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52-million-bird fossil found with feathers still attached
FoxNews.com/Science ^ | Feb 8, 2019 | Chris Ciaccia | Fox News

Posted on 02/08/2019 9:02:16 AM PST by ETL

A 52-million-year fossil of a "perching bird" has been found in Wyoming with its feathers still attached, a discovery that "no one's ever seen before."

Also known as passerines, the perching bird was discovered in Fossil Lake, WY. Passerines are well-known for eating seeds, as most modern-day birds do and account for approximately 65 percent of the 10,000 different species of birds alive today.

"This is one of the earliest known perching birds. It's fascinating because passerines today make up most of all bird species, but they were extremely rare back then. This particular piece is just exquisite," said Field Museum Neguanee Distinguished Service Curator Lance Grande, author of a paper on the bird, in a statement. "It is a complete skeleton with the feathers still attached, which is extremely rare in the fossil record of birds."

The study has been published in the scientific journal Current Biology.

Now known as Eofringillirostrum boudreauxi, the bird had a "finch-like beak," similar to modern day finches and sparrows, which could give clues as to its diet.

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TOPICS: Chit/Chat; History; Science
KEYWORDS: birdfossil; boudreauxi; dinosaurs; eofringillirostrum; fossillake; godsgravesglyphs; paleontology; wyoming
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To: Larry Lucido

I didn’t think Nancy Pelosi was a day over 25 million years old?


21 posted on 02/08/2019 10:50:35 AM PST by blueunicorn6 ("A crack shot and a good dancer")
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To: Larry Lucido

I thought all fruit cake was fifty million years old.


22 posted on 02/08/2019 11:13:02 AM PST by sparklite2 (Don't mind me. I'm just a contrarian.)
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To: outofsalt

“52-million-bird fossil found with feathers still attached”

Another Ginsburg sighting.


23 posted on 02/08/2019 11:14:05 AM PST by Bonemaker (invictus maneo)
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To: ETL

I have seen clouds of mosquitoes at Mille Lacs lake in Minnesota do this. Drain you dry if you do not find shelter.


24 posted on 02/08/2019 1:48:00 PM PST by minnesota_bound
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To: ETL

Thanks. There is a Creator and He is good.


25 posted on 02/08/2019 3:15:37 PM PST by Slyfox (Not my circus, not my monkeys)
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To: SunkenCiv

*ping*


26 posted on 02/08/2019 8:06:56 PM PST by fieldmarshaldj ("It's Slappin' Time !")
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To: fieldmarshaldj; StayAt HomeMother; Ernest_at_the_Beach; 1ofmanyfree; 21twelve; 24Karet; ...
Thanks fieldmarshaldj. Productive day!

27 posted on 02/09/2019 1:51:46 AM PST by SunkenCiv (and btw -- https://www.gofundme.com/for-rotator-cuff-repair-surgery)
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To: ETL

All these different era fossils jumbled together in one lake? Hmmmm....


28 posted on 02/09/2019 3:29:32 AM PST by xzins (Retired US Army chaplain. Support our troops by praying for their victory.)
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To: outofsalt

OMG.

I forgot about that thing.

Somewhere, I had another wearing a Billy Jack hat when Tom Laughlin was being an ass.

:D


29 posted on 02/09/2019 4:14:54 AM PST by Salamander (Death makes angels of us all, and give us wings where we once had shoulders, smooth as ravens' claws)
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To: Salamander

A collectors item!


30 posted on 02/09/2019 4:44:30 AM PST by outofsalt (If history teaches us anything, it's that history rarely teaches us anything.)
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To: SunkenCiv; ETL

Looks like the bird from the KAOS coat of arms


31 posted on 02/09/2019 5:55:29 AM PST by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
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To: ETL

Probably victims of ancient wind turbines.


32 posted on 02/09/2019 6:08:51 AM PST by PistolPaknMama
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To: BenLurkin
Related image


33 posted on 02/09/2019 7:41:11 AM PST by ETL (Obama-Hillary, REAL Russia collusion! Uranium-One Deal, Missile Defense, Iran Deal, Nukes: Click ETL)
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To: Ezekiel; ETL

34 posted on 02/10/2019 9:24:41 AM PST by Daffynition (Rudy: What are you up to today? :))
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35 posted on 05/05/2019 12:25:51 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
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