Jurassic fossil found in east China challenges assumptions about early bird evolution-Xinhua

Jurassic fossil found in east China challenges assumptions about early bird evolution

Source: Xinhua

Editor: huaxia

2026-10-17 12:18:16

A newly unearthed Jurassic fossil was found in Zhenghe County, east China's Fujian Province. What makes this bird so surprising is not how well it flew, but the fact that it likely did not fly at all.

The 150-million-year-old bird, named Yuezhuornis yangyuanensis, was about the size of a crow and lived during the Late Jurassic period.

According to the study, Yuezhuornis is the earliest known example of a bird losing the ability to fly. For more: xhtxs.cn/bfGl

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