Archaeopteryx knocked off its perch
A handout illustration shows an artist's impression of Xiaotingia zhengi, a previously unknown species of bird-like dinosaur from the Late Jurassic in China. AFP / Nature |
New findings by Professor Xu Xing, with the Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology, suggest it was just another dinosaur, not the father of birds.
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