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 ...
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Dino Birds
Right. I think it's time to unwrap the birds. All right. And here it is. This is the only known specimen of Asteriornis maastrichtensis. I still remember what my first impression of this fossil ...
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Are birds reptiles?
"I would say that any modern biologist would, or should, say that birds are reptiles," Martin Stervander, an evolutionary ...
69-million-year-old skull found in Antarctica is oldest ‘modern’ bird
The near-complete fossil skull, unearthed on Vega Island near the Antarctic Peninsula, reveals a bird that thrived in the ...
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69-million-year-old fossil reveals ancient diving bird in Antarctica
Vegavis, an ancient bird from Antarctica, identified as the oldest modern bird ancestor with specialized fish-hunting adaptations.
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Loon-like waterfowl from dinosaur-era Antarctica is oldest 'modern' bird
Vegavis is one of only two modern birds known from the age of dinosaurs. The other one, Asteriornis maastrichtensis, lived about 67 million years ago in what is now Belgium. Vegavis was the size ...
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How a Small Ground Dwelling Bird Survived a Mass Extinction Event Caused by an Asteroid
PBS Nova explained how a small terrestrial bird was able to survive the devastating asteroid that caused a mass extinction ...
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69-million-year-old fossil reveals ancient diving bird in Antarctica
Vegavis is one of only two modern birds known from the age of dinosaurs. The other one, Asteriornis maastrichtensis, lived about 67 million years ago in what is now Belgium. Vegavis was the size ...