NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC: Rare Baby Bird Fossil Found in Dino-Era Rock

  • Fabien Knoll

    Press/Media: Research

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    Look at the length of your pinky finger. There was once a teeth-bearing, claw-wearing bird on this planet that was just that small.

    About a decade ago, scientists unearthed the fossilized remains of a baby bird at the bottom of a lake in central Spain. With recent analysis, they have found that the nearly complete avian skeleton dates back roughly 127 million years, putting it in the Mesozoic Era, during the time of dinosaurs.

    Period5 Mar 2018

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    • TitleRare Baby Bird Fossil Found in Dino-Era Rock
      Media name/outletNational Geographic
      Media typeWeb
      Country/TerritoryUnited States
      Date5/03/18
      DescriptionLook at the length of your pinky finger. There was once a teeth-bearing, claw-wearing bird on this planet that was just that small.

      About a decade ago, scientists unearthed the fossilized remains of a baby bird at the bottom of a lake in central Spain. With recent analysis, they have found that the nearly complete avian skeleton dates back roughly 127 million years, putting it in the Mesozoic Era, during the time of dinosaurs.
      URLhttps://news.nationalgeographic.com/2018/03/bird-skeleton-flight-evolution-mesozoic-spd/
      PersonsFabien Knoll
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    Keywords

    • birds
    • evolution
    • fossils
    • palaeontology