Loon-like waterfowl from dinosaur-era Antarctica is oldest 'modern' bird
Near the end of the age of dinosaurs, a bird resembling today's loons and grebes dove for fish and other prey in the perilous ...
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Ancient relative of geese is the earliest known modern bird
A newly analysed fossil skull settles a palaeontological debate over Vegavis iaai, confirming it as a relative of ducks and geese that lived 69 million years ago ...
Skull fossil discovery reveals oldest known modern bird
A 68-million-year-old skull fossil found in Antarctica has revealed the oldest known modern bird, which was likely related to ...
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Largest two-legged dinosaur footprints discovered, scientists say — belonged to 50-foot ‘giant’
Scientists put their “stamp” on prehistory after discovering a massive dinosaur footprint in Mongolia said to have belonged to one of the largest two-legged animals ever to roam the Earth.
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The Largest Carnivorous Dinosaur May Not Have Been T. Rex
and the largest theropod dinosaurs growing to the size of a modest house. On the list of documented theropods, you'll find every carnivorous dinosaur yet discovered, quite a few plant-gobbling species ...