A new dino fossil may solve an ancient murder mystery
A newly described microraptor species may explain the avian carnage at a Chinese fossil site
In this illustration, the newly-described dinosaur, Jian changmaensis, ambushes an early Cretaceous bird, Gansus yumenensus. How capable this gliding predator was at snagging prey in the air remains a mystery.
Illustration by Lewis LaRosa, colorized by Jão Canola.
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