Cretaceous Enantiornithine Bird Was First of Its Kind with Toothless Beak sci.news - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from sci.news Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
The proto-bird lived some 120 million years ago and did not have teeth a trait more similar to birds of today than to birds of its time sharpening scientists' understanding of avian evolution
The new bird that lived around 120 million years ago was the first to evolve without teeth and has been named Imparavis attenboroughi in honour of Sir David Attenborough
According to an analysis of hundreds of preserved bird specimens from museum collections around the globe, there's a specific set of feather rules behind the power of flight.