Ancient Bird Coughed Up 'Fishy' Pellet 120 Million Years Ago
Friday, October 28, 2016 - 06:01
in Paleontology & Archaeology
About 120 million years ago, a bird dunked its beak into the water, caught a fish and, after digesting the meal, coughed up a pellet full of fish bones. The bird died moments later, but now its fossils are the oldest evidence of a bird pellet on record.