What is the oldest duck species? - The Environmental Literacy …
1 天前 · Ducks as we know them today are not older than dinosaurs. However, the ancestors of modern ducks and chickens coexisted with dinosaurs more than 65 million years ago. Birds …
A 69-Million-Year Evolutionary Mystery: Scientists ... - SciTechDaily
2025年2月17日 · New clues explore the age-old question: Does a duck always look like a duck and quack like a duck? Sixty-six million years ago, ... the earliest known modern bird at 69 …
Cretaceous fossil from Antarctica reveals earliest modern bird
2025年2月7日 · Sixty-six million years ago, at the end of the Cretaceous Period, an asteroid impact near the Yucatán Peninsula of Mexico triggered the extinction of all known non-bird …
68 Million-Year-Old Antarctic Fossil Proves Existence …
2025年2月6日 · A Cretaceous-era skull found on Vega Island, Antarctica, has been confirmed as a member of the same order as ducks and geese, making …
Ancient duck-like creature discovered in Antarctica …
2025年2月5日 · Scientists in Antarctica have discovered what may be the oldest modern bird ever found. The 69 million-year-old fossil could finally put a longstanding debate about the origin of modern birds to...
An Antarctic Fossil From 69 Million Years Ago Reveals Earth’s Early ...
2025年2月5日 · A new paper published today in Nature tells us all about these ancestors of modern-day ducks. Assessing a newly found fossil of Vegavis iaai from the Late Cretaceous …
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After the asteroid, the earliest bird ancestors thrived in Antarctica ...
2025年2月5日 · It is a nearly complete Vegavis iaai skull, one of the earliest known birds dating back to the latest part of the Cretaceous Period (roughly 69.2 to 68.4 million years ago). The …
Ancient bird skull from Antarctica might be from early duck relative
2025年2月6日 · Birds evolved from dinosaurs millions of years ago – but the route from these avian ancestors to now is largely mysterious. Scientists now have a new waypoint on this …
Cretaceous–Paleogene extinction event - Wikipedia
4 天之前 · Evidence for extinctions caused by the Deccan Traps includes the reduction in diversity of marine life when the climate near the K–Pg boundary increased in temperature. The temperature increased about three to four …
Earth’s first waterfowl may have lived in Antarctica 69 million years …
2025年2月5日 · An ancient bird that swam in Antarctica’s balmier waters 69 million years ago may be the earliest known waterfowl on Earth, scientists say.
