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Earliest modern bird lived in Antarctica 69 million years ago
Certain birds that gave rise to today’s ducks and geese found sanctuary in Antarctica during a mass extinction event 66 ...
Live Science on MSN9d
Ancient duck-like creature discovered in Antarctica may be the oldest modern bird ever discovered
A new and nearly complete skull of Vegavis iaai discovered in Antarctica suggests that modern birds originated before the end ...
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Fossil of oldest known modern bird discovered in Antarctica
A 68-million-year-old skull fossil found in Antarctica has revealed the oldest known modern bird, which was likely related to ...
PBS9d
Dino Birds
A stark contrast to the feathers of flying dinosaurs like Archaeopteryx and most modern-day birds. But with a wealth of feathered dinosaur fossils found in just a few years, scientists have pieced ...
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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 ...
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69-million-year-old skull found in Antarctica is oldest ‘modern’ bird
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Skull fossil discovery reveals oldest known modern bird
Most modern bird fossils that had been unearthed at that ... While Vegavis resembled present-day waterfowl in some ways, other features didn’t fit the mold. For instance, the study noted that ...
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Fossil of oldest known modern bird discovered in Antarctica
Most modern bird fossils that had been unearthed at that ... While Vegavis resembled present-day waterfowl in some ways, other features didn’t fit the mold. For instance, the study noted that ...