Jurassic #Bird-Like #Dinosaur Had Long Lower Hindlimbs
https://www.sci.news/paleontology/fujianvenator-prodigiosus-12246.html

A new #avialan #theropod from an emerging #Jurassic terrestrial fauna https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-023-06513-7

"This dinosaur exhibits an unusual set of morphological features that are shared with other early #avialans as well as #troodontid and #dromaeosaurid #dinosaurs."

#Fossil reveals leaf-eating among earliest birds
https://phys.org/news/2023-08-fossil-reveals-leaf-eating-earliest-birds.htmp

Intra-gastric #phytoliths provide evidence for #folivory in basal #avialans of the Early #Cretaceous #JeholBiota https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-023-40311-z

"The #pheasant-sized #Jeholornis, a member of the second most primitive lineage of #birds, has teeth and a long bony tail like its predatory, feathered #dinosaur relatives... It had eaten tree leaves from a group of flowering #plants called #magnoliids."