Asteriornis

In Depth        Asteriornis was a very interesting discovery for followers of bird palaeontology.‭ ‬Living approximately a million years before the end of the Cretaceous,‭ ‬Asteriornis shows skull features that are similar to chickens‭ (‬galliformes‭) ‬and ducks‭ (‬anseriformes‭)‬.‭ ‬This combination of features shows that in form Asteriornis was very close to the common ancestor of the … Read more