Fossils of 30 million year old bird discovered
Polish researchers have discovered fossils of a new bird species that lived on Earth 30 million years ago near the city of Rzeszow in Poland.
This information was published in a recent issue of the Polish scientific journal Ornithology.
The previously unknown bird belongs to the order Passerine, named Resoviyaornis Yamrozy, after the city of Rzeszow, which in Latin is pronounced Resoviya, and Yamrozy is named after the surname of the paleontologist Albin Yamroza, who discovered the fossil of this bird on the banks of a small stream near the city of Rzeszow.
According to the hypothesis, this bird drowned in the ocean that in ancient times covered the southeastern part of present-day Poland. Scientists believe that Resoviyaornis Yamrozy lived on Earth during the late Paleogene (also known as the Ancient Nearest) - Oligocene (also known as the Oligocene) period, about 38 to 25 million years ago.
Zbigniew Bochensky, a scientist at the Institute of Systematics and Evolution of the Polish Academy of Sciences, said the Resoviyaornis Yamrozy was about the size of a sparrow with long legs, suggesting it was more ground-dwelling than flying. The shape of its beak also suggests it fed on insects and berries.
Resoviyaornis Yamrozy is the third Oligocene bird species of the order Passeriformes discovered by scientists to date.
Researcher Bochensky emphasized that this discovery by Polish scientists is a valuable information about the early evolutionary stages of the Passeriformes, which are currently the most diverse order in terms of species on Earth. Out of every 10,000 birds today, nearly 5,400 belong to the Passeriformes./.
According to (TTXVN) - VT
