Confuciusornis sanctus, fossil bird from China Gallimimus or fossils as art collection

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Baryonyx is one of the few known piscivorous (fish-eating) dinosaurs

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Its discovery 66 million years after it was believed to have become extinct makes the coelacanth the best-known example of a Lazarus taxon

Confuciusornis sanctus, fossil bird from China Gallimimus or fossils as art collectionConfuciusornis sanctus ("the sacred bird of Confucius") is the earliest known beaked bird. Discovered in 1994, Confuciusornis represents an important side branch in avian evolution. Though Confuciusornis and its descendants all became extinct, it is the earliest known bird to abandon its reptilian teeth in favor of a light weight keratin beak. Remains of Confuciusornis are found at an Early Cretacaeous fossil site known as Sihetun in the Liaoning