Paleontologists have found the first complete skull of a controversial prehistoric bird. Known as Vegavis iaai, the bird thrived in late-Cretaceous Antarctica, then a tropical paradise. About a ...
The Late Cretaceous modern (crown) bird,Vegavis iaai, pursuit diving for fish in the shallow ocean off the coast of the Antarctic peninsula, with ammonites and plesiosaurs forcompany. (Credit: Mark ...
A near complete skull fossil found in Antarctica has revealed the oldest known modern bird — a mallard duck-size creature related to the waterfowl that live by lakes and oceans today, a new study has ...
A rare fossil discovery in Antarctica has upended scientific understanding of ancient marine reptiles. Buried beneath 68 million years of sediment, a soft-shelled egg as big as a football has emerged ...
Skull of ancient bird Vegavis is 69 million years old Key traits define Vegavis as anatomically modern bird Antarctica had a temperate climate during Cretaceous Period Feb 5 (Reuters) - Near the end ...
An ancient bird that swam in Antarctica’s balmier waters 69 million years ago may be the earliest known waterfowl on Earth, scientists say. Birds were the only dinosaurs to survive the end-Cretaceous ...
DURHAM MUSEUM, THERE’S A NEW EXHIBIT CALLED ANTARCTIC DINOSAURS. YEAH. AND JOINING US TODAY TO TALK ABOUT THE EXHIBIT IS ONE OF THE. CO CURATORS, DOCTOR NATHAN SMITH. DOCTOR SMITH, THANK YOU FOR BEING ...
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Humongous fossil egg from over 48 million years ago in Antarctica
Ancient Antarctic Sea Monster May Have Laid This Football-Size Egg. A 68 million-year-old egg the size of a football — the ...
Two hundred million years ago, icy Antarctica was a lush, temperate region, home to crocodile-sized amphibians and rhinoceros-sized dinosaurs. The exhibit Antarctic Dinosaurs will reveal this lost ...
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Frozen for 68 Million Years, a Giant Egg Called ‘The Thing’ Found in Antarctica Is Turning Prehistoric Science Upside Down
A leathery fossil unearthed from Antarctic sediment is overturning core ideas about how Earth’s dominant marine reptiles ...
Scientists had nicknamed it "The Thing" -- a mysterious football-sized fossil discovered in Antarctica that sat in a Chilean museum awaiting someone who could work out just what it was. The fossil ...
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