Jurassic jackpot: 149-million-year-old short-tailed bird fossil discovered in China
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Two newly discovered 149-million-year-old bird fossils from China prove birds had diversified by the end of the Jurassic period. One fossil, Baminornis zhenghensis, had a short tail ending in a pygostyle, pushing back the timeline for this key bird feature by nearly 20 million years and providing insights into early bird evolution.
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