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‘Weird and wonderful’: Antarctic fossil forces scientists to redraw the bird family tree
In a nutshell A newly discovered 69-million-year-old bird skull from Antarctica proves that modern birds were already diverse ...
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Durham Museum exhibit will reveal lost world of Antarctic dinosaurs: Short Takes
Come and see the Antarctic Dinosaurs exhibit it opens Saturday, Feb. 15, at the Durham Museum, but they migrate away in May.
Scientists Just Found The Oldest Modern Bird Buried in the Antarctic Ice
For decades, scientists have wondered at the taxonomy of Vegavis iaai— an ancient avian specimen that lived in what is now ...
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Rare bird skull from the age of dinosaurs helps illuminate avian evolution
A new study in Nature describing a fossil of a nearly complete and intact bird skull from Antarctica is shedding light on the ...
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Ancient duck-like creature discovered in Antarctica may be the oldest modern bird ever discovered
A new and nearly complete skull of Vegavis iaai discovered in Antarctica suggests that modern birds originated before the end ...
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Loon-like waterfowl from dinosaur-era Antarctica is oldest 'modern' bird
Skull of ancient bird Vegavis is 69 million years old Key traits define Vegavis as anatomically modern bird Antarctica had a temperate climate during Cretaceous Period Feb 5 (Reuters) - Near the ...
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Cretaceous fossil from Antarctica reveals earliest modern bird
"Antarctica is in many ways the final frontier for humanity's understanding of life during the Age of Dinosaurs." Dr. Torres was supported at Ohio University for three years by the NSF ...
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Loon-like waterfowl from dinosaur-era Antarctica is oldest 'modern' bird
(Reuters) - Near the end of the age of dinosaurs, a bird resembling today's loons and grebes dove for fish and other prey in the perilous waters off Antarctica. Thanks to a nearly complete fossil ...