Jurassic flightless bird reveals early ecological diversity of avialans

T1Covered by 1 source · first reported by Nature / Science / Nature Biotechnology at 14 Oct, 00:00 UTC

Nature, Published online: 14 October 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10972-z A fossil bird from the Upper Jurassic Zhenghe Fauna of southeastern China contemporary with Archaeopteryx and that clearly could not fly sheds new light on the ecological diversification of early-diverging avialans.

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• T1Jurassic flightless bird reveals early ecological diversity of avialansNature / Science / Nature Biotechnology14 Oct, 00:00