Certain birds that gave rise to today’s ducks and geese found sanctuary in Antarctica during a mass extinction event 66 ...
A recently analyzed near-complete fossil skull found in Antarctica has revealed Vegavis iaai to be the oldest known modern ...
A few fossilized body parts hinted at an enigmatic bird's close ties to waterfowl like ducks and geese. A newfound skull may bolster that idea.
Around 20 years ago, a team of paleontologists identified Vegavis iaai for the first time, citing a fossil from Antarctica, around 68 million years to 66 million years old. At the time of the ...
A 69-million-year-old skull found in Antarctica belonged to what scientists ... Vegavis was first reported 20 years ago by University of Texas at Austin co-author Dr. Julia Clarke.
reveals a bird that thrived in the challenging waters off Antarctica roughly 69 million years ago, just three million years before the dinosaur-killing asteroid impact. Initially described two ...
A recently analyzed near-complete fossil skull found in Antarctica has revealed Vegavis iaai to be the oldest known modern bird, according to a study published in Nature. 66 million years ago ...
A 69-million-year-old skull found in Antarctica belonged to what scientists say is the ... Vegavis was first reported 20 years ago by University of Texas at Austin co-author Dr. Julia Clarke. It was ...