Cranial kinesis allows modern birds to eat a wider variety of foods and use their beaks as multifunctional tools.
A trace fossil of 66 dinosaur footprints has been uncovered in Australia, providing a rare snapshot of dinosaur behavior and ...
Modern birds, along with certain snakes and fishes, have skulls whose jaws and palates are not firmly fixed in place.
Researchers in Australia identified 66 dinosaur footprints on a boulder displayed at a high school. These footprints date ...
New research shows how physical changes in the skull affected the mechanics of the way birds move and use their beaks to eat and explore their habitats -- adaptations that helped them evolve into the ...
Paleontologist Anthony Romilio looked at three rock slabs bearing footprints. Most of the footprints come from one slab, which was discovered in 2002.
Each of the 66 total prints features three toes, indicating they belong to the ichnospecies Anomoepus scambus— a small ...
Referring to past research, Romilio said that similar findings show dinosaurs with similar footprints were plant-eaters. They had long legs, chunky bodies, short arms and a small head with a beak.
Modern birds are the living relatives of dinosaurs. Take a look at the features of flightless birds like chickens and ...