80-Million-Year-Old Enantiornithine Fossil Fills Gap between Archaeopteryx and Modern Birds

80-Million-Year-Old Enantiornithine Fossil Fills Gap between Archaeopteryx and Modern Birds

Paleontologists have unearthed the exquisitely preserved remains of Cretaceous enantiornithine bird in São Paulo state, southeastern Brazil. The extraordinary three-dimensional preservation of its skull allowed the researchers to digitally reconstruct the bird’s brain.

An artist’s impression of Navaornis hestiae. Image credit: Júlia D’Oliveira.

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