#precocial — Public Fediverse posts

#Fossils reveal how ancient #birds molted, could explain why modern birds survived while other #dinosaurs died https://phys.org/news/2023-07-fossils-reveal-ancient-birds-molted.html

Immature #feathers preserved in #Burmite provide evidence of rapid molting in #enantiornithines: Jingmai O'Connor et al. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0195667123001003

"the pressures of being a #precocial baby bird that had to keep itself warm, while undergoing a rapid molt, might have been a factor in the ultimate doom of the Enantiornithines."

Evidence for #precocial young in #sauropods, plus advanced #communication capabilities. This supports the idea that these were highly social creatures.

Did “little” #Brontosaurus 🦕 follow their parents around like goslings?

Title: Neurovascular #anatomy of dwarf #dinosaur implies precociality in sauropods (Schade et al. 2022)

Link: https://elifesciences.org/articles/82190

Quote: “…fast-growing and autonomous giants with manifold facets of reproductive and #social #behaviour.”