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The prehistoric pigeon: Small bird that flew above the dinosaurs 120 million years ago [tr]
UK Daily Mail ^ | November 15, 2019 | Sophie Curtis

Posted on 11/15/2019 6:28:15 AM PST by C19fan

Remains of one of the world's first birds that flew above the dinosaurs 120 million years ago have been unearthed in Japan.

About the size of a pigeon, the creature had grey and brown feathers. It could shake its tail, and possibly flap its wings, according to scientists.

Named Fukuipteryx prima, its remarkably preserved bones were found entombed in rock that dates back to the Early Cretaceous period.

This is the period when real birds were beginning to appear. Fukuipteryx is the first primitive bird from this time found outside China.

(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Pets/Animals
KEYWORDS: birds; cretaceous; dinosaurs; fukuipteryxprima; godsgravesglyphs; paleontology
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1 posted on 11/15/2019 6:28:15 AM PST by C19fan
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To: C19fan; Uversabound; SaveFerris; PROCON; FredZarguna; mylife; Lil Flower; Corky Ramirez; ...
I wonder what kind of deal they had with the dinosauers?


2 posted on 11/15/2019 6:32:19 AM PST by Gamecock (Time is short Eternity is long It is reasonable that this short life be lived in light of eternity)
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To: C19fan
Dodo. Actually an extinct flightless pigeon


3 posted on 11/15/2019 6:37:22 AM PST by Vaquero ( Don't pick a fight with an old guy. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you.)
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To: SunkenCiv

Bump


4 posted on 11/15/2019 6:38:37 AM PST by Vaquero ( Don't pick a fight with an old guy. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you.)
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To: Vaquero

It’s be awful to be a bird that couldn’t fly.


5 posted on 11/15/2019 6:40:45 AM PST by boycott
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To: Gamecock

LOL. We had a deal.


6 posted on 11/15/2019 6:41:03 AM PST by boycott
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7 posted on 11/15/2019 6:43:11 AM PST by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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8 posted on 11/15/2019 6:50:21 AM PST by Larry Lucido
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9 posted on 11/15/2019 6:51:25 AM PST by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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10 posted on 11/15/2019 7:03:38 AM PST by null and void (Convicted spies are shot, traitors are hanged, saboteurs are subject to summary execution...)
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To: C19fan

A lot of democrat presidential contenders are like the prehistoric pigeons...


11 posted on 11/15/2019 7:10:06 AM PST by sanjuanbob
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To: null and void

Science is amazing!!! I mean wow, to be able to tell the color of the feathers from some petrified bones, is beyond amazing.


12 posted on 11/15/2019 7:13:57 AM PST by Pocketdoor
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To: Pocketdoor

If you believe that, they’ll tell you another one. Naah! They’ll probably tell us more, regardless.


13 posted on 11/15/2019 7:20:10 AM PST by Tucker39 ("It is impossible to rightly govern a nation without God and the Bible." George Washington)
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To: Pocketdoor

The artist got it wrong. It was blue.


14 posted on 11/15/2019 7:30:24 AM PST by null and void (Convicted spies are shot, traitors are hanged, saboteurs are subject to summary execution...)
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To: Pocketdoor

Clever.

If you were painting the bird what color would you use..


15 posted on 11/15/2019 7:35:04 AM PST by Balding_Eagle ( The Great Wall of Trump ---- 100% sealing of the border. Coming soon.)
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To: Pocketdoor

Clever.

If you were painting the bird what color would you use..


16 posted on 11/15/2019 7:39:56 AM PST by Balding_Eagle ( The Great Wall of Trump ---- 100% sealing of the border. Coming soon.)
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To: Balding_Eagle

Hot pink, with fluorescent green for the flight feathers.

No less believable...


17 posted on 11/15/2019 7:40:48 AM PST by Don W (When blacks riot, neighbourhoods and cities burn. When whites riot, nations and continents burn.)
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To: dfwgator

After seeing that, I bet John Kruk was happy he ducked at the 1993 all-star game.


18 posted on 11/15/2019 7:43:12 AM PST by EvilCapitalist (If it takes a bloodbath, let's get it over with. No more appeasement. -Ronald Reagan)
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To: C19fan

One of the first birds until they find older birds.


19 posted on 11/15/2019 7:57:02 AM PST by bgill
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Most of my pigeons are blue. So I would paint it blue with dark blue bars on the wings.


20 posted on 11/15/2019 8:38:33 AM PST by Pocketdoor
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