Early Bird  

作　　者：Hu Yiqin 

机构地区：[1]不详

出　　处：《China Weekly》2025年第4期44-45,共2页中国新闻周刊(英文版)

摘　　要：Chinese scientists have unearthed the oldest short-tailed bird fossil,pushing the class’s origins back by 20 million years and offering new insights into early life on Earth,In a remarkable discovery,a team of Chinese scientists unearthed the fossil of a bird that lived around 150 million years ago during the Jurassic period,which they believe could change the prevailing understanding of bird evolution.The fossil was discovered in 2023 during a scientific expedition conducted by the Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology(IVPP)of the Chinese Academy of Sciences(CAS)and the Fujian Institute of Geological Survey,in Zhenghe County,Fujian Province.

关 键 词：bird fossil vertebrate paleontology Jurassic period early bird bird evolution scientific expedition geological survey institute vertebrate pa 

分 类 号：Q915[天文地球—古生物学与地层学]