The Dinosaur Lineage that Evolved into Birds (IMAGE)

University of Southampton

The Dinosaur Lineage that Evolved into Birds

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The dinosaur lineage that evolved into birds shrank in body size continuously for 50 million years. From left to right are: the ancestral neotheropod (~220 Million years old), the ancestral tetanuran (~200 myo), the ancestral coelurosaur (~175 myo), the ancestral paravian (~165 myo), and Archaeopteryx (150 myo).

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Davide Bonnadonna

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