Two fossils suggest that birds were thriving and diversifying in China as the Jurassic Period closed, new research reveals.

The bird has a short tail ending in a pygostyle, an important aerodynamic innovation moving the center of mass forward toward ...

“This fossil (Baminornis) indicates that Jurassic birds probably already had a global distribution and were much more ...

KUNMING, Feb. 15 (Xinhua) -- Chinese scientists have identified a new species of Early Jurassic sauropod dinosaur, named Xingxiulong yueorum, based on a fossilized skeleton discovered in the country's ...

A quail-sized bird fossil from 150 million years ago found in southeastern China is reshaping understanding of avian ...

Pinpointing when birds diverged completely from dinosaurs has long remained a paleontological mystery.

Baminornis is a landmark discovery and ranks among the most important bird fossils unearthed since the discovery ...

Scientists have unearthed in southeastern China the fossil of a quail-sized bird that lived about 150 million years ago ...

Scientists have discovered the oldest bird fossil shedding light on birds' origin in China, and reshaping the timeline of ...

The Archaeopteryx, the fossils of which were first discovered around 1860, belonged to the Late Jurassic period and was once ...

FUZHOU, Feb. 13 (Xinhua) -- Chinese scientists have unearthed the oldest short-tailed bird fossil, dating back about 150 ...