Tag Archive for 'Ornithuromorpha'

Baminornis zhenghensis. Image credit: Chuang Zhao.

New Fossils from China Fill Gap in Early Evolutionary History of Birds

Feb 12, 2025 by Enrico de Lazaro

Paleontologists have unearthed the fossilized remains of two Jurassic bird species at a locality in Zhenghe county, Fujian province, southeast China. These...

Life reconstruction of Janavis finalidens. Image credit: Phillip Krzeminski.

Cretaceous-Period Toothed Bird Had Mobile Beak

Dec 1, 2022 by Enrico de Lazaro

Janavis finalidens — an extinct bird species that lived 66.7 million years ago and was one of the last toothed birds to ever live — had a mobile,...

Two New Prehistoric Bird Species Identified in China

Feb 22, 2022 by News Staff

Paleontologists have found six specimens from three species of ornithuromorph birds — two of which are new to science — at the Changma locality...

Life reconstruction of Kaririavis mater. Image credit: Divulgação.

Fossil of 115-Million-Year-Old Bird Found in Brazil

Nov 23, 2021 by Sergio Prostak

Paleontologists working in Brazil have uncovered the fossil of an ornithuromorph bird that lived during the Early Cretaceous epoch. Life reconstruction...

Archaeornithura meemannae stood about 6 inches (15 cm) tall on two legs that had no feathers. Image credit: Zongda Zhang / Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology, Bejing.

Archaeornithura meemannae: Earliest Known Ancestor of Modern Birds Discovered in China

May 6, 2015 by News Staff

An international team of paleontologists has described a new ornithuromorph bird that lived during the Hauterivian stage of the Early Cretaceous epoch,...