Jurassic, bird fossils and Avian Evolution

Scientists Discover 'Groundbreaking' Jurassic Fossil That Could Overhaul the Evolutionary History of Birds
Researchers have discovered a 149-million-year-old bird fossil in southeastern China, featuring a short tail structure that could rewrite the evolutionary history of birds. As detailed in a study published Wednesday in the journal Nature,
Jurassic jackpot: 149-million-year-old short-tailed bird fossil discovered in China
Researchers state that the fossils prove that birds had already diversified by the end of the Jurassic period.
Scientists Discover Oldest Bird Fossils, Rewrite History of Avian Evolution
Baminornis is a landmark discovery and ranks among the most important bird fossils unearthed since the discovery
Jurassic fossil from China rewrites history of bird evolution
Scientists have unearthed in southeastern China the fossil of a quail-sized bird that lived about 150 million years ago during the Jurassic Period and possessed surprisingly modern traits, a discovery that rewrites the history of avian evolution.
China Jurassic fossil discovery sheds light on bird origin
A research team led by Professor Wang Min from the Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology (IVPP) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences has discovered two bird fossils in Jurassic-era rocks from Fujian Province in southeast China.
Jurassic Fossil Discovered in China Sheds New Light on Origin of Birds
Scientists have discovered the oldest bird fossil shedding light on birds' origin in China, and reshaping the timeline of bird evolution.
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 the waterfowl that live by lakes and oceans today, according to new research.
Jurassic bird fossils found in Fujian rewrite history of avian evolution
The Archaeopteryx, the fossils of which were first discovered around 1860, belonged to the Late Jurassic period and was once considered the earliest bird. However, its long tail and primitive features led some scientists to question its classification as a bird. Instead, they suggested that it belonged to a group of bird-like dinosaurs.
Chinese scientists discover oldest bird fossils, rewrite history of avian evolution
CCTV Chinese scientists have discovered one of the world's oldest bird fossils of Baminornis zhenghensis in East China's Fujian Province, which is also the only confirmed Jurassic avian to date, and found that the body structure of modern birds had already emerged in the Late Jurassic,
Two Jurassic Fossils Could Be The Earliest True Birds Ever Found
150-million-year-old fossil shows early bird diversification in the Jurassic Period
The bird has a short tail ending in a pygostyle, an important aerodynamic innovation moving the center of mass forward toward the wings.
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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 ...
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Quail-sized feathered dinosaur may be the earliest known bird
Archaeopteryx, long considered the earliest fossil bird, could be knocked off its perch by Baminornis zhenghensis, which ...
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Paleontologists Discover Fossil of the Oldest Known Modern Bird—but It Raises More Questions Than It Answers
The fossil suggests that modern birds evolved before the dinosaur-killing asteroid, perhaps in Antarctica Margherita ...