Congrats to our research associate Jessie Atterholt & colleagues on their @thePeerJ paper naming a Mirarce, a fossil bird that lived in Utah around 75 million years ago! https://t.co/h1mus3xSMv (art by @GreyGriffon) https://t.co/QdwAiUpp39
A new (big) bird from the Cretaceous Kaiparowits Formation! Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument keeps on giving! This specimen held in the UCMP collections at Berkeley. #BLMPaleo @ucmpberkeley @berkeleyIB @BLMUtah @BLMNational https://t.co/bH95qQ51uz
Meet Mirarce, collected in @BLMUtah 's Grand Staircase Escalante National Monument and now safely held @ucmpberkeley. Art by @GreyGriffon
https://t.co/DDSiNZVEgY
Just published: The most complete enantiornithine from North America and a phylogenetic analysis of the Avisauridae https://t.co/aSLsxBe1FY
Detailed analysis of the well-preserved fossil suggests the new species was an advanced flyer.
Press Release: https://t.co/VXaVmAwxVV https://t.co/QI87PISPhN
Check out the new Biggo Fossil Bird!
Most complete American enantiornithine https://t.co/5Nf9TU7LOC via @thePeerJ with new art by @GreyGriffon https://t.co/5mjGHfqwEg
@macroevolut @NatGeo @daniel_j_field @GreyGriffon You'll find many images of the fossil here in the paper, which is open access: https://t.co/6jUcUx8Dpk