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Alcmonavis, a more birdlike contemporary of Archaeopteryx

Started by Halichoeres, May 17, 2019, 03:03:33 AM

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May 17, 2019, 03:03:33 AM
Meet Alcmonavis poeschli, an avialan from the Late Jurassic of Germany, which appears to be more crownward than Archaeopteryx and is hence likely to be the closest relative of crown-group birds known from the Jurassic. It's also a bit bigger than its famous contemporary. It's a beautiful, if incomplete, fossil, consisting of a humerus and most of the forearm and hand.




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