52-million-year-old bird holds clues to perching evolution
Cosmos Magazine - Thu 7 Feb 19Very early passerine adds to sparse fossil record. Nick Carne reports.
Earliest known seed-eating perching bird discovered in Fossil Lake, Wyoming
Phys.org - Thu 7 Feb 19Most of the birds you've ever seen—sparrows, finches, robins, crows—have one crucial thing in common: they're all what scientists refer to as perching birds, or "passerines." The passerines ...
Earliest known seed-eating perching bird discovered in Fossil Lake, Wyoming, ScienceDaily - Thu 7 Feb 1952-million-bird fossil found with feathers still attached
FOXNews - Fri 8 Feb 19A 52-million-year fossil of a "perching bird" has been found in Wyoming with its feathers still attached, a discovery that "no one's ever seen before."
Ancestor to modern day sparrows and finches flew around Earth 52 million years ago
Daily Mail - Thu 7 Feb 19Scientists at The Field Museum of Natural History in Chicago discovered that an ancestor to the modern day crow, finch and robin was alive 52 million years ago but was 'extremely rare'.