Fossil Birds since Archaeopteryx

Apr 18, 2013

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Cretaceous Birds. Ichthyornithiformes - tern-like fish-eatersmodern flight adaptations (keeled sternum, loss and fusion of bones, etc.). Cretaceous Birds. HesperornithiformesLarge (up to 5 ft. long), flightless, foot-propelled divers. Fish-eaters.Loon-like. Vestigial wings and unkeeled sternum, but some fusion of bones indicates ancestry from flying birds. Fossils of some forms occur in western SD..

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Fossil Birds since Archaeopteryx

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Archaeopteryx

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