The new fossil belonged to a species known as Vegavis iaai and "shows an asymmetry seen in living ducks," said Julia Clarke, an associate professor at the University of Texas in Austin, and lead ...

A Cretaceous Period bird called Vegavis iaai dives for fish in the shallow ocean off the coast of the Antarctic peninsula in this illustration released Feb. 5. Near the end of the age of dinosaurs, a ...

Identified as Vegavis iaai, the specimen is closely related to modern ducks and geese, with skull features supporting its classification as a waterfowl. Researchers suggest that its advanced ...

A pair of Vegavis iaai, the earliest known modern bird at 69 million years ago, foraging for fish and other animals in the Late Cretaceous ocean off the coast of the Antarctic Peninsula. Credit: ...

Identified as Vegavis iaai, the specimen is closely related to modern ducks and geese, with skull features supporting its classification as a waterfowl. Researchers suggest that its advanced ...

The animal is called Vegavis iaai—a Late Cretaceous diving bird which lived at the same time that Tyrannosaurus rex was dominating North America. The skull exhibits a long, pointed beak and a ...

The Late Cretaceous modern (crown) bird, Vegavis iaai, pursuit diving for fish in the shallow ocean off the coast of the Antarctic peninsula, with ammonites and plesiosaurs for company. Credit: Mark ...

A recent study published in the scientific journal “Nature” sheds light on how one particular skull from this era, that of the duck-like Vegavis iaai, may answer a longstanding question about modern ...

A newly analyzed fossil could help answer a key question about the evolution of modern birds. The skull of Vegavis iaai, a duck-like species from the dinosaur era, sheds light on ancient avian ...

The skull of Vegavis iaai, a relative of modern wildfowl, dates to the Late Cretaceous period when dinosaurs such as Tyrannosaurus rex were walking the planet. The fossil was found during a 2011 ...

Now, an article published in the journal Nature describes a nearly complete, 69-million-year-old fossil skull of Vegavis iaai, an early relative of modern waterfowl. Study lead author Christopher ...

The fossil belongs to Vegavis iaai, an extinct bird species that existed in the late Cretaceous period. It was the time when the deadly Tyrannosaurus rex dominated North America, soon before a ...