New Species of 120-Million-year-old Bird Named for UNC Biologist
Thursday, March 19, 2009 - 11:43
in Paleontology & Archaeology
A new species of the oldest known beaked bird - about 120 million years old - has been named for biologist Alan Feduccia of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Feduccia is the S.K. Heninger professor emeritus and former chair of the biology department in UNC's College of Arts and Sciences.