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Scientists unveil duck dinosaur that could run, fly, swim
short by Gaurav Shroff / on Thursday, 7 December, 2017
The study of a 75-million-year-old fossil smuggled from Mongolia has revealed a new bird-like dinosaur species that had a swan-like neck, claws, and a duck-billed snout. Nicknamed "Halszka", the fossil had features mostly absent among dinosaurs, but common to reptiles and birds living around water. 3D synchrotron analysis enabled studying the fossil even though it was partially embedded in rock.
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