Asteriornis ancient bird, illustration

Asteria's bird (Asteriornis maastrichtensis), an extinct genus of bird from the Late Cretaceous (66.7 mya) was a quail like ground foraging close relative of the last common ancestor of all current waterfowl (duck-like birds) and landfowl (chicken-like birds)

Restrictions Only for Ireland and United Kingdom

Ancestor Asteroid Descendant Earliest Extinction

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