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[Richard Klim]

Godefroit, Cau, Hu, Escuillié, Wu & Dyke (in press). A Jurassic avialan dinosaur from China resolves the early phylogenetic history of birds. Nature. [preview] [supp info]

Nature News: New contender for first bird.

BBC News: Archaeopteryx restored in fossil reshuffle.

The Guardian: Early bird beat Archaeopteryx to worm by 10m years.

PS. Oops, old news! Already posted yesterday by Niels: Bird origins.

 

[chris butterworth]

I liked the quote from Paul Barrett " There is a really grey, wobbly line between the two ", concerning the difference between 'dinosaurs' and 'birds'. Sums up a lot of taxonomy.

Chris