Earliest known fossil examples of predatory birds discovered: New species may have hunted like modern hawks and owls
The Hell Creek Formation in what's now the Dakotas, Montana, and Wyoming was once home to some of the world's most beloved ...
With fearsome feet, hawk-sized Cretaceous birds could scoop up baby dinos
“Every nook and cranny and bump that occurs on a bone can tell us something about where the muscles or tendons attached and ...
Ancient Hawk-Sized Birds With Raptor-Like Feet Discovered in Montana
Researchers identified three new species of large, hawk-sized enantiornithine birds from the Late Cretaceous period in Montana, highlighting an evolution towards greater size and diversity in ...
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68 million-year-old foot bones reveal two new hawk-like species
Chicago’s Field Museum researchers have identified two new ancient predatory bird species from just foot bones. The two new ...
Oldest-Known Birds of Prey Lived Alongside T. Rex in North America
An undated illustration of the newly described Cretaceous Period bird species Avisaurus darwini, which has traits on a foot ...
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Newly discovered Late Cretaceous birds may have carried heavy prey like extant raptors
Newly discovered birds from Late Cretaceous North America were hawk-sized and had powerful raptor-like feet, according to a new study.
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Earliest known predatory birds lived alongside dinosaurs
While they might not be the first birds of prey to ever evolve, their fossils are the earliest known examples of predatory ...
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New fossil finds suggest dino-era birds hunted like modern raptors
Predatory birds that lived at the same time as the dinosaurs may have hunted like today's hawks and owls, suggests new ...
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Oldest-known birds of prey lived alongside T. rex in North America
The two species may have hunted small mammals, lizards and other birds, as a hawk might today. The first birds appeared roughly 150 million years ago during the Jurassic Period, evolving from ...