what is the name of the oldest found fossil of a bird
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Early bird beat Archaeopteryx to worm by 10m years A prehistoric beast the size of a pheasant has become a contender for the title of oldest bird to stalk the Earth. The small, feathered Dawn bird lived around 160m years ago, about 10m years before Archaeopteryx, which holds the official title of the earliest bird known to science.
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- Until the late 20th century, all groups of dinosaurs were believed to be extinct; however, the fossil record indicates that birds are the modern descendants of feathered dinosaurs, having evolved from theropod ancestors during the Jurassic Period, and are now termed avian dinosaurs.
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130-Million-Year-Old Fossil from China is the Oldest Relative of Today's Birds These fossils have more in common with a modern bird than any found from such an early stage in their evolution, Wang says. In addition to the exceptionally preserved plumage, they had other anatomical features that indicate maneuverability during flight, such as the small projection on the front edge of their wings.
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- The first birds are thought to have evolved from a group of small, carnivorous dinosaurs called theropods. The earliest known bird is Archaeopteryx, an ancient bird that was discovered when its fossil remains were unearthed in the early 1860s.hese six basic animal groups include: amphibians, birds, fish, invertebrates, mammals, and reptiles. When you have a understanding of these six groups, you'll be on your way to grasping the basic characteristics of virtually every animal on the planet.
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Scientists in Australia find what could be oldest known fossils Fossils of 3.5-billion-year-old microbial communities were discovered in Australia. Credit: Nora Noffke Scientists have found fossil evidence of ancient microbial communities that lived 3.5 billion years ago. The new fossils, described in the journal Astrobiology, may be among the most ancient fossil life forms ever found. This is one of the, or the, oldest fossils ever found. You've got a 3.5-billion-year-old ecosystem, said study co-author Robert Hazen, an earth scientist at the Carnegie Institution for Science in Washington, D.C.
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Amber fossil links earliest grasses, dinosaurs and fungus used to produce LSD CORVALLIS, Ore. – A perfectly preserved amber fossil from Myanmar has been found that provides evidence of the earliest grass specimen ever discovered – about 100 million years old – and even then it was topped by a fungus similar to ergot, which for eons has been intertwined with animals and humans.
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Calcar This membrane can form a basket or pouch to help catch and hold insects captured in flight. The oldest known ancestor to present day bats, Icaronycteris index, apparently did not have a calcar or spur as evidenced by fossil remains. The oldest known bat with a calcar is Onychonycteris. Calcar (Femorale) also refers to the dense, vertically oriented bone present in the posteroemedial region of the femoral shaft inferior to the lesser trochanter of the femur. ^ The Anatomy of Bats.
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Oldest Dinosaur Found? Rediscovered fossils push dawn of dinosaurs back 10 to 15 million years. Nyasasaurus parringtoni, possibly the oldest dinosaur, is seen in an artist's rendering.
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- They weren’t birds, just dinosaurs with feathers! So far, no T-rex fossils have ever been found with feathers. Feathers, however, are not commonly preserved, and T-rex is very closely related to dinosaurs that had feathers, so it’s possible that T-rex was covered with feathers.
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Was the most recent common ancestor of birds and mammals warm-blooded? Probably not, but the matter is still being debated. The nearest common ancestor of birds and mammals was probably an eight-inch long reptile that lived anywhere between 320 and 340 million years ago.
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- This undated image released by the Atapuerca Research Team (EIA) on March 26, 2008, shows a small piece of jawbone unearthed in a cave in Spain. The jawbone is the oldest known fossil of a human ancestor in Europe and suggests the continent was peopled much earlier than previously believed, scientists say.
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Archosaur Birds are descendants of the dinosaurs, and are therefore archosaurs. Champsosaurs became extinct in the Oligocene. Crocodilians (which include all modern crocodiles, alligators, and gharials) and birds flourish to-day, and it is generally agreed that birds have the most species of all air-breathing vertebrates. The hip sockets faced sideways but the knobs on the femurs were at right angles to the rest of the femur, which therefore pointed downwards. 2  Dinosaurs evolved from archosaurs with this hip arrangement. 3  The hip sockets faced downwards and the knobs on the femurs were in line with the femur.
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The Average Hourly Wage of a Restaurant Cook Hotel and motel restaurants paid an average of $13.36 per hour, while limited-service restaurants averaged $9.98 per hour. Shipboard cooks were among the highest-paid, averaging $17.72 per hour. Cooks' wages are often closely related to the minimum wage in a given area, and vary correspondingly from state to state.
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Dinosaursâ Living Descendants The fossils finally have confirmed, to all but a few skeptics, that birds descended from dinosaurs and are the living representatives of a dinosaur lineage called the Maniraptorans. Most dinosaurs were not part of the lineage that gave rise to birds; they occupied other branches of the dinosaur family tree. Sinosauropteryx, in fact, was what paleontologists call a non-avian dinosaur, even though it had feathers.
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Could scientists resurrect the dodo bird? The dodo -- an extinct bird made famous in traveling exhibitions and works of fiction -- may be ready for a comeback. In early July 2007, scientists working on the island of Mauritius, east of Madagascar off of the coast of Africa, announced the discovery of the best preserved dodo skeleton ever found.irst, let's get to know the dodo, an animal that continues to live quite a life in popular culture and our lexicon, even after its extinction more than 300 years ago. Dutch and Portuguese explorers discovered dodos in 1598, and the bird went extinct about 80 years later.
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Biggest Bird Ever Discovered: 4 Fast Facts About Pelagornis Sandersi Biggest Bird Ever Discovered: 4 Fast Facts About Pelagornis Sandersi. A rare discovery was made of the world's largest-ever flying bird: the Pelagornis sandersi (P. sandersi). Scientists have identified and analyzed the fossils to confirm the claim of the extinct bird specimen.
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Siberian Discovery Suggests Almost All Dinosaurs Were Feathered (Related: Dinosaur-Era Fossil Shows Birds' Feathers Evolved Before Flight.) Now in a discovery reported by an international team in the journal Science, the new dinosaur species, Kulindadromeus zabaikalicus (KOO-lin-dah-DRO-mee-us ZAH-bike-kal-ik-kuss), suggests that feathers were all in the family.
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Are Birds Really Dinosaurs? There are numerous skeletal resemblances between birds and other reptiles; these form the basis of the cladistic analyses done by Gauthier and others. Coelurosaurian dinosaurs are thought to be the closest relatives of birds, in fact, birds are considered to be coelurosaurs. This is based on Gauthier's and others' cladistic analyses of the skeletal morphology of these animals. Bones are used because bones are normally the only features preserved in the fossil record.
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- The oldest known surviving Ruby-throated Hummingbird is a banded bird that was 6 years 11 months old. The oldest known hummingbird life span for a Rufous Hummingbird is a banded bird that was 8 years 1 month old.
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World's first bird? Fossil may qualify as oldest Still, the feathers on the Chinese fossil are not well-preserved, and thus it is difficult to tell is it might have been capable of flight. Others still believe the Archaeopteryx holds the distinction as the first bird: Slightly younger than the Aurornis, it is considered the oldest known feathered dinosaur.
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Theropoda In the Jurassic, birds evolved from small specialized coelurosaurian theropods, and are today represented by 9,900 living species. Among the features linking theropod dinosaurs to birds are the three-toed foot, a furcula (wishbone), air-filled bones, brooding of the eggs, and (in some cases) feathers.
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Oldest Fossil Evidence for Animals Found The oldest fossilized evidence of animals has been unearthed in Oman and reveals that tiny sea sponges were abundant 635 million years ago, long before most of the planet's other major animal groups evolved, according to a new analysis.
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Have Scientists Found the Worldâs Oldest Fossils? In a new study, a team of scientists announced it has discovered the world’s oldest fossils, dating back some 3.77 billion years (and possibly as far back as 4.28 billion years). The remarkable find, detailed yesterday in the journal Nature, is comprised of a series of microscopic filaments and tubes that researchers believe were formed by bacteria that thrived on iron.
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Scientists discover what may be the biggest bird ever to fly 1 The P. sandersi may be the largest flying bird ever. 2  It had paper-thin hollow bones, but may have needed a running start to fly. 3  Scientists believe it lived 25 million to 28 million years ago.  Construction workers found the bones while building an airport terminal.
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Spreading Their Wings to Longest on Record Spreading Their Wings to Longest on Record. The wandering albatross has the largest known wingspan of any living bird, at times reaching nearly 12 feet. But millions of years ago, there was a bird with wings that dwarfed those of the albatross, researchers now report. The newly named species, Pelagornis chilensis, which lived about 5 million to 10 million years ago, had a wingspan of at least 17 feet. This is the largest wingspan known in any bird. Although other, larger estimates have been made, they were based on fossils of feathers, and not on an intact skeleton, as in this case. The report is in The Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology.
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5-Year-Old Boy Finds Ancient Dinosaur Fossil in United States PRINT. COMMENTS. Five-year-old boy, Wylie Brys discovered the fossil of 100-million-year-old dinosaur in Texas. Washington: A five-year-old boy has discovered the fossil of what scientists believe could be a 100-million-year-old dinosaur behind a shopping center in Texas.Wylie Brys found the fossil with his father Tim, who works at the Dallas Zoo, on a patch of land behind a shopping center in Mansfield last Sepetember.RINT. COMMENTS. Five-year-old boy, Wylie Brys discovered the fossil of 100-million-year-old dinosaur in Texas. Washington: A five-year-old boy has discovered the fossil of what scientists believe could be a 100-million-year-old dinosaur behind a shopping center in Texas.