Fossil of 99m-year-old bird with unusually long toes found
Ancient bird’s foot is so distinctive palaeontologists declare it a new species
The fossilised remains of a bizarre, ancient, bird that had middle toes longer than its lower legs have been found in a lump of amber from Myanmar.
The elongated toe resembles those seen on lemurs and tree-climbing lizards, and illustrates the unusual lifestyle of some of the earliest birds that lived alongside the dinosaurs, researchers said.