Scientists discovered two Jurassic bird fossils in China, pushing back bird diversification by 20 million years. One, ...

It had feathers and wings, so it was clearly a bird — but it sported a long tail and sharp claws, which seemed reptilian. A smattering of other feathery Jurassic fossils, including those known ...

Jurassic bird fossil discovery of a species named Baminornis zhenghensis pushes bird evolution timeline back 20 million years.

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While this species is sometimes described as the first bird, other scientists would describe it as bird-like. Archaeopteryx’s long, bony tail is one of the features that show it comes very early in ...

While Archaeopteryx boasts a long and skinny tail resembling a raptor dinosaur like Velociraptor, Baminornis has the shortened tail of a modern bird - an important aerodynamic innovation that ...