Two-Tailed Ancient Bird Uncovered

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The early bird gets two tails? A 120-million-year-old bird sported a long tail and a second, unexpected tail frond, paleontologists suggest. The discovery points to a complicated evolutionary path for the tails we see in birds today.

src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPiNCI6xgkHURsBBkH8iSErbK10h7mPEIJhSmXBad_gsWmZnFDJ5tLC9Y2YTImrKgmr17KyJ5suufKOKz2UbsacQ_p_mFupyfgd9D6ECDGsddl7hUaPI8B8kJ72kxMi_bCU-1ekXUvygFk/s320/Two-Tailed+Ancient+Bird+Uncovered.jpg" width="320">One of the oldest known birds, Jeholornis, lived in what is today China, along with a trove of other feathered dinosaurs discovered in the region over the last decade. It was also thought to sport only a long fan-feathered tail at its back end. Now, however, paleontologists are claiming discovery of a second tail frond adorning the bird. (See "Did Feathered Dinosaurs Shake Their Tail Feathers?")

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