New tiny 44 million year old bird fossil links Africa and Asia to Utah
Tuesday, March 3, 2020 - 12:30
in Paleontology & Archaeology
A new species of quail-sized fossil bird from 44 million year old sediments in Utah fills in a gap in the fossil record of the early extinct relatives of chickens and turkeys, and it shows strong links with other extinct species from Namibia in Southern Africa and Uzbekistan in Central Asia.