The nearly complete skull of Vegavis iaai, a duck-sized bird that lived 69 million years ago, reveals that modern birds — those with toothless beaks and specialized brains — were already ...

In 1992, the first Vegavis iaai fossil was discovered on Vega ... but it has not positively identified the species as an ancestor of ducks and geese. While analysis of V. iaai is ongoing ...

While Vegavis has features that clearly mark it as being in the same group of waterfowl as ducks and geese, it would have looked very different, says O’Connor. The bird’s beak shape ...

A recent study found a nearly complete skull in Antarctica that may belong to an ancient ancestor of ducks and geese called Vegavis iaai. This species lived around 68 million years ago ...

An artist’s interpretation of Vegavis iaai diving for fish in the shallow ocean off the coast of the Antarctic peninsula, with ammonites and plesiosaurs for company. Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert!

The early relatives of ducks and geese lived in Antarctica at ... belongs to an extinct bird named Vegavis iaai and was collected during a 2011 expedition by the Antarctic Peninsula Palaeontology ...

The Late Cretaceous modern (crown) bird,Vegavis iaai, pursuit diving for fish in the shallow ocean off the coast of the Antarctic peninsula, with ammonites and plesiosaurs forcompany. Disclaimer ...

Vegavis iaai lived in Antarctica approximately ... an incubator for the earliest members of the group that now includes ducks and geese, providing a refuge for some species. The article was ...

A near complete skull fossil found in Antarctica has revealed the oldest known modern bird — a mallard duck-size creature ... species of bird known as Vegavis iaai that lived at the end of ...