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“Andrey Atuchin In 2016, paleontologist David DeMar Jr.”
“was searching for fossils in northeastern Montana when he discovered a small, broken piece of fossilized dinosaur poop.”
““I couldn’t believe what I was seeing,” DeMar, a collections manager at the University of Washington’s Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture, tells New Scientist ’s Christa Lesté-Lasserre.”
“Hesperornithiforms were related to neornithes, the group of birds that survived the mass extinction 66 million years ago and ultimately gave rise to all birds alive today.”
“Share Copy link Email SMS Facebook X Reddit LinkedIn Bluesky Print Add as preferred source Scientists think a Nanotyrannus or a young Tyrannosaurus rex might have eaten the bird.”
“But hesperornithiforms belonged to a separate branch of the bird family tree and died out during the same mass extinction that wiped out the dinosaurs.”
“Researchers also found a smaller feather that they think came from the bird’s wing.”
“A 66-Million-Year-Old Feather Trapped in Dinosaur Poop Might Help Explain Why Some Birds Survived Mass Extinction Skip to main content Search Shop Newsletters Renew Give a Gift Subscribe Membership i Subscribe Give a Gift Renew Sections Smart News History Science Innovation Arts & Culture Travel At the Smithsonian More from Smithsonian magazine Newsletters Photo Contest Podcast Videos Our Partners Smithsonian Store Smithsonian Journeys Subscribe to Smithsonian magazine and get a FREE tote.”