the movie Jurassic Park, runs wild on the ground, The dragons spread four wings, gliding in the jungle. Although this turkey-sized dinosaur has aroused great interest, its peculiar shape is clearly beyond the imagination. As the famous evolutionist scholar Professor Patten at the University of California at Berkeley rates, “The potential importance of Gussaron is similar to that of Archeopteryx, but it may take a long time for us to really understand the animal.” So, what kind of animal is it in the end? Why is it so important?