Cretaceous

Fig. 1. Photograph of the 120 million year old Cratonavis zhui bird. 1 credit It is now widely believed that birds descended from dinosaurs. It is also understood that this transition encompasses some of the most dramatic morphological, functional and ecological transformations, thus ultimately giving rise to the characteristic body plan of the bird. However, …

Strange bird from China’s Cretaceous shows evolutionarily decoupled skull and body Read More »