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Jurassic Fossil Discovery in China
February 18 , 2025
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- A short-tailed bird fossil, stated to be the oldest dating back about 150 million years, was discovered in east China.
- Its short tail ends in a compound bone called the pygostyle, a feature uniquely present in modern birds.
- This indicates that the body structure of the modern birds emerged in the Late Jurassic Period, 20 million years earlier than previously known.
- This suggests that birds might have originated earlier than previously thought.
- The emergence of the earliest birds could be traced back to an even earlier time, possibly 172 million to 164 million years ago.
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