Smithsonian Magazine5d
Paleontologists Discover Fossil of the Oldest Known Modern Bird—but It Raises More Questions Than It Answers
Paleontologists have been arguing whether modern birds developed before or after the infamous asteroid for decades. Now, a ...
New Scientist7d
Ancient relative of geese is the earliest known modern bird
A 69-million-year-old skull found in Antarctica has been identified as a relative of geese and ducks, making it the oldest known modern bird. It belongs to a species that was first identified two ...
Cretaceous fossil from Antarctica reveals earliest modern bird
Digital reconstruction of the Late Cretaceous (~69 million years old) crown bird Vegavis iaai that was completed following ...
CNN6d
Fossil of oldest known modern bird discovered in Antarctica
A near complete skull fossil found in Antarctica has revealed the oldest known modern bird — a mallard duck-size creature related to the waterfowl that live by lakes and oceans today ...
Loon-like waterfowl from dinosaur-era Antarctica is oldest 'modern' bird
Near the end of the age of dinosaurs, a bird resembling today's loons and grebes dove for fish and other prey in the perilous ...