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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 ...