Fossil overturns more than a century of knowledge about the origin of modern birds (IMAGE)
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Artist’s reconstruction of the world’s last known toothed bird, Janavis finalidens. This reconstruction is based on the original fossil bones of Janavis and comparisons with its close relative Ichthyornis, as well as inspiration from modern marine birds such as gulls and petrels. Janavis was a large marine bird with long wings and teeth in its jaws, and would have hunted for fish and squid in warm Late Cretaceous seas.
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Phillip Krzeminski
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