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09-28-2009 2:18 PM


Dubbed Anchiornis huxleyi, it was found in strata dating from 151 to 161 mya. For Archangel, here's a fraudulent artist's conception of what it might have looked like:
Article here.
Obviously, the ToE has taken a severe blow with this discovery. We now have another gap to fill.

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09-28-2009 4:20 PM
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09-28-2009 2:18 PM


Heh, interestingly fraudulent head there. I doubt it was beaked.
What that image really doesn't convey is that it was tiny, at most 34cm long and weighing 110g. That is very interesting.

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