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Remarkably Intact Fossil Species Suggests Tropicbirds Originated In Zealandia - Ancient Pages
https://www.ancientpages.com/2023/09/01/fossil-tropicbirds-zealandia/A team of paleontologists from the University of Canterbury has discovered a remarkably intact fossil of one of the earliest ancestors of a group of birds now restricted to the tropics. Tropicbirds, now represented by only three living species, have a long fossil record spanning at least 62.5 million years, with the oldest described species being Clymenoptilon novaezealandicum, or Zealandian Tropicbird.
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