Oldest Known Bird Had Dinosaur Feet, Unlike Any Modern Bird Species....

New Scientist Jeff Hecht December 2, 2005 at 12:25 PM

The oldest known bird was closer to a dinosaur than previously thought – a discovery that confuses the evolutionary tree as we currently understand it.

An exceptionally well preserved new fossil reveals a foot and skull that more closely resemble those of a group of two-legged predatory dinosaurs called the known as dromeosaurs, than modern birds.

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