#jeholbiota — Public Fediverse posts

Here’s the newly described #pterosaur that I only found out about yesterday, Meilifeilong youhao!!

#rubberhose #rubberhosestyle #Meilifeilongyouhao #JeholBiota #Chaoyangopterid

Here’s the newly described #pterosaur that I only found out about yesterday, Meilifeilong youhao!!

#rubberhose #rubberhosestyle #Meilifeilongyouhao #JeholBiota #Chaoyangopterid

Here’s the newly described #pterosaur that I only found out about yesterday, Meilifeilong youhao!!

#rubberhose #rubberhosestyle #Meilifeilongyouhao #JeholBiota #Chaoyangopterid

Here’s the newly described #pterosaur that I only found out about yesterday, Meilifeilong youhao!!

#rubberhose #rubberhosestyle #Meilifeilongyouhao #JeholBiota #Chaoyangopterid

Here’s the newly described #pterosaur that I only found out about yesterday, Meilifeilong youhao!!

#rubberhose #rubberhosestyle #Meilifeilongyouhao #JeholBiota #Chaoyangopterid

#Fossil reveals leaf-eating among earliest birds
https://phys.org/news/2023-08-fossil-reveals-leaf-eating-earliest-birds.htmp

Intra-gastric #phytoliths provide evidence for #folivory in basal #avialans of the Early #Cretaceous #JeholBiota https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-023-40311-z

"The #pheasant-sized #Jeholornis, a member of the second most primitive lineage of #birds, has teeth and a long bony tail like its predatory, feathered #dinosaur relatives... It had eaten tree leaves from a group of flowering #plants called #magnoliids."

Paleontologists Find Fossil of 119-Million-Year-Old Beaked Bird
https://www.sci.news/paleontology/confuciusornis-shifan-11528.html Paper: https://www.nature.com/articles/s42003-022-04316-6

#Confuciusornithidae is a clade of Early #Cretaceous pygostylian #birds known from the #JeholBiota of East Asia, and represents the earliest known toothless, beaked birds. #Confuciusornis shifan weighed less than 200 grams and was smaller than most other confuciusornithid species.

Paleontologists Find Fossil of 119-Million-Year-Old Beaked Bird
https://www.sci.news/paleontology/confuciusornis-shifan-11528.html Paper: https://www.nature.com/articles/s42003-022-04316-6

#Confuciusornithidae is a clade of Early #Cretaceous pygostylian #birds known from the #JeholBiota of East Asia, and represents the earliest known toothless, beaked birds. #Confuciusornis shifan weighed less than 200 grams and was smaller than most other confuciusornithid species.

Paleontologists Find Fossil of 119-Million-Year-Old Beaked Bird
https://www.sci.news/paleontology/confuciusornis-shifan-11528.html Paper: https://www.nature.com/articles/s42003-022-04316-6

#Confuciusornithidae is a clade of Early #Cretaceous pygostylian #birds known from the #JeholBiota of East Asia, and represents the earliest known toothless, beaked birds. #Confuciusornis shifan weighed less than 200 grams and was smaller than most other confuciusornithid species.

Paleontologists Find Fossil of 119-Million-Year-Old Beaked Bird
https://www.sci.news/paleontology/confuciusornis-shifan-11528.html Paper: https://www.nature.com/articles/s42003-022-04316-6

#Confuciusornithidae is a clade of Early #Cretaceous pygostylian #birds known from the #JeholBiota of East Asia, and represents the earliest known toothless, beaked birds. #Confuciusornis shifan weighed less than 200 grams and was smaller than most other confuciusornithid species.

Paleontologists Find Fossil of 119-Million-Year-Old Beaked Bird
https://www.sci.news/paleontology/confuciusornis-shifan-11528.html Paper: https://www.nature.com/articles/s42003-022-04316-6

#Confuciusornithidae is a clade of Early #Cretaceous pygostylian #birds known from the #JeholBiota of East Asia, and represents the earliest known toothless, beaked birds. #Confuciusornis shifan weighed less than 200 grams and was smaller than most other confuciusornithid species.