Earliest Bird Embryo: Picture Gallery

Earliest Bird Embryo Pictures: Drawing of Bird From Dinosaur Era
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This drawing shows what the adult and baby birds of the species represented by the newfound embryo fossil might have looked like. The nails found on the fossil embryo's feet are large and curved, indicating that the adult would have lived in trees.

Photo gallery by Chelsea Lane-Miller

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