Flightless Jurassic bird was like a carnivorous pheasant with killer claws
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Illustration of the flightless Jurassic bird Yuezhuornis yangyuanensis, which had features of both birds and dinosaurs. (Image credit: Mr. Chung-Tat Cheung)Paleontologists in China have discovered a small Jurassic bird that was likely a land-based predator — like a carnivorous pheasant with killer claws. It had some features of birds and others of dinosaurs, suggesting that the earliest birds had a greater diversity of lifestyles than previously recognized.Jurassic birds first emerged 150 millio
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