Scientists have uncovered the fossil of a bird that lived 120 million years ago and it definitely had flair, including unusually long tail feathers. While the feathers probably didn’t help the ...

This bird had some features characteristic of modern birds, such as a short tail. The oldest short-tailed bird previously known is 120 million to 131 million years old and from the Cretaceous period.

Its tail was over 150% the length of its body. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. A dinosaur-age bird's extravagant tail ...

A 115-million-year-old fossilized bird with a pair of long, ribbon-like tail feathers is the oldest bird ever found in Brazil. It was about the size of a hummingbird, and it likely boasted bright ...

It also had a long bony tail. "The forelimb is generally built like a bird's wing, but with three claws on the fingers, which are absent from modern birds. So you can call it wing.