Early birdlike dinosaurs are thought to have lived lofty lives up in the trees. But a newly discovered creature had surprisingly long legs that may have made for a life on the run.
The leggy birdlike dino (Fujianvenator prodigiosus) lived about 150 million years ago during the Jurassic Period, researchers report September 6 in Nature. That’s around the same time as its distant cousin Archaeopteryx, one of the earliest known birds (SN: 3/13/18).
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