Rapaxavis pani ancient bird art, illustration

Pan's Grasping Bird (Rapaxavis pani) dated 120 million years ago, was part of a group of early birds called opposite birds, referring to the curvature of the articulating ends of the shoulder girdle bones (scapula and coracoid), which is reversed in these birds compared to modern birds. This songbird sized bird, named for its clawed feet used for perching in trees, had teeth, but no claws on its wing, a feature represented in earlier bird fossil species

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Ancestor Grasping Pani

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