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 Antarctica during the late Cretaceous period.
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Ancient relative of geese is the earliest known modern bird
A 69-million-year-old skull found in Antarctica has been identified as a relative of geese and ducks, making it the oldest known modern bird. It belongs to a species that was first identified two ...
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Skull fossil discovery reveals oldest known modern bird
(CNN) — A near complete skull fossil found in Antarctica has revealed the oldest known modern bird — a mallard duck-size creature related to the waterfowl that live by lakes and oceans today ...
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Scientists discover skull of oldest known modern bird
The fossilized 69-million-year-old skull of the oldest known modern bird has been discovered. The early relatives of ducks and geese lived in Antarctica at around the same time Tyrannosaurus rex ...
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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 ...