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The discovery of a well-preserved fossil is helping researchers learn more about an iconic Jurassic-period dinosaur.

Researchers in China found Baminornis zhenghensis, which lived at roughly the same time as the famous Archaeopteryx but ...

"Yet, for more than 150 years now, Archaeopteryx had stood alone. During all of that time it had remained as the only unquestionable bird fossil from the Jurassic Period," said Brusatte, who wrote a ...

Groundbreaking discovery in East China's Fujian province reveals the oldest confirmed bird fossil from the Jurassic period. [Photo/chinadaily.com.cn] Groundbreaking discovery in East China's ...

Scientists have unearthed in southeastern China the fossil of a quail-sized bird that lived about 150 million years ago during the Jurassic Period and possessed surprisingly modern traits ...