A fossilized feather from the age of dinosaurs may explain why only some birds survived
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By Katie Hunt, CNN A few tiny feathers trapped in fossilized excrement are helping scientists understand why some birds managed to overcome the massive extinction that killed the dinosaurs, while others failed.This discovery, dug up in Montana, corresponds to a bird that was devoured and subsequently excreted by a dinosaur.
A fossilized feather from the age of dinosaurs may explain why only some birds survived
NPR reports: Paleontology can be quite physical. In 2016, David DeMar was doing field work in the rocky badlands of Montana in what’s known as the Hell Creek Formation. “We all get down on our hands and knees,” he recalls. “And I start crawling up the hill and I noticed this little dark, round object on the ground. It was kind of odd.” DeMar, a lab manager at the Burke Museum in Seattle, picked up the cherry-sized fossil. “I start... Read More
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