CT scans of toothed bird fossil leads to jaw-dropping discovery

Dating back more than 65m years, specimen ’s mobile palate challenges understanding of avian evolutionFossil experts have cooked the goose of a key tenet in avian evolution after finding a premodern bird from more than 65m years ago that could move its beak like modern fowl.The toothy animal was discovered in the 1990s by an amateur fossil collector at a quarry in Belgium and dates to about 66.7m years ago – shortly before theasteroid strike that wiped out non-avian dinosaurs.Continue reading...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - Category: Science Authors: Tags: Fossils Biology Evolution Science Birds Animals Source Type: news