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Dino-Hunters Find Fossil of Ancient Bird Dubbed ‘Wonderchicken’

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The skull of the shorebird is 66 million years old.

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University of Cambridge

Paleontologists have uncovered the fossil of the skull of a shorebird from the last days of the dinosaurs they have nicknamed “wonderchicken.” The Christian Science Monitor reports that the scientific name of the species found in marine limestone in Belgium is Asteriornis.

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