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Another early bird from China

Adam Khor · 2015-05-16 21:24:24

It lived 131 million years ago, but was already quite advanced: http://www.sci-news.com/paleontology/science-archaeornithura-meemannae-bird-china-02774.html

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It lived 131 million years ago, but was already quite advanced:

http://www.sci-news.com/paleontology/science-archaeornithura-meemannae-bird-china-02774.html

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The feather impressions on this fossil are particularly clear. Here we have an "early bird" which is indeed quite evolved, in spite of a few lingering reptilian features (the clawed wings, for example).

China is a treasure-trove for prehistoric fauna, especially for the so-called "feathered dinosaurs", ostensible direct ancestors of birds.

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