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| The Two Tails of Jelohornis Bird |
Paleontology team
from the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China, revealed those 120
million years ago, birds have two tails. These findings make the complex
evolutionary paths of species of birds.
Launch Fox News, October 16, 2013, it was known from ancient bird fossils Jeholornis. Habitat in China with other pre-historic animals.
From fossil findings, Jeholornis a bird larger than a turkey has claws on his wings, and there are three small teeth on the lower jaw.
Interestingly, paleontologists also found Jeholornis males have long tails and numbered two. It is not known what the function of the two -tailed it, whether as a supporter fly or only serves to lure the opposite sex.
“Two of the tail were found in birds Jeholornis very surprising.’s a new evolutionary pathway for animal species of birds, " said Jingmai O’Connor, Research Leader of the Chinese Academy of Sciences.
O'Connor added a team of researchers to predict the function of one of the tail just to attract the opposite sex. Given the size of the long tail and a short tail measuring another, similar to a peacock’s tail.
“The functions of one of the tail feathers are filled with colorful looks similar to the features of the peacock, which is to attract the attention of the opposite sex, " said O’Connor.
However, according to Julia Clarke, paleontologist at the University of Texas, U.S., is a function of the two tails to fly stability.
The majority concludes, one -tailed it does not seem to have a particular function, and evolved into one of the tail on modern birds.
"The shape of the two -tailed it is an evolutionary path on bird species. However, the findings of the two tails in birds Jeholornis is strange and bizarre, “added Clarke.
The resutls of the study have been published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences under the title “Unique plumage of the caudal tail Jeholornis and complex evolution in early birds.”
Launch Fox News, October 16, 2013, it was known from ancient bird fossils Jeholornis. Habitat in China with other pre-historic animals.
From fossil findings, Jeholornis a bird larger than a turkey has claws on his wings, and there are three small teeth on the lower jaw.
Interestingly, paleontologists also found Jeholornis males have long tails and numbered two. It is not known what the function of the two -tailed it, whether as a supporter fly or only serves to lure the opposite sex.
“Two of the tail were found in birds Jeholornis very surprising.’s a new evolutionary pathway for animal species of birds, " said Jingmai O’Connor, Research Leader of the Chinese Academy of Sciences.
O'Connor added a team of researchers to predict the function of one of the tail just to attract the opposite sex. Given the size of the long tail and a short tail measuring another, similar to a peacock’s tail.
“The functions of one of the tail feathers are filled with colorful looks similar to the features of the peacock, which is to attract the attention of the opposite sex, " said O’Connor.
However, according to Julia Clarke, paleontologist at the University of Texas, U.S., is a function of the two tails to fly stability.
The majority concludes, one -tailed it does not seem to have a particular function, and evolved into one of the tail on modern birds.
"The shape of the two -tailed it is an evolutionary path on bird species. However, the findings of the two tails in birds Jeholornis is strange and bizarre, “added Clarke.
The resutls of the study have been published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences under the title “Unique plumage of the caudal tail Jeholornis and complex evolution in early birds.”
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