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Early Birds Had Dinosaur Feet
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| Contributor | Homegrown Democrat |
| Last Edited | Homegrown Democrat Dec 01, 2005 04:28pm |
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| Media | TV News - FOX News |
| News Date | Thursday, December 1, 2005 10:00:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | When it comes to feet, the earliest known bird species had more in common with Velociraptors than cardinals.
Modern bird feet have a hind toe that points backward and helps the birds perch on branches, power lines and pirates' shoulders.
Until a recent discovery of an extremely well preserved skeleton of the earliest known bird species, Archaeopteryx, scientists believed it too had a "perching toe."
The new fossil, known as the "Thermopolis specimen," is incredibly well preserved. It left clear impressions of its wing and tail feathers in the limestone it was encased in, and the skull is the best preserved of all the ten specimens ever discovered. |
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