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Two Ostrich Ancestors, No Bigger Than Chickens, Discovered in Wyoming Fossils
Posted by Blake de Pastino on July 28, 2016 in birds, Cenozoic, Eocene, evolution, feathers, fossils, Paleogene, Paleontology, Wyoming
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‘Unusual’ Fossil Egg Reveals Evolutionary Link Between Dinosaurs and Birds
Posted by Blake de Pastino on October 9, 2013 in birds, birds are dinosaurs, dinosaur behavior, dinosaurs, Eggs, evolution, feathers, fossils, Nebraska, Paleontology, sex, T. rex, Tyrannosaurus rex
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Extinct Tropical Bird Discovered in Wyoming
Posted by Blake de Pastino on July 12, 2013 in birds, birds are dinosaurs, Ciconiiformes, Eocene, fossils, Paleontology, waterbirds, Wyoming
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Tiny Fossil Discovered in Wyoming Reveals Great-Granddaddy of Hummingbirds
Posted by Blake de Pastino on May 1, 2013 in birds, birds are dinosaurs, fossils, Paleontology, Wyoming

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Two Ostrich Ancestors, No Bigger Than Chickens, Discovered in Wyoming Fossils

Blake de Pastino / July 28, 2016

Although no bigger than chickens, a pair of 50-million-year-old fossil birds turn out to be…

Velociraptor picture

‘Unusual’ Fossil Egg Reveals Evolutionary Link Between Dinosaurs and Birds

Blake de Pastino / October 9, 2013

Millions of years after the reptilian animals we know as dinosaurs disappeared, some of their…

Extinct Tropical Bird Discovered in Wyoming

Blake de Pastino / July 12, 2013

Providing yet another reminder of how much the land — and the life on it…

E. rowei bird fossil

Tiny Fossil Discovered in Wyoming Reveals Great-Granddaddy of Hummingbirds

Blake de Pastino / May 1, 2013

A petite and exquisitely preserved 50-million-year old fossil reveals the remains of a lustrous black…