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This Gigantic Bird Had a 20 Foot Wingspan and a Terrifying Beak with Teeth
The Pelagornis belonged to the family Pelagornithidae. These birds existed from the Late Paleocene age to the Late Pliocene ...
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A Weird Prehistoric Bird Had 'Overpowered' Teeth: Now We May Know Why
"Longipteryx is one of my favorite fossil birds, because it's just so weird—it has this long skull, and teeth only at the tip of its beak," study lead author Jingmai O'Connor, associate curator ...
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This Fossilized Prehistoric Bird With Teeth Likely Used Its Head as a Weapon
The presence of teeth in Longipteryx poses an interesting evolutionary question. How and why did birds eventually lose them? Archeopteryx had a complete set, Longipteryx’s teeth were limited to the ...
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Paleontologists discover fossil birds with teeth had seeds in their stomachs, indicating that they ate fruit
"Longipteryx is one of my favorite fossil birds, because it's just so weird— it has this long skull, and teeth only at the tip of its beak," says Jingmai O'Connor, associate curator of fossil ...
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Don’t judge a fossil by its teeth: despite its toothy beak, this ancient bird ate fruit, not fish
“Longipteryx is one of my favorite fossil birds, because it’s just so weird— it has this long skull, and teeth only at the tip of its beak,” says Jingmai O’Connor, associate curator of ...