Monday 24 September 2018

Chinese Cretaceous fossil highlights avian evolution

(Chinese Academy of Sciences Headquarters) A newly identified extinct bird species from a 127-million-year-old fossil deposit in northeastern China provides new information about avian development during the early evolution of flight. Drs. WANG Min, Thomas Stidham, and ZHOU Zhonghe from the Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology reported their study of the well-preserved complete skeleton and feathers of this early bird.

from EurekAlert! - Archaeology https://ift.tt/2PXhtHI

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