Such fossils include the bones of a duck-like species named Vegavis, which were found in 66.5-million-year-old rocks of the Antarctic Peninsula and described in 2005.

A recent study found a nearly complete skull in Antarctica that may belong to an ancient ancestor of ducks and geese called Vegavis iaai. This species lived around 68 million years ago, during the ...

For years, scientists were uncertain about Vegavis’s place in the evolutionary tree due to the scarcity of modern bird fossils from before the mass extinction that occurred 66 million years ago.

Paleontologists have found the first complete skull of a controversial prehistoric bird. Known as Vegavis iaai, the bird thrived in late-Cretaceous Antarctica, then a tropical paradise. About a ...

A 68-million-year-old Antarctic fossil revealed the oldest known modern bird, Vegavis iaai, a duck-sized diver with traits linking it to today’s waterfowl. | Trending ...

For decades, scientists have wondered at the taxonomy of Vegavis iaai—an ancient avian specimen that lived in what is now Antarctica during the late Cretaceous period.; A new study, in which ...

A newly discovered fossil in Antarctica, estimated to be 68 million years old, reveals the oldest known modern bird, Vegavis iaai. This duck-sized bir. Sign In. TOI. Go to TOI. Etimes. home.

Vegavis is already one of the best-understood birds from this era.The species was first identified in 2005 by Julia Clarke and colleagues, working with a specimen discovered on Antarctica’s Vega ...

An illustration of "Vegavis iaai's" skeleton, with preserved bones depicted in white. Christopher Torres, University of the Pacific. Birds from elsewhere around the globe that date back to the end ...

Scientists identify Vegavis iaai, a 69 million-year-old bird from Antarctica, as the oldest-known relative of modern birds, shedding light on avian evolution. Sat ,May 31, 2025 Mumbai ...

Vegavis is among the best-known bird species from this era. There are multiple fossils of this bird, including the oldest known fossil bird vocal organ.