Dino-Era Bird Fossil Found; One of Oldest Known
Tuesday, May 6, 2008 - 17:28
in Paleontology & Archaeology
The 131-million-year-old Confucius bird was built more aerodynamically than earlier fliers such as Archaeopteryx.
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