Scientists Have Uncovered One of the Oldest Birds Ever – And It’s Unlike Anything We’ve Seen
Scientists discovered two Jurassic bird fossils in China, pushing back bird diversification by 20 million years. One, ...
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Jurassic jackpot: 149-million-year-old short-tailed bird fossil discovered in China
Two bird fossils dating back 149 million years ... “Previously, the oldest record of short-tailed birds is from the Early Cretaceous. Baminornis zhenghensis is the sole Jurassic and the oldest ...
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150-million-year-old fossil shows early bird diversification in the Jurassic Period
The bird has a short tail ending in a pygostyle ... (photo credit: from video by Ren Wenyu) Scientists described two fossilized birds from the Jurassic period in a recent article published ...
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Why this Jurassic bird fossil from China might rewrite evolutionary history
Chinese palaeontologists have found what could be the world’s oldest bird fossil, a “landmark” find that could shed light on one of the most important chapters in evolutionary history.