Some Jurassic period birds were flightless
Researchers said the 1.8-pound bird had short wings, serrated teeth and a sickle-shaped claw, suggesting early birds evolved in more than one way.
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Flying dinosaurs appeared during the Jurassic period of the Mesozoic era. They are Archaeopteryx, feathered dinosaurs and early birds. Research results have revealed that during the same period, there were birds that chose the ground instead of the sky. Although they are closer to modern birds than Archaeopteryx, they were incapable of flight due to their short forelimbs. This serves as evidence that the evolutionary process of dinosaurs into bi…
The discovery of ‘Yuezhuornis yangyuanensis’ adds new arguments to the debate about the origin of flight in the ancestors of modern birds
Chinese fossil of bird with undersized wings scrambles avian evolution
By Will Dunham Oct 14 (Reuters) - Scientists have discovered the fossil of a crow-sized bird that lived in China roughly 150 million years ago and possessed undersized wings that may have made it more of a runner than a flier — a discovery that paints ...
(Seoul = Yonhap News) Reporter Lee Joo-young = Did the ancestors of birds evolve only in a direction suitable for flying from the beginning?
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