Sentences with phrase «among modern birds»

Identical poses occur among modern birds.

But which parts of the sternum fuse first varies widely among modern birds.

Not exact matches

«Reproduction in modern birds is distinct among living vertebrates.

That discovery, combined with other fossil finds in North America that are related to chickens, turkeys, flamingos, and loons, among others, suggests that most major groups of modern birds originated and began to diversify before the K - T boundary.

Among them: Why did a large class of now - extinct birds called Enantiornithines (which were superficially similar to modern birds) die out?

«The new fossils superbly document the link between modern whales and their land - based forebears,» he concludes, «and should take their place among other famous «intermediates,» such as the most primitive bird, Archaeopteryx, and the early hominid Australopithecus.

Modern birds use their feet in order to interact with their environment in numerous and complex ways — relying on them for locomotion, prey capture, grooming, perching, nesting, and even fighting among themselves or for defense from predators or competing species.

To date, it has been controversial among experts whether the bristles of Psittacosaurus are comparable to the feathers of modern birds.