Wilson, Kristopher Super, Dana Ehret, Jun A. Ebersole & Bhart-Anjan S. Bhullar (2018) “Complete Ichthyornis skull illuminates mosaic assembly of the avian head” is published in Nature DOI ...

Ichthyornis dispar lived in North America ... fossils with the latest CT scanning techniques to build an advanced 3D model of the skull of the primitive bird. As study researcher Daniel Field ...

In the 1870s, scientists found the first Ichthyornis dispar fossil—and they were thoroughly confused. The toothed, seabird-like animal lived during the Cretaceous between 100 and 66 million ...

Known as Ichthyornis dispar, the seagull-like creature ... a team led by scientists at Bath and Yale universities have produced a clear 3D picture of the bird’s head, using a complete skull ...

The Ichthyornis fossils starkly contrast the skeletons ... The new find has finally allowed researchers to create a 3-D model of these skulls in their original shapes. Some of the fossils are ...