Quail-sized feathered dinosaur may be the earliest known bird.
New Scientist reports: "Archaeopteryx, long considered the earliest fossil bird, could be knocked off its perch by Baminornis zhenghensis, which lived around 150 million years ago and had a short tail like those of modern birds."
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