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New Bird Lineage From Early Cretaceous Period Found

Started by sauroid, March 24, 2016, 11:55:28 AM

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March 24, 2016, 11:55:28 AM
A specimen named Chongmingia zhengi, recently found in China, sheds light on the early evolution of birds.
http://www.asianscientist.com/2016/03/in-the-lab/mesozoic-bird-species-discovered-china/
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March 24, 2016, 05:41:48 PM
Can we just take a moment to revel in our incredible luck that China has preserved so much of the early history of birds, a lineage of such fragile creatures that we should barely ever see them as fossils?
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