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Ancient bird is missing link to Archaeopteryx

Fri, 05/02/2008 - 21:23 — NLN

A spectacularly preserved new Chinese fossil reveals a previously unseen stage in the early evolution of flight.

Called Eoconfuciusornis, it is a missing link between the oldest known bird, Archaeopteryx, and more advanced birds that have been discovered in the Yixian geological formation in China.

Read full story at New Scientist.

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