1 posted on
07/25/2002 8:52:50 PM PDT by
gcruse
To: gcruse
Interesting. It looks like true birds came along much earlier than believed.
2 posted on
07/25/2002 8:58:54 PM PDT by
jimtorr
To: gcruse
It also has a long, bony (dinosaur) tail.
3 posted on
07/25/2002 9:02:25 PM PDT by
Nebullis
To: BMCDA
A placemarker! Just a placemarker!
13 posted on
07/26/2002 4:14:31 AM PDT by
BMCDA
To: gcruse
Jeholornis prima is the latest in a host of ancient birds found recently from places as far afield as Spain, Madagascar and China that illuminate the earliest stages of bird evolution. They come from an interval somewhat later than that of Archaeopteryx but show that the major features of modern bird form were sketched out in this period.
I wonder if it tasted like chicken?
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