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Cretaceous fossil from Antarctica reveals earliest modern birdDigital reconstruction of the Late Cretaceous (~69 million years old) crown bird Vegavis iaai that was completed following ...
Certain birds that gave rise to today’s ducks and geese found sanctuary in Antarctica during a mass extinction event 66 ...
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Hosted on MSNAncient Vomit Was Found By An Amateur Fossil Hunter In DenmarkAround 66 million years ago, a marine creature from the Cretaceous era munched on some sea lilies and developed an […] ...
"Few birds are as likely to start as many arguments among paleontologists as 'vegavis,'" said professor Christopher Torres.
With its glaciers and sub-zero temperatures, Antarctica hardly seems like a place of refuge. However, the now icy continent ...
A 68-million-year-old skull fossil found in Antarctica has revealed the oldest known modern bird, which was likely related to ...
Learn more about Vegavis iaai, an ancient ancestor of modern-day ducks, and one of the earliest modern birds ever discovered.
For decades, scientists have wondered at the taxonomy of Vegavis iaai— an ancient avian specimen that lived in what is now ...
"And those few places with any substantial fossil record of Late Cretaceous birds, like Madagascar and Argentina, reveal an aviary of bizarre, now-extinct species with teeth and long bony tails ...
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