Ancient bird fossil in nw China – like small diver

[Martin W]

A newly discovered fossil bird, Gansus, from Gansu province in China, is around 110 million years old; rather like a diver (loon), perhaps suggests ancestors of today’s birds were waterbirds.
[Or, was their habitat more conducive to fossilisation? Waterbirds from small running dinosaurs would seem a jump.]
Loon-like ancient bird might be modern duck’s ancestor

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