Earliest short-tailed bird from the Late Jurassic of China

2025/02/12 by Runsheng Chen, Min Wang, Liping Dong +11 · 2 voices · 4 citations
Earth and Planetary Sciences · Mathematics · #Paleontology and Evolutionary Biology #Evolution and Paleontology Studies #Morphological variations and asymmetry

paper · doi:10.1038/s41586-024-08410-z

Citations

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Discussions

• A fossil bird the same geological age as the iconic Archaeopteryx already has the short tail or 'parson's nose' characteristic of modern birds doi.org/10.1038/s415... [bsky, 12 points, 0 comments]
• A ave de cauda curta mais antiga do Jurássico Tardio da China doi.org/10.1038/s415... [bsky, 3 points, 0 comments]