Poisonous prehistoric 'raptor' discovered by research team from Kansas and China

Monday, December 21, 2009 - 21:56 in Paleontology & Archaeology

LAWRENCE, Kan. -- A group of University of Kansas researchers working with Chinese colleagues have discovered a venomous, birdlike raptor that thrived some 128 million years ago in China. This is the first report of venom in the lineage that leads to modern birds.

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