Interestingly, the results supported the referral of this furcula to Ornithuromorpha, a diverse group of Cretaceous birds. Given its poor preservation, however, the team refrained from naming a new ...

The red earth of northern New Mexico is a portal into deep-time, containing clues about the dawn of a lineage that brings song, color and windborne motion to our lives today. At Ghost Ranch, ...

New view of early bird diversification, showing the emergence of pygostyle and U-shaped furcula in the Late Jurassic and the occurrence of crown-group birds (Aves) in the Cretaceous. The timing of the ...

A research team led by Professor WANG Min from the Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology (IVPP) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences has discovered two bird fossils in Jurassic-era ...