Paleogeographic maps with localities of significant bird fossils (IMAGE)

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Paleogeographic maps with localities of significant bird fossils

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(a) A Late Jurassic map showing the localities of Archaeopteryx in Solnhofen (Germany) as well as the newly described Baminornis zhenhensis with the first pygostyle and the unknown species with the first U-shape furcula in Fujian (China). (b) A Late Cretaceous map showing the localities of Vegavis in Antarctica and Asteriornis in Belgium, Europe.

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