#phaethontiformes — Public Fediverse posts
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Paleocene Fossil Illuminates Early Evolutionary History of Tropicbirds
https://www.sci.news/paleontology/clymenoptilon-novaezealandicum-12233.htmlPartial skeleton from the #Paleocene of New Zealand illuminates the early evolutionary history of the #Phaethontiformes (#tropicbirds) https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/03115518.2023.2246528
"These #pelagic #birds are relics of a once much more widespread and diverse group of birds, whose #fossil record goes back into the earliest #Paleogene. The newly-identified species lived in what is now #NewZealand 62 million years ago."