It had feathers and wings, so it was clearly a bird — but it sported a long tail and sharp claws, which seemed reptilian. A smattering of other feathery Jurassic fossils, including those known ...

It had some advanced bird-like features in its shoulder and pelvic areas, but it also retained a more primitive, dinosaur-like hand. Most remarkably, Baminornis had a short tail ending in a ...

The bird has a short tail ending in a pygostyle ... consisting solely of a furcula—a bird bone resembling a fork, formed by the fusion of both clavicles. The researchers performed geometric ...

Chinese palaeontologists have found what could be the world’s oldest bird fossil, a “landmark” find that could shed light on one of the most important chapters in evolutionary history.

Get Instant Summarized Text (Gist) Two bird fossils from Jurassic-era rocks in Fujian, China, dating back 149 million years, provide significant insights into early bird evolution. One fossil ...

A short-tailed bird fossil, stated to be the oldest dating back about 150 million years, was discovered by Chinese scientists in east China's Fujian Province shedding a new light on the origin of ...

Researchers in China found Baminornis zhenghensis, which lived at roughly the same time as the famous Archaeopteryx but looked much more like modern birds due to its short tail Margherita Bassi ...

(courtesy, Hilary Flower) Sure, the Northern mockingbird, our current state bird, is pretty cool. But Florida’s state bird? Florida has more tropical and unusual birds than any state short of ...

These characteristics highlight the role of mosaic evolution in early bird development. Notably, Baminornis zhenghensis has a short tail ending in a compound bone called the pygostyle, a feature ...

Florida birds had a rough year that ruffled many feathers, especially among enthusiasts who love to watch them. Avian influenza hit close to home, with dozens of birds euthanized at a Palm Shores ...