A new species of the early-diverging sauropodomorph Xingxiulong from the Lower Jurassic Lufeng Formation is erected on the ...

Octopuses are mysterious creatures of the animal kingdom, possessing unique qualities that make them stand out among ...

Paleontologists on the Isle of Skye in Scotland have unearthed the largest pterosaur known from the Jurassic period.

Baminornis is a landmark discovery and ranks among the most important bird fossils unearthed since the discovery ...

The short-tailed find with the forelimb of a raptor is an extremely rare example of the transition from dinosaurs to birds.

Birds are the most diverse land vertebrates. Some studies suggest their earliest diversification dates back to the Jurassic ...

“This fossil (Baminornis) indicates that Jurassic birds probably already had a global distribution and were much more ...

Scientists in China discover 150 million-year-old fossilised bird, Baminornis zhenghensis, revealing new insights into bird ...

2月13日，中国科学院古脊椎动物与古人类研究所与福建省地质调查研究院联合发布最新研究成果：通过对福建省政和动物群发现的侏罗纪鸟类化石的研究，发现 全球最古老的鸟类之一——“政和八闽鸟”（Baminornis zhenghensis） ...

A short-tailed bird fossil, stated to be the oldest dating back about 150 million years, was discovered by Chinese scientists ...

Chinese scientists have unearthed the oldest short-tailed bird fossil, dating back about 150 million years, in east China's ...