This prehistoric bird rocked a skull nearly identical to that of T. rex.
specimen . The scans revealed that the creature had a theropod’s head and a bird’s body.It’s among just a handful of specimens that belong to a recently identified group of intermediate birds known as the jinguofortisids, says Luis Chiappe, a paleontologist at the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County who was not involved in the study. Its dino-bird mishmash “is not unexpected.
”also had an unusually elongated scapula and hallux, or backward-facing toe. Rarely seen in Cretaceous birds, enlarged shoulder blades might have compensated for the bird’s otherwise underwhelming flight mechanics, the researchers say. And that hefty big toe? It bucks the trend of shrinking metatarsals seen as birds continued to evolve.might have used this impressive digit to hunt like today’s birds of prey, Li’s team says., though.
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