Hold onto your , paleontology fans! A 150-million-year-old fossil discovered in China’s Fujian Province is shaking up our understanding of bird evolution. Meet Baminornis zhenghensis—a short-tailed bird with a dino-flavored twist that’s rewriting textbooks .
Found in Zhenghe County, this Jurassic-era bird sports a pygostyle, the fused tail bone seen in modern birds like sparrows or eagles. But here’s the kicker: its hands look straight out of a T. rex playbook . ‘It’s like finding a smartphone in the 1800s,’ said researcher Wang Min, comparing the fossil’s mix of ancient and modern traits.
The discovery pushes back the origin of modern bird features by 20 million years, suggesting our feathery friends might’ve first appeared 172-164 million years ago. ‘This blows the Archaeopteryx out of the water as the Jurassic’s only known bird,’ added CAS academician Zhou Zhonghe.
Published in Nature, this research—a collab between Chinese paleontologists and geologists—gives new wings to debates about when birds truly began to soar . Who knew Jurassic Park’s real stars were hiding in Fujian all along?
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, paleontology fans! A 150-million-year-old fossil discovered in China’s Fujian Province is shaking up our understanding of bird evolution. Meet Baminornis zhenghensis—a short-tailed bird with a dino-flavored twist that’s rewriting textbooks 
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. ‘It’s like finding a smartphone in the 1800s,’ said researcher Wang Min, comparing the fossil’s mix of ancient and modern traits.
The discovery pushes back the origin of modern bird features by 20 million years, suggesting our feathery friends might’ve first appeared 172-164 million years ago. ‘This blows the Archaeopteryx out of the water as the Jurassic’s only known bird,’ added CAS academician Zhou Zhonghe.
. Who knew Jurassic Park’s real stars were hiding in Fujian all along?
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