Norellraptor

New Feathered Dinosaur Suggests Flight Evolved More Than Once among Birds’ Closest Relatives

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Norellraptor barsboldi, a new species of small microraptorine dinosaur from the 120-million-year-old rock beds of China’s Liaoning province, challenges the idea that the earliest fliers shared a common blueprint for taking to the air. The post New Feathered Dinosaur Suggests Flight Evolved More Than Once among Birds’ Closest Relatives appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News.

01/10/2026 sci-news