BY BRIAN THOMAS, PH.D. * |
MONDAY, DECEMBER 21, 2020

Rock layers in China have yielded yet another strange bird. Two features in its partial skull—the only parts found—make it both a unique discovery and a challenge to nature-only origins stories.

First, its beak is long and curved like a modern hornbill. That’s a first among the many birds trapped in Cretaceous rock layers alongside fishes, dinosaurs, and crocodilians. The research team published details of the find in the journal Nature, which they named Falcatakely. They used computed tomography (CT) scans to collect images while preserving the fragile fossil.1

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