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This pair of fossil birds is from Liaoning, China. Any idea what species is that?
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Calling out to those familiar with flying creatures from the Miocene! These two were found on separate occasions in float from Miocene cliffs. Anyone recognize? Thanks in advance!
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Janavis finalidens: a new 67 mya old bird described from the late cretaceous of Belgium
ziggycardon posted a topic in Fossil News
Came accross this news shared by the NHM Maastricht, another fossil bird has been discribed from the same quarry and layer in which the famous wonderchicken "Asteriornis" was found. This being the Romontbos quarry in Eben-Emael in Belgium (near de border with Maastricht in the Netherlands) which dates to the Late Maastrichtian era (66,7 mya) Here are some links to the news articles (both in english as in dutch) as well as as video. https://www.theguardian.com/science/2022/nov/30/ct-scans-toothed-bird-fossil-jaw-mobile-palate-avian-evolution https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-
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An inspiring and fascinating article. Michael Daniels found many new species which are in the process of being described. https://blog.nms.ac.uk/2022/08/08/dedicated-collector-michael-daniels-and-his-eocene-birds/?fbclid=IwAR3BPUp_U0r3118lJzCqU4yPecXlCx6U0lD4iVstXpzt92rQOlhGJqF_63g
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I ran into some really nice slabs of rock that have preserved bird tracks with rain drops, so I made a video. A little over 3 minutes long. Enjoy https://youtu.be/YVq7rYzA7Qg
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Hello, I think some of you heard about Jack Horner's chickenosaurus project (making a chicken look like its theropod ancestors) and I just wanted to hear your opinions about this project. DO you think its moral? Does it have any point? Will it be useful? And just generally your opinion about it. I think he is just too much in to this project and it does not have much point but I am no expert. I really want to hear any opinion or thought.
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I dont mean to sound so ignorant but ive been watching some dino type shows on TV and I realized a question. On one of the shows a guy was pointing out the KT boundry. Then he goes on to say that below this boundry dinosaurs can be found and that above this bondry no dinosaurs can be found. On another show they were talking about how birds are decendants of the dinosaurs. So, my question is, How can birds have evovled from something that went extinct 65 million years ago? I know there must be a simple answer,,,,, but what the heck is it? RB
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Hi everyone! I'm new to fossils collection and have spent more time working on modern organisms. I was wondering if anyone here could direct me to a site within the united states (preferably east coast) where avian fossils can be found, collected, and identified. Any avian material, from any time period is of interest to me! thank you!
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By measuring endocasts of theropods, ancient and modern birds these researchers traced brain evolution in 2000 different species. Decrease in body size with same size brain led to increased brain:body ratio in modern birds after the K-T event. Work done at Stonybrook and the Bruce museum. https://phys.org/news/2020-04-history-brain-evolution-tyrannosaurs-modern.html
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Behind the scenes at the Calvert Marine Museum
FossilsAnonymous posted a topic in Fossil Hunting Trips
Amazing day yesterday! @sharkdoctor and I spent all day at the Calvert Marine Museum’s collection sorting through and cataloging pieces of his collection either loaned or donated to the Museum. When I say amazing fossils, I mean it. Crabs, birds, whale material, possibly a new species of seal, teeth, turtle plates, and more. @sharkdoctoris a really cool guy because he focuses all on adding to science and not just trying to grow his own collection. Plus, he’s so informative! After completing the cataloging of his collection we proceeded to catalog some of Bretton Kent’s world class shark tooth- 29 replies
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Non avian dinosaurs and birds may have benefited from decreasing body size and adding thermoregulation during Jurassic times https://m.phys.org/news/2020-01-dinosaurs-evolution-endothermy-birds.html
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New fossil bird from Kitadani Dinosaur Quarry, Fukui, Japan (open access paper)
Oxytropidoceras posted a topic in Fossil News
Fossil found in Fukui identified as new primitive bird species By Naoki Hirano, The Ashi Shimbun, December 4, 2019 http://www.asahi.com/ajw/articles/AJ201912040008.html Science News http://www.sci-news.com/paleontology/fukuipteryx-prima-07808.html The open access paper is: Imai, T., Azuma, Y., Kawabe, S., Shibata, M., Miyata, K., Wang, M. and Zhou, Z., 2019. An unusual bird (Theropoda, Avialae) from the Early Cretaceous of Japan suggests complex evolutionary history of basal birds. Communications biology, 2(1), pp.1-11.- 2 replies
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Peter Kloess, 15 Million Years of Bird History: A Specimen-based Approach to Reconstructing the Late Neogene Bird Communities of California August 14, 2015, Masters of Science degree in Geology, California State University, Fullerton. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bmd5GpnHz54 For the people interested in California geology and what a thesis defense looks like, other California State University, Fullerton geology thesis defenses are at: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLXgKDqubcNoj2u6KmE90npOsGNaL_Seo2 Yours,
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I keep thinking I must just be stupidly forgetting/overlooking something, but I haven’t been able to come up with it in a long time. There were birds during the Mesozoic(hesperonis, for example), long before theropods evolved into birds(after the Mesozoic, right? I thought all the already very bird-like Dino’s, like archaeopteryx, dead-ended at the end of the Mesozoic)....what am I missing, here? I’ve been looking at bird evolutionary charts, and none of them seem to make sense of that. I’m not all that learned on this topic, but there are things I at least THOUGHT I knew about it, but I’
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http://paleontologyworld.com/curiosities-entertainment/10-birds-look-eerily-similar-their-dinosaur-ancestors
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https://www.sciencealert.com/ancient-birds-from-100-million-years-ago-had-really-really-weird-feathers
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https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2018-12/caos-mbf120418.php
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On Sunday I took a trip to the Natural History Museum in London. I queued up before it opened at 10am and even before then there was a long queue. I have not visited this museum since I was a child and spent an entire day there (10am to 4.30pm - a long time). I was surprised as it is a lot bigger than I remembered and there was so much to see. This place has the most wonderful things and is an incredible place to learn. The museum showcases a Baryonyx, Sophie the Stegosaurus (the world's most complete Stegosaurus) and more! The moving Trex and Deinonychus are also really realistic in the way t
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Do you think this is a bird or reptile?
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https://www.theguardian.com/science/2018/jun/20/tongue-tied-t-rex-couldnt-stick-out-its-tongue https://www.cnet.com/news/t-rex-most-dinosaurs-couldnt-stick-out-their-tongues/
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https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2018-05/caos-sft053018.php
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https://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/2018/05/24/ancestor-living-birds-survived-asteroid-strike-couldnt-fly/ https://cosmosmagazine.com/palaeontology/asteroid-wiped-out-all-but-six-types-of-bird
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Fossils returned to China Xinhua Net | 2018-01-13 19:01:35|Editor: Zhou Xin http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2018-01/13/c_136893270.htm Yours, PAul H.
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A new Jurassic theropod from China documents a transitional step in the macrostructure of feathers
haventbaptized posted a topic in Fossil News
Genuine fossils with exquisitely preserved plumage from the Late Jurassic and Early Cretaceous of north-eastern China have recently revealed that bird-like theropod dinosaurs had long pennaceous feathers along their hindlimbs and may have used their four wings to glide or fly. Thus, it has been postulated that early bird flight might initially have involved four wings. Link : https://link.springer.com/epdf/10.1007/s00114-017-1496-y?author_access_token=qK5jILmlXqTUfzaXSeOT4fe4RwlQNchNByi7wbcMAY5XtMiIuzLHT0w7pfMEQCqN57cyEs2GIzoqs5Z9sbEt05ydpRV-wedb1KJ5MwJh8Kg2RuubzDV9r0AJl8jBoI_iqK1-
