Scientists uncovered a 149-million-year-old bird fossil in southeastern China with unexpectedly modern traits they believe could rewrite the evolutionary history of birds. The recently ...

Two bird fossils dating back 149 million years to the Jurassic era have been unearthed in Fujian Province, southeast China. These fossils bridge a gap in our knowledge of early bird evolution.

of the Chinese Academy of Sciences has discovered two bird fossils in Jurassic-era rocks from Fujian Province in southeast China. These rocks date back approximately 149 million years. The fossils ...

FUZHOU, Feb. 13 (Xinhua) -- Chinese scientists have unearthed the oldest short-tailed bird fossil, dating back about 150 million years, in east China's Fujian Province. This suggests that birds ...

Scientists have found a Jurassic-age fossil in China that changes our understanding of bird evolution. The fossil, named Baminornis zhenghensis, suggests that birds developed sophisticated flight ...

A set of fossils discovered in East China's Fujian province has been identified as the only known unambiguous record of Jurassic birds, pushing back the origin of birds to the late Middle Jurassic ...

CCTV Chinese scientists have discovered one of the world's oldest bird fossils of Baminornis zhenghensis in East China's Fujian Province, which is also the only confirmed Jurassic avian to date ...

Before Baminornis, the oldest known short-tailed bird fossil was Confuciusornis from the Jehol Biota (the ecosystem of northeastern China between 133 and 120 million years ago), dating to about 125 ...

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[Photo provided to chinadaily.com.cn] Groundbreaking discovery in East China's Fujian province reveals the oldest confirmed bird fossil from the Jurassic period. A research team led by professor ...