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Zhouornis, new enantiornithine

Adam Khor · 2013-09-09 06:02:13

It is said to be a large one but apparently "large" amongst these birds is relative as it was just 20 cms long and had a 50 cm wingspan: http://dennonychus.blogspot.mx/2013/09/new-taxa-studies-in-2013-summer-cap-2.html Hum... yeah, its in Italian.

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Adam Khor

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It is said to be a large one but apparently "large" amongst these birds is relative as it was just 20 cms long and had a 50 cm wingspan:

http://dennonychus.blogspot.mx/2013/09/new-taxa-studies-in-2013-summer-cap-2.html

Hum... yeah, its in Italian.

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Sort of blackbird sized then?

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#3 09-09-2013 8:30pm
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Yeah, pretty much- with a slightly larger wingspan

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