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69-Million-Year-Old Fossil in Antartica Identified as Earliest Modern Bird

A prehistoric bird named Vegavis iaai has been identified as the earliest known ancestor of all living birds, dating back 69 million years.
The fossil skull was found on Vega Island near the Antarctic Peninsula, revealing the bird's adaptations for diving in shallow marine ecosystems.
The discovery provides insight into avian evolution just before the asteroid impact that led to dinosaur extinction.
Researchers believe there may be even older examples of anatomically modern birds yet to be discovered.

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ecoticias.com

Describe an extinct bird 'Vegavis iaai' which is the oldest of the modern ones known

Vegavis iaai is a species of anseriform birds that is considered extinct and that belonged to the family Vegaviidae. This is the only known member of the genus Vegavis and is known to belong to the clade of the Anseriformes. Vegavis iaai lived during the Upper Cretaceous of Antarctica (Maastriense Stadium), approximately 65 million years ago Among modern birds, the Vegavis is more related to the family of ducks and geese (Anatidae) although it i…

14 days ago

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Spiegel

Discovery in Antarctica: Early Bird Survived Dino Deaths

An almost complete animal skull shows that there were modern birds already at the time of dinosaurs. They lived in the ancient Antarctic, which had little to do with today's ice world.

14 days ago·Germany

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Greek Reporter

Fossil of the Oldest Known Modern Bird Discovered in Antarctica

A 69 million-year-old skull fossil discovered in Antarctica is an ancient relative of geese and ducks, making it the oldest known modern bird. Credits: El fosilmaníaco, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons. A 69 million-year-old skull fossil discovered in Antarctica is an ancient relative of geese and ducks, making it the oldest known modern bird. The fossil was identified to be from a species discovered 20 years ago named Vegavis iaai. This anci…

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Infobae

They discovered in Antarctica the fossil of the oldest modern bird, which lived 69 million years ago

The discovery of Vegavis iaai that inhabited the planet in the Cretaceous period suggests that the white continent was key to the evolution of current species

17 days ago·Buenos Aires, Argentina

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