A Beautiful, Extinct Bird

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In 2021, a fossil of an evidently beautiful bird the size of a bluejay was unearthed from sedimentary deposits in northeastern China. The bird—named Yuanchuavis—had a unique combination of different types of tail feathers not seen before.

“It had a fan of short feathers at the base and then two extremely long plumes,” says [Jingmai O’Connor, a paleontologist at … More…

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Source: icr.org

    

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